PaperClip - Example

By:

Forrest Parker

Phillip Nguyen

Gems: gem 'paperclip' gem 'aws-sdk'

Step by Step guide!

• $ rails new pclip-example

• Add gems to gem file

• $ bundle

• $ rails g scaffold article title:string body:text

• In config/routes.rb set your 'root articles#home'

• $ rails g migrations addattachmentimagetoarticles this should generate a file kind of like this.

    def change
      add_attachment :users, :avatar
    end
  end```
  
  

• In app/views/articles/_form.html.erb add this line somewhere <%= f.file_field :image %>

• In app/views/articles/show.html.erb add this line somewhere <%= f.file_field :image %>

• In config/environments/development.rb add this to set up aws keys and stuff (notice the url listed in the bucket, you will likely change it to your bucket name with the region you are set up in.) ALSO! DO NOT HARDCODE YOUR KEYS HERE!

    :storage => :s3,
    :s3_credentials => {
      :bucket => 'cw-example.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com',
      :access_key_id => ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
      :secret_access_key => ENV['AWS_SECRET_KEY']
    }
  }```
  
  

Happy Coding and Thanks!