How to validate file content type to pdf, word, excel, and plain text for paperclip?

Question

In my model:

 has_attached_file :uploaded_file,  
                      :url => \"/policy_documents/get/:id\",  
                      :path => \"/public/p         


        

Answer 1

This is actually dependent on your servers 'file' command. What that command returns to you is what you need to be accepting in the paperclip validations.

For example my Debian server returns "application/msword" for an xls file. And for an xlsx file it gives "application/zip".

I currently have these to accept xls and xlsx files.

validates_attachment_content_type :file, :content_type => %w(application/zip application/msword application/vnd.ms-office application/vnd.ms-excel application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet)