CarrierWave how to store file at given url

Question

I have CarrierWave working fine through the typical ORM setup and upload via form. I would like to figure out how to use CarrierWave outside of the form submission context.

Answer 1

in the controller after user sign up (assuming your user image field is called simply 'image')

gravatar_url = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/#{Digest::MD5.new.update(current_user.email)}?s=512&d=identicon"
@user.remote_image_url = gravatar_url
@user.save 

i think this is the best way according to carrierwave docs and some searching around.

enjoy!