Paperclip :style depending on model (has_many polymorphic images)

Question

I have set up my models to use a polymorphic Image model. This is working fine, however I am wondering if it is possible to change the :styles setting for each model. Found some

Answer 1

I liked MarkGranoff's answer but I came up with a much simpler implementation that does the trick for me and seems more maintainable.

#create new and instantiate the fields you need ( or all except the attachment )
@photo = Photo.new(:attribution => params[:photo][:attribution],
                   :latitude => params[:photo][:latitude ])

#then just assign all params as normal
@photo = Photo.assign_attributes(params[:node])

The second statement assigns the attachment so the processor is fired, and since you've already assigned :attribution and :latitude, their values will be available in the processor via the attachment.instance method.

Thanks everyone here for the insight!