Paperclip renaming files after they're saved

Question

How do I rename a file after is has been uploaded and saved? My problem is that I need to parse information about the files automatically in order to come up with the file

Answer 1

The following migration solved the problem to me.

Renaming avatar to photo:

class RenamePhotoColumnFromUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def up
    add_attachment :users, :photo

    # Add `avatar` method (from Paperclip) temporarily, because it has been deleted from the model
    User.has_attached_file :avatar, styles: { medium: '300x300#', thumb: '100x100#' }
    User.validates_attachment_content_type :avatar, content_type: %r{\Aimage\/.*\Z}

    # Copy `avatar` attachment to `photo` in S3, then delete `avatar`
    User.where.not(avatar_file_name: nil).each do |user|
      say "Updating #{user.email}..."

      user.update photo: user.avatar
      user.update avatar: nil
    end

    remove_attachment :users, :avatar
  end

  def down
    raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration
  end
end

Hope it helps :)

Answer 2

To add to @Fotios's answer:

its the best way I think to make custom file name, but in case you want file name based on md5 you can use fingerprint which is already available in Paperclip.

All you have to do is to put this to config/initializers/paperclip_defaults.rb

Paperclip::Attachment.default_options.update({
    # :url=>"/system/:class/:attachment/:id_partition/:style/:filename"
    :url=>"/system/:class/:attachment/:style/:fingerprint.:extension"
    })

There's no need to set :path here as by default it's made that way:

:path=>":rails_root/public:url"

I didn't check if it's necessary but in case it doesn't work for you make sure your model is able to save fingerprints in the database -> here

One more tip which I find handy is to use rails console to check how it works:

$ rails c --sandbox
> Paperclip::Attachment.default_options
..
> s = User.create(:avatar => File.open('/foo/bar.jpg', 'rb'))
..
> s.avatar.path
 => "/home/groovy_user/rails_projectes/funky_app/public/system/users/avatars/original/49332b697a83d53d3f3b5bebce7548ea.jpg" 
> s.avatar.url 
 => "/system/users/avatars/original/49332b697a83d53d3f3b5bebce7548ea.jpg?1387099146" 

Answer 3

Another option is set to default, work for all upload.

This example change name file to 'name default' for web, example: test áé.jpg to test_ae.jpg

helper/application_helper.rb

def sanitize_filename(filename)
    fn = filename.split /(?<=.)\.(?=[^.])(?!.*\.[^.])/m
    fn[0] = fn[0].parameterize
    return fn.join '.'
end

Create config/initializers/paperclip_defaults.rb

include ApplicationHelper

Paperclip::Attachment.default_options.update({
    :path => ":rails_root/public/system/:class/:attachment/:id/:style/:parameterize_file_name",
    :url => "/system/:class/:attachment/:id/:style/:parameterize_file_name",
})

Paperclip.interpolates :parameterize_file_name do |attachment, style|
    sanitize_filename(attachment.original_filename)
end

Need restart, after put this code