Rails file upload (paperclip) on edit

Question

I made myself a simple rails blogging-type app where I use Paperclip to upload image files.I have everything working fine and dandy. I even have it hooked up to an S3 bucket

Answer 1

For Rails3 here's what I do. Sorry, I haven't used Rails4 yet.

To display to the user if they have already uploaded a file, do this in your view:

<% if @blog.image.exists? %>
  <%= image_tag @blog.image.url(:thumb) %><br/>
<% end %>
<%= f.file_field :image %>

Then, to allow for the user to remove the current upload add this to your view (inside that if block):

<%= f.check_box :delete_image %>Delete Image<br/>

And you handle that checkbox in your model:

  before_validation { image.clear if @delete_image }

  def delete_image
    @delete_image ||= false
  end

  def delete_image=(value)
    @delete_image  = !value.to_i.zero?
  end

That way if the user sets the checkbox it will clear the image on the next save.

Answer 2

The above method didn't work for me with multiple fields.

I'm used javascript to do this as I am also using cocoon to dynamically add multiple images, on the edit form I am displaying all images with their own delete buttons. I then count the number of image objects and hide that same amount of image file upload boxes. I currently have it set for multiple but with just a little change it could work for your case. After delete, they are redirected back where in your case, count would be 0 and it would show the upload box.

This is the nested form section

<h3 class="text-muted">Upload Images</h3>
<% @rental.property_photos.each do |i| %>
    <div class="pic">
        <%= image_tag i.avatar.url(:thumb), class:"img-responsive property-images" %>
        <%= link_to i, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' } do %>
        <i class="fa fa-times-circle delete-pic"></i>
        <% end %>
    </div>
<% end %>
<fieldset id="property_photos">
    <%= f.fields_for :property_photos do |p| %>
    <%= render 'property_photo_fields', :f => p %>
    <% end %>
</fieldset>
<div class="links">
    <%= link_to_add_association 'Add Image', f, :property_photos, class:"fa fa-plus margin-bottom-20" %>
</div>

My nested form

<div class="nested_fields">
    <div class="col-md-3 picUploader">
         <%= f.file_field :avatar %>
    </div>
</div>

My javascript

$(document).ready(function () {

     var count = $('.pic').length;

     function hideElements(x) {
         $('.picUploader').slice(0,x).hide();
     }

     hideElements(count);

})

with a little css your results then look like this...