Validate extension in Paperclip - Ruby on Rails

Question

I\'ve found that Paperclip can validate file content type, i.e. image/jpeg, but I want to specifically validate the extension. This is because I\'m working with an obscure e

Answer 1

Guess, there is no need to validate it with paperclip's method. You can rather use something like:

has_attached_file :attachment
validates_format_of :attachment_file_name, :with => %r{\.(docx|doc|pdf)$}i

Edit:

Alternatively, to validate it with paperclip:

validates_attachment_content_type :attachment, :content_type => 'text/plain'

^ it will generate content-type mismatch errors automatically.