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Myna
Myna

Reputation: 559

Using the paperclipdropbox gem for storage of uploads

I have a Rails app that needs to store resumes for job applications. Locally, the attachment works fine using the Paperclip plugin. I would like to store them on production using the paperclipdropbox gem. I did the following :

1) set up paperclip for attachment following the document on github

2) ran the command for installing the dropbox gem, on which paperclipdropbox

gem install dropbox

3) set up paperclipdropbox as per https://github.com/dripster82/paperclipdropbox#readme My paperclipdropbox.yml file looks like that


development:
  dropbox_key: email_for_dropbox_account
  dropbox_secret: password_for_dropboxaccount
production:
  dropbox_key: email_for_dropbox_account
  dropbox_secret: password_for_dropboxaccount

After running 

rake paperclipdropbox:authorize

I get the following error : 


C:\Sites\appname>rake paperclipdropbox:authorize  --trace
rake aborted!
Don't know how to build task 'paperclipdropbox:authorize'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task_
manager.rb:49:in `[]'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:115:in `invoke_task'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:94:in `block (2 levels) in top_level'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:94:in `each'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:94:in `block in top_level'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:133:in `standard_exception_handling'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:88:in `top_level'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:66:in `block in run'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:133:in `standard_exception_handling'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/appli
cation.rb:63:in `run'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/bin/rake:33:in
 `'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/bin/rake:19:in `load'
C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/bin/rake:19:in `'

I didn't find much documentation online unfortunately. Any idea of what may be causing the problem ? Do you have any other free alternatives for storage ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1156

Answers (2)

Uladz Kha
Uladz Kha

Reputation: 2364

You must create the project in dropbox. Here you have the link.

after use rake paperclipdropbox:authorize

Upvotes: 0

sikachu
sikachu

Reputation: 1221

I think you might have installed the gems, but didn't defined them in your Gemfile. Make sure that you have paperclip, dropbox, paperclip-dropbox gem in your Gemfile.

gem 'paperclip'
gem 'dropbox'
gem 'paperclipdropbox'

then run bundle install, and try to run that rake task again. This is because by default Bundler would isolate and make only gems that in your Gemfile to be visible to your Rails application.

Upvotes: 1

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