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Venomoustoad
Venomoustoad

Reputation: 1213

How do I access paperclip file for pdf reader?

I used the paperclip gem to add an upload function for a pdf file. The upload works, once uploaded, the file is saved to location

/system/uploaded_files/sources/000/000/006/original/file.pdf

now I am trying to access this using the pdf reader

require 'pdf-reader'
require 'open-uri'
reader = PDF::Reader.new(open('/system/uploaded_files/sources/000/000/006/original/file.pdf'))

I get the following error

Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - /system/uploaded_files/sources/000/000/006/original/file.pdf

How do I access this file using the pdf-reader gem?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1818

Answers (1)

amit_saxena
amit_saxena

Reputation: 7624

Let's say your model is called PDF and the asset is saved as file.

class Pdf < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_attached_file :file
end

Now try this:

p = Pdf.find(params[:id]) # get the object
reader = PDF::Reader.new(open(p.file.url))

Upvotes: 1

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