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Ruby

Posted by Karina Mio
Karina Mio
3,863 Points

Issues Attaching Files to Statuses

I've been following the Advanced Social Features in Ruby on Rails series and I'm currently stuck on the Displaying Files video. Every time I try to post a new status with a file attachment, I get this error:

Paperclip::Error in StatusesController#create Document model missing required attr_accessor for 'attachment_file_name'

I've already searched the Treehouse Forums thoroughly for all related posts. After implementing the suggested solutions, I end up with this error instead:

undefined method `attachment_content_type' for #<Document:0x007fdb9b049858>

app/controllers/statuses_controller.rb:43:in `create'

Now I'm stuck and I'm not sure what went wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Here's my document model:

class Document < ActiveRecord::Base
    attr_accessible :attachment
    has_attached_file :attachment

    attr_accessor :attachment_file_name

    validates_attachment_content_type :attachment, :content_type => %w(image/jpeg image/jpg image/png image/gif)
end

5 Answers

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

What's in your statuses_controller, this error here:

app/controllers/statuses_controller.rb:43:in `create'

In fact, please paste your entire create method under statuses_controller.

Karina Mio
Karina Mio
3,863 Points
Karina Mio
Karina Mio
3,863 Points 
def create
    @status = current_user.statuses.new(params[:status])
    respond_to do |format|
      if @status.save
        format.html { redirect_to @status, notice: 'Status was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render json: @status, status: :created, location: @status }
      else
        format.html { render action: "new" }
        format.json { render json: @status.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

I changed my document model to this, and I no longer get an error. However, the file still doesn't attach to the status...

class Document < ActiveRecord::Base
    attr_accessible :attachment
    has_attached_file :attachment
    do_not_validate_attachment_file_type :attachment
    attr_accessor :attachment_file_name
end

Thanks!

Karina Mio
Karina Mio
3,863 Points
Karina Mio
Karina Mio
3,863 Points

See above.

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Karina Mio What does your log say when you attach an attachment? Can you possibly post a link to your code so we can take a look?

Karina Mio
Karina Mio
3,863 Points
Karina Mio
Karina Mio
3,863 Points

Nevermind, I got it.