how to save image from url in paperclip rails

Question

how to save image from url in paperclip rails?

and i have model article :

require "open-uri"
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :feed_id, :url, :name, :author, :image, :image_caption, :text
has_attached_file :image, :styles => { :medium => "300x300>", :thumb => "100x100>" }, :default_url => "/images/:style/missing.png"

def picture_from_url(url)
  self.image = URI.parse(url)
  self.save
end

def self.add_articles       
      article = create!(
        :feed_id => 1,
        :name => "test",
        :author => "udin",
        :image_caption => "test caption",
        :text => "bla..bla..bla",
      )

 image_url = "http://img.antaranews.com/new/2013/10/big/20131030047.jpg"
      article.picture_from_url(image_url)
    end
  end

how to make the image url save to my public folder?

if i try open(image_url) using open-uri, the image just save to tmp... how to save the image file to public? — tardjo
i want save the image file from url to my local directory @marvwhere — tardjo

tardjo tardjo · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-20T09:02:37

fix my problem using gem minimagick

file = MiniMagick::Image.open(image_url)
save_to_local = file.write  "public/assets/file_name.jpg"

how to save image from url in paperclip rails

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