How to get file path at file upload

Question

I want to use Cloudinary's service where I can upload files with their server side code.

But I don't understand how to get hold of the submitted file's path?

When a user chooses a file with a normal file input field, only the file name gets submitted with the form.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '15 at 09:28

We recommend to use our integration with CarrierWave or Attachinary. With CarrierWave, you'll be able to simply use something like:

<%= form_for model do |f| %>
  ...
  <%= f.upload_field :image %>

<% end %>

and everything else will be happening behind the scenes for you without any additional coding to do, as demonstrated in the sample project I shared previously.

If you still wish to do the coding on your end, then you can do something like the following:

<%= form_for model, html: {multipart: true} do |f| %>
  ...
  <%= upload_field_tag :image %>

<% end %>

then in your controller:

def create
  Cloudinary::Uploader.upload params[:image]
  ...
end

How to get file path at file upload

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