Upload code files with paperclip

Question

What should be the validates_attachment_content_type configuration in order to be able to upload code files. In my case I want to upload .R files.

I want to do something like this:

class RFile < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_attached_file :r, url: "/system/:attachment/:id/:basename.:extension"
  validates_attachment_content_type :r, content_type: 'text/r'
end

Do I have to define a mime type? How should I do that?

EDIT:

With this code, using text/plain:

class RFile < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_attached_file :r, url: "/system/:attachment/:id/:basename.:extension"
  validates_attachment_content_type :r, content_type: 'text/plain'
end

I get the following errors:

R has contents that are not what they are reported to be
R is invalid
R content type is invalid

I looked at this list of mime types

http://hul.harvard.edu/ois/systems/wax/wax-public-help/mimetypes.htm

But I don't find the one for .R files. But when executing this command:

file --mime-type compare_datasets.R

I get this result:

compare_datasets.R: text/plain

Why the text/plain does not work?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 15:11

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For code files you can use text/plain MIME type.

validates_attachment_content_type :r, :content_type => 'text/plain'

a number of such file endings can be found here

answered Mar 09 '16 at 15:11

svelandiag

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I tried with text/plain but I'm still not able to upload the file. I edited the question with the code and errors. – Mario Mar 09 '16 at 15:18
Try with this `text/x-r`mime type – svelandiag Mar 09 '16 at 16:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '16 at 18:24

I manage to be able to get it working by doing this in the mime type initializer:

Paperclip.options[:content_type_mappings] = {r: "text/plain"}

And this in the model:

class RFile < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_attached_file :r, url: "/system/:attachment/:id/:basename.:extension"
  validates_attachment_file_name :r, matches: [/r\Z/, /R\Z/]
  do_not_validate_attachment_file_type :r
end

Upload code files with paperclip

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