ruby on rails 3.1 move .swf to asset pipeline?

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Is it possible to move SWF files to the asset pipeline, and if possible how can this be done?

score 42 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 09 '13 at 21:00

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I would recommend putting them in a folder called app/assets/flash.

Add this folder to your asset paths:

config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join('app', 'assets', 'flash')

They can be referenced like this in your views:

asset_path('name_of_swf')

The asset_path helper will ensure the correct file is referenced in development and production modes.

edited Sep 09 '13 at 21:00

Brad Werth

answered Jan 24 '12 at 18:19

Richard Hulse

Great great Did not knew you could extend assets paths like that, thx ! For reference you add this config.assets.path << etc in /config/application.rb – Rubytastic Jan 24 '12 at 18:28
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But isn't app/assets only for files that need to be precompiled? A swf is a binary and requires no precompilation. – Undistraction Jul 07 '12 at 17:00
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Any binary files that are put in the pipeline get a fingerprint added to them so that you can take advantage of far-future headers and client-side caching. – Richard Hulse Jul 08 '12 at 21:38
How would you refer to this in a script? – ErnestoE Jun 30 '15 at 07:16
asset_path('name_of_file') assuming the file is somewhere in the assets folder. If it is in a folder than you need to include that. – Richard Hulse Jul 02 '15 at 07:01

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