If you are using paperclip and you upload a file containing spaces in the filename (ex windows users) – this can cause probs if your server is a unix box. Hence we would like to sanitize the filename of every attachment – across all models that use paperclip
1. Create a file called paperclip_config.rb in config/initializers
2. Add the following lines to it
# Use the escaped_filename for all attachments
Paperclip::Attachment.default_options.merge!(
:path => ":rails_root/public/:attachment/:id/:style/:escaped_filename",
:url => "/:attachment/:id/:style/:escaped_filename")
# ensure that escaped_filename for all attachments is actually escaped
Paperclip.interpolates('escaped_filename') do |attachment, style|
s = basename(attachment, style)
# Remove apostrophes so isn't changes to isnt
s.gsub!(/'/, '')
# Replace any non-letter or non-number character with a space
s.gsub!(/[^A-Za-z0-9]+/, ' ')
# Remove spaces from beginning and end of string
s.strip!
# Replace groups of spaces with single hyphen
s.gsub!(/\ +/, '-')
return s + "." + extension(attachment, style)
end
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