Papermill

Asset management made easy.

Install the gem!

$ gem sources -a http://gems.github.com
$ sudo gem install BBenezech-papermill

Try the demo!

$ sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby
$ rails -m http://gist.github.com/177714.txt papermill-example
$ cd papermill-example
$ ./script/server
$ GoTo localhost:3000 and try to create an article with assets but without title

Papermill comes in 2 flavors:

Generic catch-all declaration

papermill my_option_hash                              # in your papermilled assetable model
assets_upload(:my_key, my_option_hash)          # form helper call
@assetable.papermill_assets(:my_key)                  # data access in your view

Association specific declaration

papermill :my_association, my_option_hash             # in your papermilled assetable model
assets_upload(:my_association, my_option_hash)  # form helper call
@assetable.my_association                             # data access in your view

In both case, you can specify a PapermillAsset subclass to use with :class_name => MyPapermillAssetSubclass in the option hash You can have a catch-all declaration and as many specific association as you want in your model (as long as they use different keys) It’s up to you. You can use the first one only, the second only or both.

See papermill_module.rb for the complete list of options.

Installation

Once you’ve installed the gem, generate a migration and copy a couple of static assets:

# copy static assets and generate a migration
$ ./script/generate papermill PapermillMigration
$ rake db:migrate

In your assetable model:

# You can set a catch-all papermill association : 
papermill :class_name => Asset

# or create an association for the specific :my_gallery key
papermill :my_gallery,
  :class_name => GalleryAsset,
  :thumbnail => {
      :width => 90,
      :height => 30
  }

In your layout:

<%= papermill_stylesheet_tag %>
<%= papermill_javascript_tag :with_jquery => "no_conflict" %>
# you won't need :with_jquery if you use it already, obviously.

In your edit form:

f.images_upload(:my_gallery)     # use specific papermill :my_gallery declaration
f.assets_upload(:my_assets)      # use catch-all
f.asset_upload(:my_other_asset)  # use catch-all

Access them with:

@assetable.my_gallery.each{ |image| image_tag image.url("100x100") }
@assetable.papermill_assets(:my_assets).each{ |asset| asset.url }
@assetable.papermill_assets(:my_other_asset).first.url

Also see gist.github.com/177714.txt for more precises installation steps. Have a look at the API here rdoc.info/projects/BBenezech/papermill

Translations:

Papermill is fully I18n-able. Copy config/locales/papermill.yml to your root config/locale folder to modify any wording in a any locale.

Word of caution:

Beta. Wait for gem 1.0.0 for the production ready thing. This is xNIX only (system(“rm …”)). Rails 2.3