Tag: Rails3.1

Paperclip and Rspec: Stubbing Paperclip/ImageMagick to make specs run faster, but with image resolution validation

I always test my Paperclip stuff. Mostly because quite often, I need to ensure proper images resolution or other image-based conditions. Unfortunately, it takes some time, mostly because ImageMagick is performing resource consuming operations. Each resolution test needs to get valid image to determine width and height. After that, Paperclip will try to create all the thumbs and save them. This takes a lot of time! Luckily there's a Quickerclip that stubs Paperclip methods, allowing it to run faster. There's one small issue with this code: it stubs the image, so there's no way to test resolution validations. In order to make it work, but without any additional callbacks and without images converting, we need to stub two things:

First the Paperclip.run method:

# We stub some Paperclip methods - so it won't call shell slow commands
# This allows us to speedup paperclip tests 3-5x times.
module Paperclip
  def self.run cmd, params = "", expected_outcodes = 0
    cmd == 'convert' ? nil : super
  end
end

This will ignore convert command, so thumbnails won't be created on save.

Also we need to stub the Paperclip::Attachment.post_process:

class Paperclip::Attachment
  def post_process
  end
end

Don't forget to add this to your spec_helper or test_helper file!

After that, your tests/specs should run 3-5x times faster (it depends on how heavily you app is Paperclip based.

UPDATE FOR PAPERCLIP > 3.5.2
For Paperclip newer than 3.5.2 please use code presented below:

module Paperclip
  def self.run cmd, arguments = "", interpolation_values = {}, local_options = {}
    cmd == 'convert' ? nil : super
  end
end

class Paperclip::Attachment
  def post_process
  end
end

Ruby Tempfile extension without random postfix

Recently I fell into the "RFM" trap (read fu**ing manual). I had some Ajax files uploaded to my controller and to make it easier, I've been processing them using Tempfile class. This was not a problem (I've been processing their content) until I've decided to do an Ajax file upload which was connected to paperclip. Paperclip saves the file name with extension so when using with Tempfile instance, you might get the invalid file extension.

temp = Tempfile.new(params[:file_name])
temp.binmode
temp.write(Base64.decode64(file[:file_value]))
temp.rewind
temp

The file name is obtained with method path:

temp = Tempfile.new('demo.jpg')
temp.path #=> #<Tempfile:/tmp/demo.jpg20130403-3747-13d19dx>
user.avatar = temp
user.save!

# Paperclip object instance
user.avatar(:big) #=> '/images/users/user_avatar.jpg20130403-3747-13d19dx'

This might be a problem, because some browser won't render image with invalid extension. However fixing this issue is really easy. It all comes down to reading the manual.

You can provide an Array instance with two elements as a first parameter. The temporary file base name will begin with the array’s first element, and end with the second element:

temp = Tempfile.new(['demo', '.jpg'])
temp.path #=> #<Tempfile:/tmp/demo20130403-3747-13d19dx.jpg>
user.avatar = temp
user.save!

Conclusion

Since this was mentioned in documentation I've got a lesson to always read it :)

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