Carrierwave to store the full path

Question

Is it possible to make CarrierWave store in the database the full path of the downloaded files instead of the file name and re-generate them with every call?

The reason I want this is to change the structure in which I store the files, without the already downloaded files disappearing until they are moved to their new locations.

Answer 1

In your bootloader you have this structure:

class YourUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
  ...

  def store_dir
    "uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id}"
  end

  ...
end

I think that if you change store_dirto the full path, it will do what you want.

Answer 2

My workaround is to save the directory by a separate attribute:

class MyModel
  before_save do
    self.content_path ||= "uploads/my_model/contents/#{id}"
  end
end

Then your bootloader will look like this:

class YourUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
  ...

  def store_dir
    model.content_path
  end

  ...
end