Paperclip has_attached_file does not work with Rails install_connection

Question

I am trying to access images from paperclip using connection_connection.
Here is my article.rb model code

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base

  if Rails.env.production?
    establish_connection SECONDARY_DB_CONFIG
  else
    establish_connection "article_#{Rails.env}"
  end

    has_many :assets, dependent: :destroy

    accepts_nested_attributes_for :assets
    validates_associated :assets
end

asset.rb file

class Asset < ActiveRecord::Base

  if Rails.env.production?
    establish_connection SECONDARY_DB_CONFIG
  else
    establish_connection "article_#{Rails.env}"
  end

  belongs_to :article, polymorphic: true
    has_attached_file :image, :styles => { :large=> "1200x700",:medium => "800x" }

  validates_attachment_content_type :image, :content_type => ["image/jpg", "image/png", "image/jpeg"]
end

And the code in sight

<% Article.all.each do |article| %>
    <div class="project-item col-sm-6 col-md-4 col-lg-3">
        <% if article.assets.length > 0 %>
            <img src="<%= article.assets.last.image.url(:medium) %>" alt="<%=article.name%>" />
        <% end %>
        <div class="hover-title">
            <h2 class="project-title"><%= article.name%></h2>
            <p><%= property.short_desc %></p>
        </div>
    </div>
<% end %>

he gives an error like this

undefined method has_attached_file for Asset (call "Asset.connection" to establish a connection): Class

Answer 1

You need to install paperclip gem in an existing project, copy and configure AWS S3 information from the project that you need to access.
In gemfile

# paperclip gem for image manipulation
gem 'paperclip', :git=> 'https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip', :ref => '523bd46c768226893f23889079a7aa9c73b57d68'

# aws sdk for uploading at AWS
gem 'aws-sdk', '< 2.0'
gem 's3'

In production.rb

# configuration for amazon s3
  config.paperclip_defaults = {
    :storage => :s3,
    :s3_region=> ENV['AWS_REGION'],
    :s3_credentials => {
      :bucket => ENV['AWS_BUCKET'],
      :access_key_id => ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'],
      :secret_access_key => ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']
    }
  }