How to translate "File.open" to compatibility with S3?

Question

I have this line.

@organization.search_image = File.open(@photo.photo.path(:original))

Besides looking for something local, and all my photos are now on S3. How would I do to open a file on S3?

Answer 1

I think what you should do is upload / transfer the image to S3 and write it to a new file, and then use the new file.

open('newpic.png', 'w') do |file|
    S3Object.stream('pic.png', 'bucket_name') do |chunk|
      file.write chunk
    end
end

#Write the streamed file to newpic.png then use newpic.png.

Answer 2

You have two options that come to mind:

• Use S3 Ruby bindings and access your data using the S3 provided abstractions.
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