Rails - Mar 2006 - Newbie: Saving file from a URL into DB

Hi all,

I''m just starting to learn RoR, and would like to ask a question.
I know that we can ''upload'' file from local machine and save
it to a
database. Now, say I have a photo which I store in other website (for 
example Flickr).  This photo obviously has a URL pointing to it, e.g. 
http://www.flickr.com/username/photoname.jpg.
How can I ''save'' this photo/file into my RoR
application''s database ?

Thanks a lot for your help,
Chris

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Have you looked at file upload code and considered if you can hack it to
take input from a url instead of from the local file store?

Tim Case

On 3/23/06, Chris Prakoso <mahadewa@btinternet.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I''m just starting to learn RoR, and would like to ask a question.
> I know that we can ''upload'' file from local machine and
save it to a
> database. Now, say I have a photo which I store in other website (for
> example Flickr).  This photo obviously has a URL pointing to it, e.g.
> http://www.flickr.com/username/photoname.jpg.
> How can I ''save'' this photo/file into my RoR
application''s database ?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
> Chris
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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