Rails - May 2011 - Unable to find the image path via file system using the paperclip plugin through the get method

Hello all,

with great difficulty , I guess I have finally been able to find the
appropriate git commit of paperclip which would suit my project''s
config
which is Ruby 1.8.7 and rails 2.0.2.

 I am trying to implement a POC before I integrate paperclip in my
project. The POC is basically implementing each post with an appropriate
image beside it. It seems to pretty much work, its just that It
currently showing **routing errors** when it is trying to **fetch the
image**. I am able to see appropriate reflections in the DB showing that
the image has been inserted with the post message. I actually in my
Rails app can see the images being stored.. as per the default url used
by paperclip to store the images in the file system.

But I am unable to understand why is it unable to use the same url to
fetch back the image and display the same. I have basically implemented
this POC using rails scaffold and made some appropriate changes.

The routing error talks about using the get method, I am unable to
understand what role does get method play in fetching the image, I
don''t
have any such method in my controller..
Something seems to be fishy wrt this scenario.. please enlighten me on
the same on how exactly is the image supposed to be fetched and
displayed.. if I am doing it wrong some where.. kindly correct me on the
same..

I would like to add a photos directory is created in my app''s root
directory and within that there is a directory which gets created every
time a new post is added with an appropriate image upload. This
directory name is coined with the an id, uniquely identifying each image
within it. The actual directory structure is like this:-

rail_app_directory/photo/id_number/orginal/photo_filename.appropriate_file_format

A more direct e.g. to the general structure posted above:-
post_with_image/photo/1/original/sunset.jpeg


Please find code for controller below just in case:-

    class PostsController < ApplicationController
      # GET /posts
      # GET /posts.xml
      def index
        @posts = Post.find(:all)

        respond_to do |format|
          format.html # index.html.erb
          format.xml  { render :xml => @posts }
        end
      end

      # GET /posts/1
      # GET /posts/1.xml
      def show
        @post = Post.find(params[:id])

        respond_to do |format|
          format.html # show.html.erb
          format.xml  { render :xml => @post }
        end
      end

      # GET /posts/new
      # GET /posts/new.xml
      def new
        @post = Post.new

        respond_to do |format|
          format.html # new.html.erb
          format.xml  { render :xml => @post }
        end
      end

      # GET /posts/1/edit
      def edit
        @post = Post.find(params[:id])
      end

      # POST /posts
      # POST /posts.xml
      def create
        @post = Post.new(params[:post])

        respond_to do |format|
          if @post.save
            flash[:notice] = ''Post was successfully created.''
            format.html { redirect_to(@post) }
            format.xml  { render :xml => @post, :status => :created,
:location => @post }
          else
            format.html { render :action => "new" }
            format.xml  { render :xml => @post.errors, :status =>
:unprocessable_entity }
          end
        end
      end

      # PUT /posts/1
      # PUT /posts/1.xml
      def update
        @post = Post.find(params[:id])

        respond_to do |format|
          if @post.update_attributes(params[:post])
            flash[:notice] = ''Post was successfully updated.''
            format.html { redirect_to(@post) }
            format.xml  { head :ok }
          else
            format.html { render :action => "edit" }
            format.xml  { render :xml => @post.errors, :status =>
:unprocessable_entity }
          end
        end
      end

      # DELETE /posts/1
      # DELETE /posts/1.xml
      def destroy
        @post = Post.find(params[:id])
        @post.destroy

        respond_to do |format|
          format.html { redirect_to(posts_url) }
          format.xml  { head :ok }
        end
      end
    end



Please find the code for my index.html.erb file:-

    <h1>Listing posts</h1>

    <table>
      <tr>
        <th>Message</th>
      </tr><br/>
    </table>
    <% for post in @posts %>
      <%= image_tag post.photo.url %>
      <table>
        <tr><td><%=h post.message %></td></tr>
        <tr><td><%= link_to ''Show'', post
%></td>
        <td><%= link_to ''Edit'', edit_post_path(post)
%></td>
        <td><%= link_to ''Destroy'', post, :confirm
=> ''Are you sure?'',
:method => :delete %></td></tr>
        </table>
      <br/>  <hr/>
    <% end %>



    <br />

    <%= link_to ''New post'', new_post_path %>


This is what I get doing a **tail -f log/development.log**


    ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches
"/photo/4/original/ruby-on-rails.jpg" with {:method=>:get}):
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:1441:in
`recognize_path''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:1424:in
`recognize''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:170:in
`handle_request''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:115:in
`dispatch''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:126:in
`dispatch_cgi''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:9:in
`dispatch''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in
`process''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in
`synchronize''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in
`process''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in
`process_client''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in
`each''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in
`process_client''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`initialize''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`new''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`initialize''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`new''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:282:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in
`each''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:128:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:281
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in
`load''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in
`load''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in
`new_constants_in''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in
`load''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:64
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in
`require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in
`new_constants_in''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in
`require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/server.rb:39
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require''
        script/server:3

    Rendering
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/templates/rescues/layout.erb
(not_found)


    Processing ApplicationController#index (for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-05-19
19:12:01) [GET]
      Session ID:
BAh7ByIKZmxhc2hJQzonQWN0aW9uQ29udHJvbGxlcjo6Rmxhc2g6OkZsYXNo%0ASGFzaHsABjoKQHVzZWR7ADoMY3NyZl9pZCIlZWVhYzk4NzczZDNjZDI4ZmY0%0ANzQ0NTU0NGU2YWJkMjk%3D--b8294cd9465ee6ac96f69b34362e3044138f3ee2
      Parameters: {}


    ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches
"/photo/5/original/Water%20lilies.jpg" with {:method=>:get}):
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:1441:in
`recognize_path''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:1424:in
`recognize''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:170:in
`handle_request''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:115:in
`dispatch''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:126:in
`dispatch_cgi''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:9:in
`dispatch''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in
`process''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in
`synchronize''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in
`process''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in
`process_client''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in
`each''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in
`process_client''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`initialize''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`new''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`initialize''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`new''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:282:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in
`each''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:128:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in
`run''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:281
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in
`load''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in
`load''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in
`new_constants_in''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in
`load''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:64
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in
`require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in
`new_constants_in''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in
`require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/server.rb:39
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`gem_original_require''
       
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in
`require''
        script/server:3

    Rendering
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/templates/rescues/layout.erb
(not_found)
    ^C** INT signal received.
    Exiting
    mohnish@mohnish-desktop:~/UP/pocs_tried_for_use/post_with_image$

**[QUESTION EDITED]**

Please find the code for the model post.rb:-

    class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
      #require ''paperclip''
      has_attached_file :photo
    end

My routes.rb files looks like this:-

    ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
      map.resources :posts

      # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created ->
highest priority.

      # Sample of regular route:
      #   map.connect ''products/:id'', :controller =>
''catalog'', :action
=> ''view''
      # Keep in mind you can assign values other than :controller and
:action

      # Sample of named route:
      #   map.purchase ''products/:id/purchase'', :controller
=>
''catalog'', :action => ''purchase''
      # This route can be invoked with purchase_url(:id => product.id)

      # Sample resource route (maps HTTP verbs to controller actions
automatically):
      #   map.resources :products

      # Sample resource route with options:
      #   map.resources :products, :member => { :short => :get, :toggle
=> :post }, :collection => { :sold => :get }

      # Sample resource route with sub-resources:
      #   map.resources :products, :has_many => [ :comments, :sales ],
:has_one => :seller

      # Sample resource route within a namespace:
      #   map.namespace :admin do |admin|
      #     # Directs /admin/products/* to Admin::ProductsController
(app/controllers/admin/products_controller.rb)
      #     admin.resources :products
      #   end

      # You can have the root of your site routed with map.root -- just
remember to delete public/index.html.
      # map.root :controller => "welcome"
      map.root :controller => "posts"

      # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes"

      # Install the default routes as the lowest priority.
      map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
      map.connect '':controller/:action/:id.:format''
    end


I am not sure where I am going wrong, Kindly help me with the same..

Thanks a lot for your help...

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