On Sep 28, 11:12 am, Idris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why not just upload the file straight to S3 (I recommend not going
> through paperclip, but instead going straight to S3, so you don't hold
> up the dyno).  Then when the upload finishes, kick off a background
> job to read the image off S3, process it, and save the processed
> image.

This is exactly what I'd recommend if you want something scalable.
There are a few flash-based plugins that will even let you upload
directly to S3 so your dyno is not tied up. I have used this to allow
users to upload videos.

That said, if you are just dealing with images, setting up direct-to-
s3 uploading (and all the callbacks and background processing
associated with it) can be way too much development time.
It won't scale, but for small-to-medium sites, using paperclip and
having the dyno resize your images then upload to S3 will work just
fine.

Paul

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