Rails Active Storage creating a direct download link

Question

I'm using Active Storage with Rails 5.2.

When I create a download link for an image, it generates an URL for the blob that points to the rails application.

Is there any way to create a download link that directory points to a cloud service like S3 without redirecting to the rails application?

Answer 1

You can get the link of the file by using ActiveStorage service_url method like this:

Model.last.attachment.service_url

It will return the service link for your attachment. You can read more about service_url here