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Validate extension in Paperclip - Ruby on Rails


I've found that Paperclip can validate file content type, i.e. image/jpeg, but I want to specifically validate the extension. This is because I'm working with an obscure extension that won't get a consistent content type. Anyone know if this is doable, or a good way to do this?


Solution

  • Guess, there is no need to validate it with paperclip's method. You can rather use something like:

    has_attached_file :attachment
    validates_format_of :attachment_file_name, :with => %r{\.(docx|doc|pdf)$}i
    

    Edit:

    Alternatively, to validate it with paperclip:

    validates_attachment_content_type :attachment, :content_type => 'text/plain'
    

    ^ it will generate content-type mismatch errors automatically.