/paperclip-meta

Adds width, height, and size to paperclip images.

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Paperclip Meta

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Add width, height, and size to paperclip images.

Paperclip Meta gets image dimensions after post_process_styles using paperclip's Geometry.from_file.

Paperclip Meta works with paperclip version 5.x and 6.x.

Version 2.x works with paperclip version 4.x.

Setup

Add paperclip-meta to Gemfile:

gem 'paperclip-meta'

Create migration to add a *_meta column:

class AddAvatarMetaToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def change
    add_column :users, :avatar_meta, :text
  end
end

Rebuild all thumbnails to populate the meta column if you already have some attachments.

Now you can grab the size from the paperclip attachment:

image_tag user.avatar.url, size: user.avatar.image_size
image_tag user.avatar.url(:medium), size: user.avatar.image_size(:medium)
image_tag user.avatar.url(:thumb), size: user.avatar.image_size(:thumb)

Internals

The meta column is simple hash:

style: {
  width:  100,
  height: 100,
  size:   42000
}

This hash will be marshaled and base64 encoded before writing to model attribute.

height, width, image_size and aspect_ratio methods are provided:

user.avatar.width(:thumb)
=> 100
user.avatar.height(:medium)
=> 200
user.avatar.image_size
=> '60x70'
user.avatar.aspect_ratio
=> 1.5

You can pass the image style to these methods. If a style is not passed, the default style will be used.

Alternatives

https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip/wiki/Extracting-image-dimensions

Development

Test:

bundle
bundle exec rake