Rails, Uploading multiple Files to an Album

rubyonrails-talk
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Alright this one's tricky - don't shy off!

I've setup a multi-file uploader with Rails 3 + paperclip + Ajax Upload (http://valums.com/ajax-upload/)

My controller is as follows (which works):

      def upload         @photoalbum = PhotoAlbum.create         @photo = @photoalbum.photos.create({ :photo => params[:file], :title => params[:filename], :description => "Uploaded on #{Date.today.strftime("%b %d, %Y")}" })

        respond_to do |format|           format.json         end       end

The big issue here. is that if a User uploads 3 files, they are all going to seperate albums. Rails uploads the 3 files, and each file has it's own uniquely added album.

That's bad. I need all the files uploaded in a batch to go to it's own album..

Any thoughts on how to solve for this?

In the AJAX upload it is possible to pass a param. I thought about passing an album ID, problem is that would lead to a lot of blank albums, as the user doesn't always upload photos.

Geniuses wanted! thank you

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Hm.. Do you think you could post your view too?

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The view where the upload lives?

  <script src="/javascripts/jquery/plugins/fileuploader.js" type="text/ javascript"></script>

  <div id="file-uploader">       <noscript>           <p>Please enable JavaScript to use file uploader.</p>           <!-- or put a simple form for upload here -->       </noscript>   </div>

<script type="text/javascript"> $(function () {   var uploader = new qq.FileUploader({       // pass the dom node (ex. $(selector)[0] for jQuery users)       element: document.getElementById('file-uploader'),     params: {

    },       // path to server-side upload script       action: '/photos/upload'   }); }); </script>

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Just a question, Is it possible Ajax Upload "upload" the files one at the time? I mean, like, If you upload too photos it first calls /photos/upload once, then does it again for the second one?

Sorry for my spelling, and if my response seems like mumbo-jumbo, I should have gone sleeping at-least 2 hours ago

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Correct it does upload the files one at a time.

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Hm.. the only solution i can think of right now is to call the upload function once and have a do loop in there.

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As I see it, you are creating a new album here. If you are editing a existing album, you can send the album id along with your request. So here I think you need to change your logic; a users must create a album first, and upload his/her photos in the next step. Maybe that helps?