Unable to access Paperclip Avatar globally

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In my application.html.erb, I have a navigation bar that stores the user avatar. He or she should be able to return to the main index or traverse through the different controllers without issue. I seem to be getting a "Cannot find avatar for type ActiveRecord::Relation"

undefined method `avatar' for nil:NilClass

Application.html.erb <%= if user_signed_in? %> <li class="round-image-50"><%= image_tag(@user.avatar.url(:thumb), unless: avatar.nil?) %></li>

User.rb

has_attached_file :avatar, :styles => { :medium => "200x200>", :thumb => "100x100>" }, :unless => "avatar.blank?",                     :url => "/assets/users/:id/:style/:basename.:extension",                     :path => ":rails_root/public/assets/users/:id/:style/:basename.:extension"

  validates_attachment_content_type :avatar, :content_type => /\Aimage\/.*\Z/

The avatar uploads successfully when the user registers, and the file itself is attached to the user object.

Do you have a solution for this problem? And how would you enable the app to show all user avatars globally?

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I think error message is obvious you got that error because @user was nil if you're using devise, you can try this instead "current_user.avatar.url(:thumb)"

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Nugi Nugraha wrote in post #1175693:

unless: avatar.nil?) %></li>

I think error message is obvious you got that error because @user was nil if you're using devise, you can try this instead "current_user.avatar.url(:thumb)"

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I'm getting this error in my logs file. The current_user is signed in btw.

User Load (1.0ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = ? ORDER BY "users"."id" ASC LIMIT 1 [["id", 3]] Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 2302ms (ActiveRecord: 2.0ms)

NameError - undefined local variable or method `avatar' for #<#<Class:0x58867e0>:0x5885d78>:

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Is that the same error (undefined method `avatar' for nil:NilClass) or a new one? If a new one then show us the full error message and the line of code it relates to. If the same error then, as the previous poster said, it is because @user is nil.

Also what is the code unless: avatar.nil? supposed to be doing? I see no code setting up a variable avatar.

Colin

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Colin Law wrote in post #1175739:

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It is good practice to write what the problem was, so that others finding this thread may benefit from your experience.

Colin