Abstract class serving as an interface for concrete services.

The available services are:

  • Disk, to manage attachments saved directly on the hard drive.

  • GCS, to manage attachments through Google Cloud Storage.

  • S3, to manage attachments through Amazon S3.

  • AzureStorage, to manage attachments through Microsoft Azure Storage.

  • Mirror, to be able to use several services to manage attachments.

Inside a Rails application, you can set-up your services through the generated config/storage.yml file and reference one of the aforementioned constant under the service key. For example:

local:
  service: Disk
  root: <%= Rails.root.join("storage") %>

You can checkout the service's constructor to know which keys are required.

Then, in your application's configuration, you can specify the service to use like this:

config.active_storage.service = :local

If you are using Active Storage outside of a Ruby on Rails application, you can configure the service to use like this:

ActiveStorage::Blob.service = ActiveStorage::Service.configure(
  :Disk,
  root: Pathname("/foo/bar/storage")
)

Namespace

Class

Methods

Class Public methods

configure(service_name, configurations)

Configure an Active Storage service by name from a set of configurations, typically loaded from a YAML file. The Active Storage engine uses this to set the global Active Storage service when the app boots.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 50
      def configure(service_name, configurations)
        Configurator.build(service_name, configurations)
      end
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Instance Public methods

delete(key)

Delete the file at the key.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 88
    def delete(key)
      raise NotImplementedError
    end
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delete_prefixed(prefix)

Delete files at keys starting with the prefix.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 93
    def delete_prefixed(prefix)
      raise NotImplementedError
    end
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download(key)

Return the content of the file at the key.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 78
    def download(key)
      raise NotImplementedError
    end
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download_chunk(key, range)

Return the partial content in the byte range of the file at the key.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 83
    def download_chunk(key, range)
      raise NotImplementedError
    end
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exist?(key)

Return true if a file exists at the key.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 98
    def exist?(key)
      raise NotImplementedError
    end
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headers_for_direct_upload(key, filename:, content_type:, content_length:, checksum:)

Returns a Hash of headers for url_for_direct_upload requests.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 118
    def headers_for_direct_upload(key, filename:, content_type:, content_length:, checksum:)
      {}
    end
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update_metadata(key, **metadata)

Update metadata for the file identified by key in the service. Override in subclasses only if the service needs to store specific metadata that has to be updated upon identification.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 74
    def update_metadata(key, **metadata)
    end
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upload(key, io, checksum: nil, **options)

Upload the io to the key specified. If a checksum is provided, the service will ensure a match when the upload has completed or raise an ActiveStorage::IntegrityError.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 67
    def upload(key, io, checksum: nil, **options)
      raise NotImplementedError
    end
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url(key, expires_in:, disposition:, filename:, content_type:)

Returns a signed, temporary URL for the file at the key. The URL will be valid for the amount of seconds specified in expires_in. You most also provide the disposition (:inline or :attachment), filename, and content_type that you wish the file to be served with on request.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 105
    def url(key, expires_in:, disposition:, filename:, content_type:)
      raise NotImplementedError
    end
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url_for_direct_upload(key, expires_in:, content_type:, content_length:, checksum:)

Returns a signed, temporary URL that a direct upload file can be PUT to on the key. The URL will be valid for the amount of seconds specified in expires_in. You must also provide the content_type, content_length, and checksum of the file that will be uploaded. All these attributes will be validated by the service upon upload.

📝 Source code 
# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/service.rb, line 113
    def url_for_direct_upload(key, expires_in:, content_type:, content_length:, checksum:)
      raise NotImplementedError
    end
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