ActiveStorage::Gridfs

This gem is an adapter for MongoDB's GridFS use with ActiveStorage. It allows GridFS to be used similarly to AWS S3 or Google Cloud Storage Service for file storage and querying through ActiveStorage.

Active Storage has a hard dependency on ActiveRecord and thus is not compatible with Mongoid at this time. This gem only lets Active Storage use MongoDB as a file store, not as a data store.

Usage

Set up Active Storage in your project using the instructions detailed here. In step 2, add the following to your config/storage.yml:

gridfs:
  service: GridFS
  database: your_database_name
  uri: mongodb://localhost:27017 # or wherever your database is hosted
  bucket: fs  # optional, defaults to "fs"

For each environment you would like to use GridFS (development/test/production), add the following to config/environments/[ENVIRONMENT].rb:

# Store files in GridFS.
config.active_storage.service = :gridfs

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies.

To set up the dummy project for testing, run:

cd test/dummy
bin/rails active_storage:install
bin/rails db:migrate

Then, run bundle exec rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.