Add Rackspace/Mosso Cloud Files support

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Reported by minter

I've added support for Rackspace/Mosso Cloud Files, an S3 competitor, in my github fork (http://github.com/minter/paperclip/tree/master). I've included tests, based off of the existing S3 tests.

The Cloud Files support requires the Cloud Files Ruby gem, currently available at http://www.mosso.com/cloudfiles.jsp but hopefully soon in a more standard location.

I'm hoping this will be a useful addition to Paperclip, giving users another option for hosting their data in a cloud environment.

[minter]

The Cloud Files gem is now available on github's gem server, which is much easier.

[minter]

Just checking to see if there's any interest in merging this functionality in.

[peterberkenbosch]

+1 since I probably go with mosso...

[phillc]

Just installed it as a plugin on my app, works perfectly.

[phillc]

Would it satisfy the thoughtbot creators to maybe refactor the storage part of paperclip, so that we can create plugins for paperclip that implement other storage facilities?

[minter]

Seems reasonable, though you'd probably need to take that up with them.

[secretfader]

+1 for Cloud Files integration. Until then, I'll be using Minter's fork.

[mediaslave]

+1 for Cloud Files integration

[pjleonhardt]

+1 for Cloud Files integration

[mrrooijen]

+1 for Cloud Files integration

[lancecarlson]

+1 for Cloud Files integration

[secretfader]

There's a fork with cloudfiles integration here: http://github.com/minter/paperclip

[lancecarlson]

it's not up to date with the latest commits.

[lancecarlson]

Yes, I'm using rails3, so I'm referring to the rails3 branch

[minter]

I'll see what I can do about that. I just merged in the latest commits from the master branch, though.

[arta]

+1 for Cloud Files integration

[mrrooijen]

It's been a year since this issue has been opened and the fork has been ready since then. Are there any plans of merging this into master any time soon, or at all?

I am aware that there is a fork that supports cloud files but it's getting out of date, it has Rails 3 deprecation warnings and the folder/file structure of the repository is now different. It's basically the repository (afaik) that he cloned from Paperclip's Rails 3 branch and implemented his Rackspace Cloud Files storage module.

[minter]

For what it's worth, my fork should be up to date with Rails 3 and the latest Thoughtbot master.

https://github.com/minter/paperclip (and https://rubygems.org/gems/paperclip-cloudfiles)

[cpytel]

Hey everyone, I apologize for the delay on this. Everyone, but specifically @minter, with the Fog support in Paperclip, which supports Rackspace cloud files, is there any reason for this fork anymore? Thanks.

[minter]

There may not be a need any more - when I checked a few weeks ago, the Fog support was pretty new, and a few features that at least I use weren't supported. But I'll check out the current state of the Fog processor and see how it is!

But yeah, once the Fog support works properly, I doubt seriously there will be a reason to have my paperclip-cloudfiles fork around.

[cpytel]

Cool, that'd be great if you could take a look at that and let us know here if its needed. Thanks again.

[minter]

It doesn't look like the current Fog storage module allows setting Fog credentials in a file (like config/amazon_s3.yml does for the s3 provider). Is that correct?

And if so, should I make a patch to add that support?

[jyurek]

No, the fog support doesn't handle that, and there's no reason it couldn't. I would be happy to accept a patch for that.

[jyurek]

On further reflection, a patch for that should be in its own issue, so I'll close this one. Thanks.