MechanizeClip

Downloads files to temp files with Mechanize gem. You can use it with paperclip.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mechanize_clip'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mechanize_clip

user.avatar = MechanizeClip.get 'http://www.google.ru/images/nav_logo99.png'

# it follows redirects
user.avatar = MechanizeClip.get 'http://bit.ly/cHbjf'

# it creates temp files from raw requests
# useful for ajax uploaders like https://github.com/valums/file-uploader
user.avatar = MechanizeClip.from_raw request

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request