instance method `has_many_attached`

Ruby on Rails 6.0.6

Since v6.0.6

Available in: v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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has_many_attached(name, dependent: :purge_later)

Specifies the relation between multiple attachments and the model.

class Gallery < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many_attached :photos
end

There are no columns defined on the model side, Active Storage takes care of the mapping between your records and the attachments.

To avoid N+1 queries, you can include the attached blobs in your query like so:

Gallery.where(user: Current.user).with_attached_photos

Under the covers, this relationship is implemented as a has_many association to a ActiveStorage::Attachment record and a has_many-through association to a ActiveStorage::Blob record. These associations are available as photos_attachments and photos_blobs. But you shouldn’t need to work with these associations directly in most circumstances.

The system has been designed to having you go through the ActiveStorage::Attached::Many proxy that provides the dynamic proxy to the associations and factory methods, like #attach.

If the :dependent option isn’t set, all the attachments will be purged (i.e. destroyed) whenever the record is destroyed.

Parameters

name req
dependent key = :purge_later

Source

# File activestorage/lib/active_storage/attached/model.rb, line 90
      def has_many_attached(name, dependent: :purge_later)
        generated_association_methods.class_eval <<-CODE, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
          def #{name}
            @active_storage_attached ||= {}
            @active_storage_attached[:#{name}] ||= ActiveStorage::Attached::Many.new("#{name}", self)
          end

          def #{name}=(attachables)
            if ActiveStorage.replace_on_assign_to_many
              attachment_changes["#{name}"] =
                if Array(attachables).none?
                  ActiveStorage::Attached::Changes::DeleteMany.new("#{name}", self)
                else
                  ActiveStorage::Attached::Changes::CreateMany.new("#{name}", self, attachables)
                end
            else
              if Array(attachables).any?
                attachment_changes["#{name}"] =
                  ActiveStorage::Attached::Changes::CreateMany.new("#{name}", self, #{name}.blobs + attachables)
              end
            end
          end
        CODE

        has_many :"#{name}_attachments", -> { where(name: name) }, as: :record, class_name: "ActiveStorage::Attachment", inverse_of: :record, dependent: :destroy do
          def purge
            each(&:purge)
            reset
          end

          def purge_later
            each(&:purge_later)
            reset
          end
        end
        has_many :"#{name}_blobs", through: :"#{name}_attachments", class_name: "ActiveStorage::Blob", source: :blob

        scope :"with_attached_#{name}", -> { includes("#{name}_attachments": :blob) }

        after_save { attachment_changes[name.to_s]&.save }

        after_commit(on: %i[ create update ]) { attachment_changes.delete(name.to_s).try(:upload) }

        ActiveRecord::Reflection.add_attachment_reflection(
          self,
          name,
          ActiveRecord::Reflection.create(:has_many_attached, name, nil, { dependent: dependent }, self)
        )
      end

Defined in activestorage/lib/active_storage/attached/model.rb line 90 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveStorage::Attached::Model

Signature

Parameters