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Validation Helpers

The validation_helpers plugin provides helper methods for validating attached files based on extracted metadata.

plugin :validation_helpers

Attacher.validate do
  validate_mime_type %w[image/jpeg image/png image/webp]
  validate_max_size 5*1024*1024 # bytes
  # ...
end

Validators​

File size​

The #validate_max_size/#validate_min_size methods accept a number of bytes, and validate that the size metadata value is not greater/less than the specified size.

validate_max_size 5*1024*1024 # file size must not be greater than 5 MB
validate_min_size 1024        # file size must not be less than 1 KB

You can also use the #validate_size method, which combines these two:

validate_size 1024..5*1024*1024 # file size must not be greater than 5 MB nor less than 1 KB

MIME type​

The #validate_mime_type_inclusion/#validate_mime_type_exclusion methods accept a list of MIME types, and validate that the mime_type metadata value is/is not a member of that list.

validate_mime_type_inclusion %w[image/jpeg image/png image/webp] # file must be a JPEG, PNG or a WEBP image
validate_mime_type_exclusion %w[application/x-php]               # file must not be a PHP script

Instead of #validate_mime_type_inclusion you can also use just #validate_mime_type.

File extension​

The #validate_extension_inclusion/#validation_extension_exclusion methods accept a list of file extensions, and validate that the filename metadata value extension is/is not a member of that list.

validate_extension_inclusion %w[jpg jpeg png webp] # file must have .jpg, .jpeg, .png, or .webp extension
validate_extension_exclusion %w[php]               # file must not have a .php extension

Instead of #validate_extension_inclusion you can also use just #validate_extension.

Since file extension doesn't have to match the type of the file, it's good practice to validate both the file extension and the MIME type.

Image Dimensions​

These validations validate width and height metadata values, which are extracted by the store_dimensions plugin.

plugin :store_dimensions

It's good practice to validate dimensions in addition to filesize, as a guard against decompression attacks.

Width​

The #validate_max_width/#validate_min_width methods accept a width in pixels, and validates that the width metadata value is not greater/less than the specified number:

validate_max_width 5000 # image width must not be greater than 5000px
validate_min_width 100  # image width must not be less than 100px

You can also use the #validate_width method, which combines these two:

validate_width 100..5000 # image width must not be greater than 5000px nor less than 100px

Height​

The #validate_max_height/#validate_min_height methods accept a height in pixels, and validates that the height metadata value is not greater/less than the specified number:

validate_max_height 5000 # image height must not be greater than 5000px
validate_min_height 100  # image height must not be less than 100px

You can also use the #validate_height method, which combines these two:

validate_height 100..5000 # image height must not be greater than 5000px nor less than 100px

Width & Height​

The #validate_max_dimensions/#validate_min_dimensions methods accept an array of width and height in pixels, and validates that the width and height metadata values are not greater/less than the specified numbers:

validate_max_dimensions [5000, 5000] # image dimensions must not be greater than 5000x5000
validate_min_dimensions [100, 100]   # image dimensions must not be less than 100x100

You can also use the #validate_dimensions methods, which combines these two:

validate_dimensions [100..5000, 100..5000] # image dimensions must not be greater than 5000x5000 nor less than 100x100

Dynamic evaluation​

The validation methods return whether the validation succeeded, allowing you to easily do conditional validation:

Attacher.validate do
  if validate_mime_type_inclusion %w[image/jpeg image/png image/webp]
    validate_max_width 2000
    validate_max_height 2000
  end
end

Error messages​

If you would like to change default validation error messages, you can pass in the :default_messages option to the plugin:

plugin :validation_helpers, default_messages: {
  max_size:            -> (max)  { I18n.t("errors.file.max_size", max: max) },
  min_size:            -> (min)  { I18n.t("errors.file.min_size", min: min) },
  max_width:           -> (max)  { I18n.t("errors.file.max_width", max: max) },
  min_width:           -> (min)  { I18n.t("errors.file.min_width", min: min) },
  max_height:          -> (max)  { I18n.t("errors.file.max_height", max: max) },
  min_height:          -> (min)  { I18n.t("errors.file.min_height", min: min) },
  max_dimensions:      -> (dims) { I18n.t("errors.file.max_dimensions", dims: dims) },
  min_dimensions:      -> (dims) { I18n.t("errors.file.min_dimensions", dims: dims) },
  mime_type_inclusion: -> (list) { I18n.t("errors.file.mime_type_inclusion", list: list) },
  mime_type_exclusion: -> (list) { I18n.t("errors.file.mime_type_exclusion", list: list) },
  extension_inclusion: -> (list) { I18n.t("errors.file.extension_inclusion", list: list) },
  extension_exclusion: -> (list) { I18n.t("errors.file.extension_exclusion", list: list) },
}

If you would like to change the error message inline, you can pass the :message option to any validation method:

Attacher.validate do
  validate_mime_type %w[image/jpeg image/png image/webp], message: "must be JPEG, PNG or WEBP"
end