Question

I know I’m missing something really easy here…

CarrierWave::Storage::Fog::File has a method exists?

How do I use it? I’m just trying to check whether a previously uploaded file exists on the remote storage.

Neither my image object, nor my uploader object have access to this method. Surely I don’t have to create a new CarrierWave::Storage::Fog::File object to test if the file exists?

If so, what parameters should I put in? It takes the following: uploader, base, path
(I used the uploader, store directory and image url, but that didn’t work)

Answer 1

Suppose you have model User with a field image that you use Carrierwave on.
You could now write:

user = User.first
user.image.file.exists?

This would execute a remote check that returns true or false