Question

using paperclip’s default/standard configuration, a model without an image will result in having a path http://localhost:3000/avatars/thumb/missing.png

I am using paperclip with S3, and I would like to use a missing.png from my storage.

Is there a way to set the path for the missing.png via s3?

I am aware of the :default_url but it doesnt seem to work with the s3 information that other images use

Answer 1

'default_url' is the url to use when an image is nil.

One other scenario would be that url for your attachment exists but it just doesn’t exists at the location or s3, in that case the Frontend tries to find the file but returns the error as unable to find the file.

So the solution here could be you replace all your missing url file with some asset file via javascript like this : jQuery/JavaScript to replace broken images