module Paperclip class StringioAdapter < AbstractAdapter def initialize(target) @target = target cache_current_values @tempfile = copy_to_tempfile(@target) end attr_writer :content_type private def cache_current_values @original_filename = @target.original_filename if @target.respond_to?(:original_filename) @original_filename ||= "stringio.txt" @original_filename = @original_filename.strip @content_type = @target.content_type if @target.respond_to?(:content_type) @content_type ||= "text/plain" @size = @target.size end def copy_to_tempfile(src) while data = src.read(16*1024) destination.write(data) end destination.rewind destination end end end Paperclip.io_adapters.register Paperclip::StringioAdapter do |target| StringIO === target end