Configuration ============= Given a Dragonfly app app = Dragonfly[:app_name] Configuration can either be done like so... app.configure do |c| c.url_path_prefix = '/media' # ... end ...or directly like so... app.url_path_prefix = '/media' The defaults should be fairly sensible, but you can tweak a number of things if you wish. Here is an example of an app with all attributes configured: app.configure do |c| c.datastore = SomeCustomDataStore.new :egg => 'head' # defaults to FileDataStore c.cache_duration = 3600*24*365*2 # defaults to 1 year # (1 year) c.fallback_mime_type = 'something/mental' # defaults to application/octet-stream c.log = Logger.new($stdout) # defaults to Logger.new('/var/tmp/dragonfly.log') c.infer_mime_type_from_file_ext = false # defaults to true c.url_path_prefix = '/images' # defaults to nil c.url_host = 'http://some.domain.com:4000' # defaults to nil c.protect_from_dos_attacks = true # defaults to false - adds a SHA parameter on the end of urls c.secret = 'This is my secret yeh!!' # should set this if concerned about DOS attacks c.analyser.register(MyAnalyser) # See 'Analysers' for more details c.processor.register(MyProcessor, :type => :fig) # See 'Processing' for more details c.encoder.register(MyEncoder) do |e| # See 'Encoding' for more details e.some_value = 'geg' end c.generator.register(MyGenerator) # See 'Generators' for more details c.register_mime_type(:egg, 'fried/egg') # See 'MimeTypes' for more details c.job :black_and_white do |size| # Job shortcut - lets you do image.black_and_white('30x30') process :greyscale process :thumb, size encode :gif end end Where is configuration done? ---------------------------- In Rails, it should be done in an initializer, e.g. 'config/initializers/dragonfly.rb'. Otherwise it should be done anywhere where general setup is done, early on. Saved configurations ==================== Saved configurations are useful if you often configure the app the same way. There are a number that are provided with Dragonfly: RMagick ------- app.configure_with(:rmagick) The {Dragonfly::Config::RMagick RMagick configuration} registers the app with the {Dragonfly::Analysis::RMagickAnalyser RMagickAnalyser}, {Dragonfly::Processing::RMagickProcessor RMagickProcessor}, {Dragonfly::Encoding::RMagickEncoder RMagickEncoder} and {Dragonfly::Generation::RMagickGenerator RMagickGenerator}, and adds the 'job shortcuts' `thumb`, `jpg`, `png` and `gif`. The file 'dragonfly/rails/images' does this for you. By default the processor, analyser, encoder and generator pass data around using tempfiles. You can make it pass data around using in-memory strings using app.configure_with(:rmagick, :use_filesystem => false) Rails ----- app.configure_with(:rails) The {Dragonfly::Config::Rails Rails configuration} points the log to the Rails logger, configures the file data store root path, sets the url_path_prefix to /media, and registers the {Dragonfly::Analysis::FileCommandAnalyser FileCommandAnalyser} for helping with mime_type validations. The file 'dragonfly/rails/images' does this for you. Heroku ------ app.configure_with(:heroku, 's3_bucket_name') The {Dragonfly::Config::Heroku Heroku configuration} configures it to use the {Dragonfly::DataStorage::S3DataStore}, using Heroku's config attributes. See {file:Heroku} for more info. Custom Saved Configuration -------------------------- You can create your own saved configuration with any object that responds to 'apply_configuration': module MyConfiguration def self.apply_configuration(app, *args) app.configure do |c| c.url_path_prefix = '/hello/beans' c.processor.register(MyProcessor) # ... end end end Then to configure: app.configure_with(MyConfiguration, :any_other => :args) # other args get passed through to apply_configuration You can also carry on configuring by passing a block app.configure_with(MyConfiguration) do |c| c.any_extra = :config_here # ... end