NAME ---- mongoid_grid_fs INSTALL ------- gem install mongoid_grid_fs SYNOPSIS -------- ````ruby require 'mongoid-grid_fs' g = GridFs.put readable GridFS.get id GridFS.delete id ```` DESCRIPTION ----------- mongoid_grid_fs is pure mongoid 3 / moped implementation of the mongodb grid_fs specification ref: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/GridFS+Specification it has the following features: - implementation is on top of mongoid for portability. moped (the drive) is barely used - simple, REST-like api - support for custom namespaces (fs.files vs. image.files) - pathnames and io-like objects can be written to the grid - auto-unique pathnames are generated (by default) to avoid collisions using #put 'path/info/a.rb' -> '$object_id/a.rb' - [] and []= methods which allow the grid to be used like a giant file hash in the sky - supprt for data_uris ````erb <%= image_tag :src => file.data_uri %> ````