Uploading a remote file url from Rails Console with Carrierwave

Question

I just wanted to know how one would go about uploading a remote file url using Carrierwave in the Rails console.

I tried the following without any luck. I presume it

Answer 1

I have had problems with remote_avatar_url not uploading the image or throwing any errors. For me, as far as I can tell, it was because I set the following in my model.

attr_accessor :remote_avatar_url

Carrierwave covers this for you, and although I don't understand why, setting it yourself buggers things up.