Rails 'link_to' to Download An Image Immediately Instead of Opening it in the Browser

Question

I have a link_to Rails helper that downloads a wallpaper when clicked. But the image is loading in the browser instead of being downloaded immediately.

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Answer 1

Instead of putting the link of the image in your tag, you can handle it in your controller. And then in your controller you can do something like

send_file @download.wallpapers[1].wallpaper.url, :type => 'image/jpeg', :disposition => 'attachment'

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