ruby on rails - Is there a best directory to place image uploads on heroku?

Question

I'm using carrierwave and I want to change the directory where images are stored.

Right now the image URL is /uploads/modelname/image/51/nameoffile.jpg

the store_dir in ImageUploader is

def store_dir
    "uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id}"
  end

I definitely do not want the modelname to show Is there an accepted ideal path where images should be stored on heroku?

Answer 1

Heroku doesn't allow uploads to their servers. You need to use another storage medium, like Amazon's S3.

I'm actually using Parse's (www.parse.com) API to store images on their solution. But it depends how you need access to your images.