Beam

A rubygem to simplifiy repetitive csv upload process for ActiveRecord models in rails applications. Supports bulk upload with activerecord-import

1. Add it the application's Gemfile:

   gem 'beam'

   Run the generator

   rails g beam:install

   This will create a config file for you to over-ride default options of upload process.

   create  config/initializers/beam.rb

   Add activerecord-import gem to the application's Gemfile:

   gem 'activerecord-import', '0.4.1' # for rails-4.1 app
   gem 'activerecord-import', '0.4.0' # for rails-4.0 app
   gem 'activerecord-import', '0.3.1' # for rails-3.1+ app

2. Add it to the model you want to import csv file

   extend Beam::Upload

3. Upload zipped csv file, e.g. users.csv.zip

   Model.upload_file(file_name, file_path)
   
   # where users.csv has headers and rows, e.g.:
   # name,email
   # Test1,
   # Test2,test2@test.com
   # Test3,test3@test.com
   # Test4,test4@test.com

4. Only if you would like to use upload_controller_methods (to help you upload files zipped-csv files, as fake.csv.zip) include below routes in config/routes.rb (for fake_controller):

   post "fake/upload", to: "fake#upload"
   get  "fake/error_file", to: "fake#error_file"

   include these methods in the controller:

   class FakeController < ApplicationController
     include Beam::UploadControllerMethods
   end
   ...
   ...

   and add view snippet to app/views/fake/upload_form.html.erb

   <%= form_tag users_upload_path, :multipart => true do %>
   <%= file_field_tag 'upload[upload_file]'%>
     <%= submit_tag "Upload" %>
   <% end %>

5. Get the output as:

   # response hash, e.g. 
     {:errors=>1, :status=>200, :total_rows=>4, :error_rows=>[["Test1", nil, "is invalid"]]}
   # error file, e.g.
   # for users.csv file, it creates errors_users.csv at the same path specified in Beam.config (Rails.root+'/tmp')
   # see records being saved in batch(by default) of 1_000 with activerecord-import gem

1. Default configurations (to change these, update config/initializers/beam.rb)

   Beam.config[:error_file_needed] = true
   Beam.config[:batch_process]     = true
   Beam.config[:batch_size]        = 1_000
   Beam.config[:zipped]            = true
   Beam.config[:data_upload_path]  = "#{Rails.root}/tmp"

SideKiq & DelayedJob options

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request