Rails Image String to Image File

Question

I currently save image strings (this is how they are provided through API) as a binary in my database but I need to (after creation), change this to a file structure, probably using Paperclip/Carrierwave and S3.

What is the best way to convert binary to image file e.g. jpg?

Answer 1

This did the trick:

sio = StringIO.new(Base64.decode64(string))

[ source: base64 photo and paperclip -Rails ]