Uploading .zip file to Cloudinary using Ruby on Rails

Question

I have Cloudinary API added to my Rails 6 application. Photo extensions and video extension uploads work great. .zip extensions do not. I've run into two errors while trying to upload a zip file.

• CloudinaryException (Unsupported ZIP file):
• ActiveModel::UnknownAttributeError (unknown attribute 'type' for Photo.)

In my controller for uploading the zip file, I tried to upload a zip file in different ways.

First I tried

  @value = Cloudinary::Uploader.upload(params[:downloadable],
  folder: "game_zip", resource_type: :raw)

Second I tried

  @value = Cloudinary::Uploader.upload(params[:downloadable])

Third I tried

@value = Cloudinary::Uploader.upload(params[:downloadable],
:resource_type => :auto)

I read in Cloudinary documents that using raw file types is how you can upload zip files, I tried what they recommended, but it's not working. Is there a solution or option that I need to add?

Answer 1

Cloudinary recently updated its security policies, and now restricts both pdf and archive file types on new Free accounts.

This can be bypassed by contacting Cloudinary's support , or by upgrading your account.