btrc-hub/backend/app/models/post.rb

require 'mini_magick'


class Post < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :parent, class_name: 'Post', optional: true, foreign_key: 'parent_id'
  belongs_to :uploaded_user, class_name: 'User', optional: true
  has_many :post_tags, dependent: :destroy
  has_many :tags, through: :post_tags
  has_many :user_post_views, dependent: :destroy
  has_one_attached :thumbnail

  def as_json options = { }
    super(options).merge({ thumbnail: thumbnail.attached? ?
                                      Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.rails_blob_url(
                                          thumbnail, only_path: false) :
                                      nil })
  rescue
    super(options).merge(thumbnail: nil)
  end

  def resized_thumbnail!
    return unless thumbnail.attached?

    image = MiniMagick::Image.read(thumbnail.download)
    image.resize '180x180'
    thumbnail.purge
    thumbnail.attach(io:            File.open(image.path),
                     filename:      'resized_thumbnail.jpg',
                     content_type:  'image/jpeg')
  end
end