scratchoo / rails-file-icons

Public domain file icons served through the Rails asset pipeline. Updated original gem to use https://fileicons.org/?view=square-o SVG icons instead of PNGs. Also option to select icon theme: classic, vivid, square with outline.

Rails File Icons

Simple file icons that use the Rails Asset Pipeline.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'rails-file-icons'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install rails-file-icons

Available Icon Themes

1. classic
2. high-contrast
3. square-o
4. vivid

• 'square-o' is default theme
• Specify/set default theme by ENV['DEFAULT_FILE_ICON_STYLE'] e.g. ENV['DEFAULT_FILE_ICON_STYLE'] = 'vivid'
• Theme name can also be passed as second argument to the method call. Example below in usage section

Usage

Render a file icon for a given filename in a view.

Use default icon theme

<%= image_tag Icon.for_filename('myfile.jpg') %>

Specify icon theme

<%= image_tag Icon.for_filename('myfile.jpg', 'vivid') %>

Get the image path for a given file extension. (leading dot is irrelevant)

Icon.for_ext '.jpg'
=> 'fileicons/classic/jpg.svg'

Icon.for_ext 'gif'
=> 'fileicons/classic/gif.svg'

Icon.for_ext('gif', 'vivid')
=> 'fileicons/vivid/gif.svg'

Contributing

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