postcard.rb

#Create client
    client=PostalMethods::Client.new({:api_key=>"1sekret58"}) 
    client.prepare!
       
    @contact_postalcard = ContactPostalcard.new(params[:contact_postalcard])
    
    @postalcard = Postalcard.find(@contact_postalcard.postalcard_id)
    
    uploadtrue = 1
    
    if uploadtrue  
      #upload the file
      sample_data = open("#{@postalcard.postalimage.path}", "rb") {|io| io.read }
      puts " THE PATH IS  #{@postalcard.postalimage.path}"
      upload_details = {
          :APIKey => "1esekret58" ,
          :MyFileName => "#{@postalcard.postalimage_file_name}",
          :FileBinaryData => sample_data,
          :Permissions => "Account",
          :Description => "Contact: #{@contact_postalcard.contact_id} and Postcard: #{@postalcard.title}",
          :Overwrite => true
          }
    
       @response = client.upload_file(upload_details)
       puts @response
     end 
     # end upload file
     
     #send existing file
     filename="MyFile:" + @postalcard.postalimage_file_name
    
     address = {:AttentionLine1 => "The President", 
               :Address1 => "1808 Octavia St. #1", 
               :City => "San Francisco", 
               :State => "CA", 
               :PostalCode => "94109", 
               :Country => "USA" }
    
     addr_template =  open("C:/Users/Timothy/Documents/project/public/system/template.html", "r") {|io| io.read }          
 
     addr_template = addr_template.gsub(/ReplaceThisWithPostalcardMessage/, @contact_postalcard.message)
     
     opts = {
        :MyDescription => "Sending #{Time.now}, Message: #{@contact_postalcard.message}",
        :ImageSideFileType => filename,
        :AddressSideFileType => "HTML",
        :AddressSideBinaryData => addr_template
     }
    
    opts.merge! address
    
    @response = client.send_postcard_and_address_advanced(opts)