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PDF generator (from HTML) gem for Ruby on Rails
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 Releases
Current version
0.4.0
Total releases
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First release
2018-10-26
Latest release
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 Development
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 Dependencies

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bundler
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rake
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rspec
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rails
>= 5.2.0
retryable
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 Project Readme

html2pdf-rails

PDF generator (from HTML) gem for Ruby on Rails.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'html2pdf-rails'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install html2pdf-rails

Usage

Basic Usage

Controller

class ThingsController < ApplicationController
  def show
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
      format.pdf do
        render_to_pdf pdf: 'file_name'   # Excluding ".pdf" extension.
      end
    end
  end
end

Layout

!!!
%html
  %head
    %meta{ charset: 'utf-8' }
    = html2pdf_base_tag
    = stylesheet_link_tag 'pdf', media: 'all'
  %body
    #header= image_tag 'logo.jpg'
    #content= yield

Put PDF to Cloud Storage and return signed url

You can get signed url of Cloud Storage if your Cloud Funciton code support it.

  pdf_url = render_pdf_and_get_url pdf: 'file_name'
  redirect_to pdf_url

Advanced Usage with all available options

class ThingsController < ApplicationController
  def show
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
      format.pdf do
        render_to_pdf(
          pdf: 'file_name',                   # Excluding ".pdf" extension.
          disposition: 'attachment',          # default 'inline'
          template: 'things/show',
          layout: 'pdf',                      # for a pdf.pdf.erb file
          show_as_html: params.key?('debug'), # allow debugging based on url param
          pdf_options: {                      # SEE: https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.pdfoptions
            margin: {
              top: '30px',
              bottom: '30px',
            }
          }
        )
      end
    end
  end
end

Cloud Functions for Firebase Sample

const functions = require("firebase-functions");
const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");

const runOptions = {
  timeoutSeconds: 20,
  memory: "1GB"
};
exports.html2pdf = functions
  .runWith(runOptions)
  .https.onRequest(
    async ({ method, body: { html = "", putToStorage = false, pdfOptions = {} } }, res) => {
      const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        headless: true,
        args: ["--no-sandbox"]
      });
      const page = await browser.newPage();
      await page.emulateMedia("print");
      await page.goto("data:text/html;charset=UTF-8," + html, {
        waitUntil: "networkidle0"
      });
      const pdf = await page.pdf(pdfOptions);
      if (putToStorage) {
        // Code for Cloud Storage is omitted.
      } else {
        res.header({ "Content-Type": "application/pdf" });
        res.send(pdf);
      }
    }
  );

Configuration

In config/initializers/html2pdf_rails.rb, you can configure the following values.

Html2Pdf.configure do |config|
  config.endpoint = 'YOUR_HTTP_TRIGGER_ENDPOINT'
end

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/SonicGarden/html2pdf-rails. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.