HtmlToPdf
This gem will generate pdf of the action's html requested as pdf.
Installation
Install and setup wkhtmltopdf. Please refer https://wkhtmltopdf.org for more details.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'htmlToPdf'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install htmlToPdf
Usage
write following code inside Application Controller
before_action :html_to_pdf
in views:
<%= link_to 'download', your_action_path(:format => 'pdf') %>
customizing pdf downloads:
you can customize pdf like you can give the name and layout for the pdf.to customize pdf use this following example:
<%= link_to 'download', your_action_path(:format => 'pdf',:pdf_options => {title: 'pdf_name', layout: 'layout_name'}) %>
this will generate the pdf of your_action named pdf_name.pdf with layout layout_name.
one can call any action as pdf and he get the pdf file of that action's html.
Make sure you have configured your asset_host in application's Rails environment, otherwise assets might not be loaded properly.
config.action_controller.asset_host = "YOUR_ASSETS_HOST"