evil_pdf

== EvilPDF

Generate a PDF file from an array of URLs

== Usage

this is here for clarity, this record creation can be internalized into EvilPDF

pdf_record = PdfRecord.new :name => 'file_name_no_ext'

evil_pdf = EvilPdf.new pdf_record, :async => true, # run in delayed job, updates record automatically

evil_pdf.from_urls ['http://google.com']

save to db manually

pdf_record.pdf = evil_pdf.file_handle pdf_record.save

immediate download, must not be async

send_file evil_pdf.file_path, :type => "application/pdf", :disposition => "inline"

== Dependencies

• PDFKit[https://github.com/pdfkit/pdfkit] wrapper
• wkhtmltopdf[http://github.com/antialize/wkhtmltopdf] binary
• Ghostscript[http://www.ghostscript.com/] to combine PDFs into one file.
• delayed_job