Description : this gem will generate pdf of the action's html requested as pdf.
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
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.
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