htmlToPdf

HtmlToPdf

Description : 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.