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require 'pdfkit'

module EzPrint
  module PdfHelper
    
    include ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper
    
    def self.included(base)
      base.class_eval do
        alias_method_chain :render, :ezprint
      end
    end

    def render_with_ezprint(options = nil, *args, &block)
      if options.is_a?(Symbol) or options.nil? or options[:pdf].nil?
        render_without_ezprint(options, *args, &block)
      else
        options[:name] ||= options.delete(:pdf)
        make_and_send_pdf(options.delete(:name), options)
      end
    end

    private

    def make_pdf(options = {})
      options[:layout] ||= false
      options[:template] ||= File.join(controller_path,action_name)
      options[:stylesheets] ||= []

      # Stop Rails from appending timestamps to assets.
      ENV["RAILS_ASSET_ID"] = ''
      html_string = render_to_string(:template => options[:template], :layout => options[:layout])

      kit = PDFKit.new(process_html_string(html_string))
      kit.stylesheets = options[:stylesheets].collect{ |style| "#{Rails.root.to_s}/public/stylesheets/#{style}.css" }

      kit.to_pdf
    end

    def make_and_send_pdf(pdf_name, options = {})
      send_data(
        make_pdf(options),
        :filename => pdf_name + ".pdf",
        :type => 'application/pdf'
      )
    end

    def process_html_string(html)
      html.gsub("src=\"/","src=\"#{Rails.root.to_s}/public/") # reroute absolute paths
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
historian_ezprint-0.2.2	lib/ezprint/pdf_helper.rb
historian_ezprint-0.2.1	lib/ezprint/pdf_helper.rb