PuppetPdf

PuppetPdf is a lib that wraps Google Puppeteer pdf generation method to be used with Rails.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'puppet_pdf'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install puppet_pdf

Run this task to install some dependencies:

$ rails puppet_pdf:install_dependencies

Usage

Render in a controller

class TasksController < ApplicationController
  def pdf
    render_pdf
  end
end

You can pass some options to render_pdf like template, layout and the output filename. The available options are:

{
  template: String,         # The template to be rendered. Default: 'controller_path/action_name'
  layout: String,           # Default: 'application'
  filename: String,         # Default: 'action_name.pdf'
  header: String,           # The header of the pdf. Default: '<header></header>'
  footer: String,           # The header of the pdf. Default: '<footer></footer>'
  margins: Hash,            # The margins of the pdf. Default: { top: 36, right: 36, bottom: 45, left: 36 }
  loading_delay: Integer,   # Time to load the page javascript in ms. Default: 1000
  output_path: String       # The output path of the pdf. Default: generated by Tempfile
}

View Helpers

In you views you need to replace stylesheet_link_tag with puppet_stylesheet_link_tag, and javascript_include_tag with puppet_javascript_script_tag

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>PuppetPdfExample</title>
    <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
    <%= csp_meta_tag %>

    <%= puppet_stylesheet_link_tag('application.css') %>
    <%= puppet_javascript_script_tag('application.js') %>
  </head>

  <body>
    <%= yield %>
  </body>
</html>

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/puppet_pdf. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the PuppetPdf project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.

puppet_pdf

Development

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