module PdfHelper require 'prince' def self.included(base) base.class_eval do alias_method_chain :render, :princely end end def render_with_princely(options = nil, *args, &block) if options.is_a?(Hash) && options.has_key?(:pdf) options[:name] ||= options.delete(:pdf) make_and_send_pdf(options.delete(:name), options) else render_without_princely(options, *args, &block) end end private def make_pdf(options = {}) options[:stylesheets] ||= [] options[:layout] ||= false options[:template] ||= File.join(controller_path,action_name) prince = Prince.new() # Sets style sheets on PDF renderer prince.add_style_sheets(*options[:stylesheets].collect{|style| stylesheet_file_path(style)}) html_string = render_to_string(:template => options[:template], :layout => options[:layout]) # Make all paths relative, on disk paths... html_string.gsub!(".com:/",".com/") # strip out bad attachment_fu URLs html_string.gsub!( /src=["']+([^:]+?)["']/i ) { |m| "src=\"#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/" + $1 + '"' } # re-route absolute paths # Remove asset ids on images with a regex html_string.gsub!( /src=["'](\S+\?\d*)["']/i ) { |m| 'src="' + $1.split('?').first + '"' } # Send the generated PDF file from our html string. return prince.pdf_from_string(html_string) end def make_and_send_pdf(pdf_name, options = {}) send_data( make_pdf(options), :filename => pdf_name + ".pdf", :type => 'application/pdf' ) end def stylesheet_file_path(stylesheet) stylesheet = stylesheet.to_s.gsub(".css","") File.join(ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper::STYLESHEETS_DIR,"#{stylesheet}.css") end end