Class: WickedPdf

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/wicked_pdf.rb

Constant Summary collapse

EXE_NAME = 
"wkhtmltopdf"
@@config = 
{}

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(wkhtmltopdf_binary_path = nil) ⇒ WickedPdf

Returns a new instance of WickedPdf.



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# File 'lib/wicked_pdf.rb', line 24

def initialize(wkhtmltopdf_binary_path = nil)
  @exe_path = wkhtmltopdf_binary_path || find_wkhtmltopdf_binary_path
  raise "Location of #{EXE_NAME} unknown" if @exe_path.empty?
  raise "Bad #{EXE_NAME}'s path" unless File.exists?(@exe_path)
  raise "#{EXE_NAME} is not executable" unless File.executable?(@exe_path)
end

Instance Method Details

#pdf_from_string(string, options = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/wicked_pdf.rb', line 31

def pdf_from_string(string, options={})
  command = "\"#{@exe_path}\" #{'-q ' unless on_windows?}#{parse_options(options)} - - " # -q for no errors on stdout
  print_command(command) if in_development_mode?
  pdf, err = Open3.popen3(command) do |stdin, stdout, stderr|
    stdin.binmode
    stdout.binmode
    stderr.binmode
    stdin.write(string)
    stdin.close
    [stdout.read, stderr.read]
  end
  raise "PDF could not be generated!" if pdf and pdf.rstrip.length == 0
  pdf
rescue Exception => e
  raise "Failed to execute:\n#{command}\nError: #{e}"
end