How to save a rendered view as a static file?

Question

My Rails 2.3 app generates a page in HTML/CSS or as a word doc. I\'d like to save that html file to the filesystem as a static file (ie. filename.html or filename.doc). I plan t

Answer 1

render_to_string is your friend. One you have it in a string, burn it to file in the usual way.

class FooController
  def save_foo_to_disk
    data = render_to_string( :action => :index )
    File.open(file_path, "w"){|f| f << data }
    flash[:notice] = "saved to #{file_path}"
  end
end

As far as S3 goes, see the aws-s3 gem. It seem to do what you are after. Usage is a little like this.

AWS::S3::Base.establish_connection!(
  :access_key_id     => 'abc',
  :secret_access_key => '123'
)
S3Object.store(file_name, data, 'bucket-name')

Have fun, and don't run with scissors.