rails won't send_data as file

Question

I\'m having problems with Rails method: send_data

Here\'s my action:

def export
  send_data(current_user.contacts.to_csv,
    type: \'te         


        

Answer 1

I figured it out.

It was turbolinks that was messing it all up. I added data-no-turbolink to the export link and now it works as expected.

Answer 2

The answers here, are for turbolinks classic. There is a newer notation on newer versions of turbolinks:

<a href="/" data-turbolinks="false">Disabled</a>

https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks#disabling-turbolinks-on-specific-links

Answer 3

send_data has an option hash, so type, disposition and filename need to be set in a hash:

def export
  send_data(current_user.contacts.to_csv,
  type: 'text/csv', disposition: 'attachment', filename: 'contacts.csv')
end