I have been using Wicked_pdf to render a view as a PDF and actionmailer to send emails, but I can\'t get them to work together. I want to attach a PDF version of a certain v
2 good ways to do this the way you want:
1: Create the pdf in the controller, then send that to the email as a param.
# controller
def sendemail
@user = User.find(params[:id])
pdf = render_to_string :pdf => 'MyPDF'
Sendpdf.send_report(@user, pdf).deliver
redirect_to user_path(@user)
flash[:notice] = 'Email has been sent!'
end
# mailer
def send_report(user, pdf)
@user = user
attachments['MyPDF.pdf'] = pdf
mail(:to => user.email, :subject => "awesome pdf, check it")
end
2: Create the pdf in the mailer directly (a little more involved, but can be called from a model)
def send_report(user)
@user = user
mail(:to => user.email, :subject => "awesome pdf, check it") do |format|
format.text # renders send_report.text.erb for body of email
format.pdf do
attachments['MyPDF.pdf'] = WickedPdf.new.pdf_from_string(
render_to_string(:pdf => 'MyPDF',:template => 'reports/show.pdf.erb')
)
end
end
end
There are 2 ways for it.
Either, you want the pdf to be embedded in the email you are sending, so that when the user downloads the pdf from the email, there is no request to the render new pdf action for your respective controller.
I don't know how to do this efficiently because I have never done this before.
Or, you just provide a link to the pdf in your email and when the user clicks on it, now the action for creating the pdf is called, and then the user can download it.
This way, if there is a lot of burden on the server for the downloading of the pdf's, you can redirect these requests somewhere else. In short, there is a huge scope for efficiency.
A sample code for the 2nd method(code provided was written by using PDFkit, so change accordingly):
class PdfsController < ApplicationController
def pdf
respond_to do |format|
format.pdf { render :text => wickedPDF.new( Pdf.find(params[:id]).content ).to_pdf }
end
end
...
end
Replace the Pdf.find(params[:id]).content
as per your choice, and the to_pdf
method, as per wickedPDF.
Then, you can simply pass the link for the pdf download in your email like this
<%= link_to "Download", pdf_pdf_path(pdf, :format => "pdf") %>
or whatever suits as per wickedPDF.