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Devendra Bobde
Devendra Bobde

Reputation: 125

How to convert pdf file into binary in Ruby on Rails

I filled the pdf using pdf_forms gem , now i want to convert that pdf into binary and want to send via email.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1025

Answers (2)

gef
gef

Reputation: 7141

You probably just want to send the pdf as an attachment. The official Rails ActionMailer has an example on how to do this

class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  def welcome_email(user)
    @user = user
    @url  = user_url(@user)
    attachments['terms.pdf'] = File.read('/path/terms.pdf')
    mail(:to => user.email,
         :subject => "Please see the Terms and Conditions attached")
  end
end

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailer_basics.html#sending-emails-with-attachments

Upvotes: 1

jvnill
jvnill

Reputation: 29599

you dont need to convert a pdf to binary to attach it to an email. just add this line inside the method of your mailer

attachments["filename.pdf"] = File.read("/path/to/filename.pdf")

Upvotes: 1

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