Attachment not sent properly in rails using ActionMailer

Question

I am trying to send xls file via ActionMailer.

mailer = ActionMailer::Base.mail(:to => "reciever@gmail.com", :from => "sender@gmail.com", :content_type=>"application/vnd.ms-excel", :body=> '')
mailer.attachments['filename.xls']= {mime_type: 'application/vnd.ms-excel', content: File.read("filePath.xls")}
mailer.deliver!

I am able to receive the mail as well. But somehow the attachment is not correct, it shows up as noname and below is the content I get in the file (I am copy pasting the exact contents)

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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:33:48 +0530
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel;
 charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: inline;
 filename=filename.xls
Content-ID: <538f5f82836992@C02L2178FFT3.gmail>

PGgzIHN0eWxlPSJmb250LXdlaWdodDpib2xkIj4gCiAgICBTaG93aW5nCiAg
ICBvcGVuCiAgICByZXF1ZXN0cwogICAgZnJvbQogICAgTm92IDIxLCAyMDEz
....

I am sure I am missing something simple, I am unable to figure out what. Can someone help?

Answer 1

Try this:--

mailer = ActionMailer::Base.mail(:to => "reciever@gmail.com", :from => "sender@gmail.com", :content_type=>"application/vnd.ms-excel", :body=> '')
mailer.attachments["filename.xls"]= File.read("filePath.xls")
mailer.deliver!