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George Krause
George Krause

Reputation: 49

download a file from rails application

I think i have got a very special question: "How can I Download a file from an rails app...?" This question is asked a few times but every solution does not work for my problem. So i need a good railer for that ;-) or 2 more eyes...

In my controller i got a helper method:

def download_file
    send_data "#{Rails.root}/public/files/sample.txt"
end

helper_method :download_file

In my view i called this method:

<%= link_to 'Download File',  :action => :download_files %>

But i got an

No route matches {:action=>"download_files", ...} error

I tried to link it directly to my public folder file but it doesnt work

Can you may help me?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 154

Answers (1)

aelor
aelor

Reputation: 11116

Thats because no route matches action download_files, I hope that clears it ! Add route

get "download_files", :to => "controller#action"

or if your controller is named foo.

resources :foo do 
   get 'download_files' , :on => :collection
end

Upvotes: 1

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