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Ellen W
Ellen W

Reputation: 227

open a pdf file in Ruby on Rails app

I've uploaded a file, Resume.pdf, to the "images" folder in my "assets" folder. How can I create a link that will allow my users to open it?

In my WelcomeController, I have

 def readpdf
    send_file(Rails.root.join("public", "assets", "Resume.pdf").to_s, :disposition => "inline", :type => "application/pdf")
 end

My link is:

<li><%= link_to "RESUME", {:controller=>"welcome", :action=>'readpdf'}, :target=>'_blank' %> %></li>

I keep getting the error 

ActionController::MissingFile in WelcomeController#readpdf 
Cannot read file /home/action/workspace/wolframpant/public/assets/images/Resume.pdf

I know similar questions have been asked (particularly here), but as far as I can tell I'm doing everything the answers to those questions suggested.

Thank you for your help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3916

Answers (1)

Mohammad AbuShady
Mohammad AbuShady

Reputation: 42799

To access the asset it self you can use

<%= asset_path 'Resume.pdf' %>

To turn it to a link then couple it with a link_to

<% link_to 'Download the resume', asset_path 'Resume.pdf' %>

Upvotes: 2

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