Rails: send_data from a button

Question

I have a variable recs that stores the data I want to pass. I want to have something like send_data as a button, so that I will not have to store an extra file somewhere. When a user clicks on the button, the send_data will send recs to the browser.

send_data(recs, :filename => "query.txt")

However, I was not able to find the representation of the send_data as a button.

Answer 1

Define an action in your controller in which send_data executes. and add the respective route to your routes.rb. Then put a link_to this defined action in your view with required css class to show it as a button.