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bradgonesurfing
bradgonesurfing

Reputation: 32192

Rails 3.1 Rendering view to string so that all assets in the html have absolute paths

I need the HTML generated with absolute asset paths so that I can then feed the HTML to a PDF generation engine. So the route would be something like

/report.pdf

which would generate the view for

/report.html

and then post process that with the PDF generation engine.

http://apidock.com/rails/AbstractController/Rendering/render_to_string

will get me half way there but will leave the assets with their relative paths.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 804

Answers (1)

Amar
Amar

Reputation: 6942

I have same issue while generating pdf. I have set asset_host in environments 

config.action_controller.asset_host = "http://localhost:3000"

Or before render_to_string Add this line

host = ActionController::Base.asset_host
ActionController::Base.asset_host = request.protocol + request.host_with_port if host.blank?

I am using in my gem acts_as_flying_saucer

I hope this is helpful But i have tested on 2.x and rails 3.0.x. I haven't tested with rails 3.1 i will test and let you know as early as possible

Upvotes: 1

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