使用PDFkit gem生成pdf在rails 4上挂起

Ask*_*kar 8 pdf pdf-generation ruby-on-rails wkhtmltopdf ruby-on-rails-4

我可以下载pdf文件:

curl google.com | wkhtmltopdf - test.pdf
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所以这意味着,wkhtmlpdf安装成功了.

但是,当我尝试通过访问http://localhost:3000/contacts/1.pdf它来生成pdf文件时挂起.在状态栏中显示:Waiting for localhost...

Rails服务器输出:

Started GET "/contacts/1.pdf" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-07-28 21:45:06 +0900
  ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration Load (0.1ms)  SELECT "schema_migrations".* FROM "schema_migrations"
Processing by ContactsController#show as HTML
  Parameters: {"id"=>"1"}
  Contact Load (0.3ms)  SELECT "contacts".* FROM "contacts" WHERE "contacts"."id" = ? LIMIT 1  [["id", "1"]]
  Rendered contacts/show.html.erb within layouts/application (1.4ms)
Completed 200 OK in 99ms (Views: 57.0ms | ActiveRecord: 0.7ms)
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的Gemfile:

gem 'pdfkit'
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application.rb中:

config.middleware.use "PDFKit::Middleware"
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根据PDFKit railscast,这应该足以生成pdf文件,只需添加.pdf...


更新:

show.html.erb:

<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>

<p>
  <strong>Name:</strong>
  <%= @contact.name %>
</p>

<p>
  <strong>Age:</strong>
  <%= @contact.age %>
</p>

<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_contact_path(@contact) %> |
<%= link_to 'Back', contacts_path %>
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布局/ application.html.erb:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Pdftest</title>
  <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "application", media: "all", "data-turbolinks-track" => true %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag "application", "data-turbolinks-track" => true %>
  <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
</head>
<body>

<%= yield %>

</body>
</html>
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更新2:

感谢@Arman H帮助我弄清楚我必须指定资产的绝对路径而不是相对路径.当我删除以下行时,我能够生成PDF文件:

<%= stylesheet_link_tag    "application", media: "all", "data-turbolinks-track" => true %>
<%= javascript_include_tag "application", "data-turbolinks-track" => true %>
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现在,我无法得到如何用绝对路径替换它.看来这篇文章就是我所需要的,但我仍然无法弄清楚这对我的情况会是怎样的.

Arm*_*n H 8

问题是由于stylesheet_link_tagjavascript_include_tag使用相对URL,这通常会导致wkhtmltopdfwkhtmltopdf运行的同一服务器加载资产时挂起.

使用资产的绝对URL解决了问题.

asset_host在Rails的配置中设置,这也影响stylesheet_link_tagjavascript_include_tag:

# Modify asset host config setting in `config/application.rb`
# Or create a new initializer: `config/initializers/wkhtmltopdf.rb`
config.action_controller.asset_host = "http://mysite.com"

# Or you can have different hosts for development (local) and production (CDN):
# In `config/environments/development.rb`
config.action_controller.asset_host = "http://localhost"
# In `config/environments/production.rb`
config.action_controller.asset_host = "http://d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net"
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