evil_pdf 0.0.2

data/README.rdoc

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+== EvilPDF
+
+Generate a PDF file from an array of URLs
+
+
+== Usage
+  
+  # this is here for clarity, this record creation can be internalized into EvilPDF
+  pdf_record = PdfRecord.new :name => 'file_name_no_ext'
+
+  evil_pdf = EvilPdf.new pdf_record,
+    :async => true, # run in delayed job, updates record automatically
+
+  evil_pdf.from_urls ['http://google.com']
+  
+  # save to db manually
+  pdf_record.pdf = evil_pdf.file_handle
+  pdf_record.save
+  
+  # immediate download, must not be async
+  send_file evil_pdf.file_path, 
+    :type => "application/pdf", 
+    :disposition => "inline"
+  
+== Dependencies
+
+- PDFKit[https://github.com/pdfkit/pdfkit] wrapper
+- wkhtmltopdf[http://github.com/antialize/wkhtmltopdf] binary
+- Ghostscript[http://www.ghostscript.com/] to combine PDFs into one file.
+- delayed_job

data/lib/evil_pdf.rb

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+class EvilPdf
+  require 'open-uri'
+  require 'pdfkit'
+  attr_reader :file_handle
+  
+  def initialize(name, options = {})
+    @record = PdfRecord.create :name => name
+    @options = options
+    Dir.mkdir './tmp' unless Dir.exists? './tmp'
+    self.class.handle_asynchronously :from_urls if options[:async]
+  end
+  
+  def from_urls(urls)
+    @tmp_files = []
+    urls.each_with_index do |url, i|
+      retrieve(url) and generate(i)
+    end
+    combine
+    
+    if @options[:async]
+      @record.update_attributes :pdf => file_handle
+    else
+      file_handle
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def to_file(name)
+    PDFKit.new(@html, @options).to_file name
+  end
+  
+  def file_handle
+    @file_handle ||= File.open file_path, 'r'
+  end
+  
+  def file_path
+    @file_path ||= "./tmp/#{@record.name.parameterize}-#{Time.now.to_i}.pdf"
+  end
+  
+  private
+  
+  def retrieve(url)
+    @html = open(url).read
+  rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => e
+    @record.errors.add :pdf, "HTTPError #{e.message}: #{url}"
+    false
+  end
+  
+  def generate(i)
+    tmp = "./tmp/partial-#{Time.now.to_i}-#{i}.pdf"
+    to_file tmp
+    @tmp_files << tmp
+  end
+  
+  # using ghostscript to combine multiple pdfs into 1
+  def combine
+    gs_opts = "-q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite"
+    gs_cmd = "gs #{gs_opts} -sOutputFile=#{file_path} -dBATCH #{@tmp_files.join(' ')}"
+    Rails.logger.debug "Combining PDFs: #{gs_cmd}"
+    system gs_cmd
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: evil_pdf
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.0.2
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Diego Salazar
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-11-29 00:00:00.000000000Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: pdfkit
+  requirement: &70354072908840 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>='
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '0'
+  type: :runtime
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: *70354072908840
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: pdfkit-heroku
+  requirement: &70354072908360 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>='
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '0'
+  type: :runtime
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: *70354072908360
+description: Generate a PDF from an array of URLs
+email: diego@pixelheadstudio.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files:
+- README.rdoc
+files:
+- lib/evil_pdf.rb
+- README.rdoc
+homepage: https://github.com/DiegoSalazar/EvilPDF-Gem/
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: 1.9.2
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.10
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Generate a PDF from an array of URLs
+test_files: []