Class: FillPdf::Fill

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(template, dictionary = {}) ⇒ Fill

Template is path of a pdf file



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 7

def initialize(template, dictionary={})
  @attributes = {}
  @template = template
  @dictionary = dictionary
  @dirname = Rails.application.config.fill_pdf.output_path
  @pdftk = PdfForms.new(Rails.application.config.fill_pdf.pdftk_path)
end

Instance Attribute Details

#attributes ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute attributes.



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 3

def attributes
  @attributes
end

#dictionary ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute dictionary.



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 3

def dictionary
  @dictionary
end

#dirname ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute dirname.



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 3

def dirname
  @dirname
end

#pdftk ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute pdftk.



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 3

def pdftk
  @pdftk
end

#template ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute template.



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 3

def template
  @template
end

Instance Method Details

#export ⇒ Object

This method populate attributes with data based on template fields.

Generate document path.

Create new document and return path of this document.



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 37

def export
  # Create directory used for store documents
  Dir.mkdir(@dirname) unless File.directory?(@dirname)

  #call method populate to set field with value.
  populate

  # Generate Path of document
  document = Rails.root.join(dirname, "#{SecureRandom.uuid}.pdf")

  # Generate document
  pdftk.fill_form template, document, attributes, :flatten => true

  # Return path of document
  document
rescue Exception => exception
  logger exception
end

#populate ⇒ Object

Populate all pdf fields with values.



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 23

def populate
  @attributes = {}
  template_field_names.each do |field|
    set(field, value(field).to_s)
  end
  @attributes
end

#template_field_names ⇒ Object

Return list of template fields in array



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# File 'lib/fill_pdf/methods.rb', line 17

def template_field_names
  pdftk.get_field_names template
end