PDFKit

Create PDFs using plain old HTML+CSS. Uses wkhtmltopdf on the backend which renders HTML using Webkit.

Installation

Install wkhtmltopdf (optional) ** PDFKit comes bundled with wkhtmltopdf binaries for Linux i386 and OS X i386 ** PDFKit defaults to user installed versions of wkhtmltopdf if found ** Installing wkhtmltopdf binary *** Download the latest binary from http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/downloads/list *** Place the binary somewhere on your path (e.g /usr/local/bin)
Install PDFKit

$ gem install pdfkit

Usage

# PDFKit.new takes the HTML and any options for wkhtmltopdf
# run `wkhtmltopdf --extended-help` for a full list of options
kit = PDFKit.new(html, :page_size => 'Letter')
kit.stylesheets << '/path/to/css/file'

# Git an inline PDF
pdf = kit.to_pdf

# Save the PDF to a file
file = kit.to_file('/path/to/save/pdf')

# PDFKit.new can optionally accept a URL or a File.
# Stylesheets can not be added when source is provided as a URL of File.
kit = PDFKit.new('http://google.com')
kit = PDFKit.new(File.new('/path/to/html'))

Middleware

PDFKit comes with a middleware that allows users to get a PDF view of any page on your site by appending .pdf to the URL.

Middleware Setup

Non-Rails Rack apps

# in config.ru
require 'pdfkit'
use PDFKit::Middleware

Rails apps

# in application.rb(Rails3) or environment.rb(Rails2)
require 'pdfkit'
config.middleware.use PDFKit::Middleware

With PDFKit options

# options will be passed to PDFKit.new
config.middleware.use PDFKit::Middleware, :print_media_type => true

Note on Patches/Pull Requests