Display pdf file inline in Rails app
- by Martas
Hi,
I have a pdf file attachment saved in the cloud. The file is attached using attachment_fu. All I do to display it in the view is:
<%= image_tag @model.pdf_attachment.public_filename %>
When I load the page with this code in the browser, it does what I want: it displays the attached pdf file.
But only on Mac.
On Windows, browsers will display a broken image placeholder. Chrome's Developer Tools report: "Resource interpreted as image but transferred with MIME type application/pdf."
I also tried sending the file from controller:
in PdfAttachmentController:
def send_pdf_attachment
pdf_attachment = PdfAttachment.find params[:id]
send_file pdf_attachment.public_filename,
:type => pdf_attachment.content_type,
:file_name => pdf_attachment.filename,
:disposition => 'inline'
end
in routes.rb:
map.send_pdf_attachment '/pdf_attachments/send_pdf_attachment/:id',
:controller => 'pdf_attachments',
:action => 'send_pdf_attachment'
and in the view:
<%= send_pdf_attachment_path @model.pdf_attachment %>
or
<%= image_tag( send_pdf_attachment_path @model.pdf_attachment ) %>
And that doesn't display the file on Mac (I didn't try on Windows), it displays the path: pdf_attachments/send_pdf_attachment/35
So, my question is: what do I do to properly display a pdf file inline?
Thanks
martin
