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Merging PDFs with Prawn
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pdf_merger.rb
class PdfMerger
def merge(pdf_paths, destination)
first_pdf_path = pdf_paths.delete_at(0)
Prawn::Document.generate(destination, :template => first_pdf_path) do |pdf|
pdf_paths.each do |pdf_path|
pdf.go_to_page(pdf.page_count)
template_page_count = count_pdf_pages(pdf_path)
(1..template_page_count).each do |template_page_number|
pdf.start_new_page(:template => pdf_path, :template_page => template_page_number)
end
end
end
end
private
def count_pdf_pages(pdf_file_path)
pdf = Prawn::Document.new(:template => pdf_file_path)
pdf.page_count
end
end
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uzzer commented Apr 16, 2014

I am also getting blank PDFs.

@bhh
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bhh commented May 16, 2014

prawn removed support for :template as of 0.14.0 :( causing the blank pages

@belgoros
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belgoros commented Aug 5, 2014

Officially, Prawn dropped template support, so it will not work.
See more about that: prawnpdf/prawn#376

PS. Sorry, didn't see @bhh post :)

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