# \[ANN\] RScribd - Stream documents on your website

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rscribd-stream-documents-on-your-website/129591>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 19, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rscribd-stream-documents-on-your-website/129591 "2008-02-19T22:55:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![enchanter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@enchanter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/enchanter)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rscribd-stream-documents-on-your-website/129591/1 "2008-02-19T22:55:44Z")

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RScribd is a Ruby gem that lets you stream documents (typically PDF’s,  
but also Word docs, presentations, RTF files, and more) on your website.  
It leverages Scribd’s API and iPaper viewer to present a document  
viewing and hosting experience independent of Adobe Reader.

Scribd will host your documents in their original format, free of  
charge, and make them available for download. Your documents will also  
be converted into a platform-independent Flash version that can be  
viewed directly in the user’s browser using the iPaper viewer:

> **[ipaper | Scribd](https://www.scribd.com/user/5485746/ipaper)**
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> ipaper (ipaper) has uploaded 0 documents on Scribd.See ipaper’s selection of books & audiobooks on Scribd. Start reading today on the web, iPad, iPhone & Android with a free trial.

The Ruby gem allows you to upload, categorize, tag, organize, and search  
documents. You can associate these documents with users on your website  
– so, for instance, if you run a job-hunting website, you can use  
RScribd to allow your users to post their resumes, which will be hosted  
by Scribd and streamed to your website.

I’ve written the gem to be as Ruby-like as possible. With only a few  
lines of code you can add document-sharing features to your site easily.  
Check out the RDocs at [http://rscribd.rubyforge.org](http://rscribd.rubyforge.org) for usage examples.

Sign up for an API account at [platform | Scribd](http://www.scribd.com/platform) (yeah,  
signing up sucks, but this is a hosted service, so bear with me! At  
least it’s free 🙂 ).

Let me know your thoughts, too!

Tim M.  
Scribd, Inc.

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**Author:** ![enchanter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@enchanter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/enchanter)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rscribd-stream-documents-on-your-website/129591/2 "2008-03-06T06:45:23Z")

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Tim,

Great idea. Does rscibd also open text search inside the documents?  
Can end users on the client site tag documents?

Michael

On Feb 19, 1:55 pm, Tim M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![enchanter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@enchanter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/enchanter)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rscribd-stream-documents-on-your-website/129591/3 "2008-03-07T09:58:40Z")

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Yes, it does fulltext searching; no, only authors can tag their  
documents.

Tim M.  
Scribd, Inc.

michael.l wrote:

> Tim,
> 
> Great idea. Does rscibd also open text search inside the documents?  
> Can end users on the client site tag documents?
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Feb 19, 1:55�pm, Tim M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)