# Need to save generated pdf in public folder

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-to-save-generated-pdf-in-public-folder/189578>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-to-save-generated-pdf-in-public-folder/189578 "2010-06-03T14:17:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ratnamraj\_varasala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@ratnamraj\_varasala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnamraj_varasala)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-to-save-generated-pdf-in-public-folder/189578/1 "2010-06-03T14:17:10Z")

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hai  
im ruby on rails developer, im integrating princely plugin and prince  
software to my rails application

i have generated pdf file successfully using the following code  
princely = Princely.new()

```
  html_string = render_to_string(:template => 'test_methods/

```

visual\_test/generate\_report.rhtml’, :layout=\> false)

```
 send_data(
   princely.pdf_from_string(html_string),
  :filename => 'visual_test',
  :type => 'application/pdf'
 )

```

now i want to need save the pdf file in my public folder, i have tried  
so many types

but till now im not getting any result

please help me

thanks in advance

Ratnam Raju

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**Author:** ![ratnamraj\_varasala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@ratnamraj\_varasala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnamraj_varasala)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-to-save-generated-pdf-in-public-folder/189578/2 "2010-06-03T14:20:42Z")

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On Jun 3, 12:47 pm, ratnamraj varasala [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ```
> send_data(
> princely.pdf_from_string(html_string),
> :filename => 'visual_test',
> :type => 'application/pdf'
> )
> 
> ```

send\_data sends data backs to browser making the request. If you want  
to save data to a file on your server have a look at the File class.

Fred