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Created January 3, 2014 10:46
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Converting SVG to PDF using HyPDF
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hypdf_svg_to_pdf.rb
require 'hypdf'
require 'open-uri'
require 'base64'
# SVG file from wikipedia article
svg = open('http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0_%D0%B2_SVG_%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5.svg').read
# Embedding SVG to HTML via <img> tag
html = "<html><img src='data:image/svg+xml;base64,#{Base64.encode64(svg)}'></html>"
# Converting to PDF
hypdf = HyPDF.htmltopdf(html, test: true, orientation: 'Landscape')
# Writing PDF to file
File.open('file_name.pdf', 'wb').write(hypdf[:pdf])
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