Trestle.resource(:users) do menu do item :users, icon: "fa fa-user", priority: 1 end form do |item| concat Trestle::Form::Automatic.new(admin).render(self, item) text_area :objective end # Customize the table columns shown on the index view. table do column :name column :created_at, align: :center actions do |toolbar, instance, admin| toolbar.edit if admin && admin.actions.include?(:edit) toolbar.delete if admin && admin.actions.include?(:destroy) toolbar.link 'CV', instance, action: :generate, method: :get, style: :primary, icon: "fa fa-file-pdf", target: "_blank" end end controller do def generate user = admin.find_instance(params) ac = ActionController::Base.new() tex_content = ac.render_to_string(layout: false, template: 'templates/awesome/resume', locals: { "@user": user } ) destination_dir = "#{Rails.root}/app/views/templates/awesome" `cd #{destination_dir} && make clean` File.open("#{destination_dir}/resume.tex", "w") do |f| f << tex_content end `cd #{destination_dir} && make resume.pdf` render file: "#{destination_dir}/resume.pdf", layout: false end end routes do get :generate, on: :member end end