Trestle.resource(:users) do menu do item :users, icon: "fa fa-star" 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 'Template 1', instance, action: :generate, method: :get, style: :primary, icon: "fa fa-file-pdf" end end controller do def generate user = admin.find_instance(params) ac = ActionController::Base.new() # debugger 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` render file: "#{destination_dir}/resume.pdf", layout: false end end routes do get :generate, on: :member end end