joemasilotti · October 25, 2022 08:40 · Jul 20, 2013 · Jul 20, 2013
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 group :test do
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'capybara'
+  gem 'pdf-reader'
 end
diff --git a/pdf_viewing_spec.rb b/pdf_viewing_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 feature 'Viewing a PDF' do
   scenario 'User requests the PDF page' do
     visit "/pdfs.pdf"
-    page.should have_content("Hi, PDF!") # Fails: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8
+    convert_pdf_to_page
+    page.should have_content("Hi, PDF!") # Passes
   end
+end
+
+def convert_pdf_to_page
+  temp_pdf = Tempfile.new('pdf')
+  temp_pdf << page.source.force_encoding('UTF-8')
+  reader = PDF::Reader.new(temp_pdf)
+  pdf_text = reader.pages.map(&:text)
+  temp_pdf.close
+  page.driver.response.instance_variable_set('@body', pdf_text)
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+group :test do
+  gem 'rspec-rails'
+  gem 'capybara'
+end
diff --git a/pdf_viewing_spec.rb b/pdf_viewing_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+feature 'Viewing a PDF' do
+  scenario 'User requests the PDF page' do
+    visit "/pdfs.pdf"
+    page.should have_content("Hi, PDF!") # Fails: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8
+  end
+end
diff --git a/pdfs_controller.rb b/pdfs_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class PdfsController < ApplicationController
+  def index
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.pdf do
+        render :pdf => 'filename.pdf',
+          :show_as_html => params[:debug]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/routes.rb b/routes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+PdfValidation::Application.routes.draw do
+  resources :pdfs, only: [:index]
+  root to: "pdfs#index"
+end
diff --git a/show.pdf.haml b/show.pdf.haml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+%h1 Hi, PDF!
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