Ruby docx gem not inserting text into document - ruby-on-rails

I have the following class to read from a template and create a new docx file:-
require 'docx'
class DocX
def generate_doc
# Create a Docx::Document object for our existing docx file
doc = Docx::Document.open("#{Rails.root}/app/lib/docx_templates/sample.docx")
doc.bookmarks['cypsldshvlxb'].insert_text_after("Hello, world")
# Iterate over each table
doc.tables.each do |table|
last_row = table.rows.last
# Copy last row and insert a new one before last row
new_row = last_row.copy
new_row.insert_before(last_row)
# Substitute text in each cell of this new row
new_row.cells.each do |cell|
cell.paragraphs.each do |paragraph|
paragraph.each_text_run do |text|
text.substitute('_placeholder_', 'replacement value')
end
end
end
end
doc.save("#{Rails.root}/app/lib/docx_templates/sample_edited.docx")
end
end
Most of the above is pulled from the README docs for this gem.
The new file is saved without any errors, but the code which inserts text "Hello, world", has no effect. The text substitution in the table works fine, as well as the new row insertion.
I got the bookmark name by just using the below, so I know it exists, but maybe I'm using the wrong name for it:-
doc.bookmarks.each_pair { |name, object| puts name }
Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong?

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Creating a task in ruby on rails

I want to create a CRON task for daily report. I need guidance where to create my class in my project (in which folder). How to instantiate an object from rails console for the same class. Will that class inherit application controller? I would also like to know since i will be querying my database so would my models be directly accessible in this file or somehow i have to include them like we do in django?
I have created a class /lib/tasks/daily_report.rb. But i am unable to understand how will i use that file to create a task.
module Reports
class Report
class << self
def collect_data
row_data = []
headers = ["Mobile", "Buildings", "Owners", "Tenants", "Members", "Total People"]
row_data.push(*headers)
puts "in side collect data"
date = Date.today.to_s
mobile = ["mobiles"]
for i in mobile do
row = []
row << i
build_count = Buildings.where(created_at: date, added_by: i).count
row << build_count
puts "build_count"
owners_count = Residents.where(created_at: date, added_by: i, role: "owner").count
row << owners_count
puts "owners_count"
tenants_count = Residents.where(created_at: date, added_by: i, role: "tenant").count
row << tenants_count
members_count = MemeberRelations.where(created_at: date, added_by: i).count
row << members_count
total_people = owners_count + tenants_count + members_count
row << total_people
row_data << row
end
puts row_data
return row_data
end
def generate_csv()
puts "walk away"
row_data = self.collect_data
CSV.open('/home/rajdeep/police-api/daily_report.csv', 'w') do |csv|
row_data.each { |ar| csv << ar }
end
end
end
end
end
If you wish to manage cron tasks from Rails, try whenever gem.
Add it to your Gemfile,
Gemfile
gem 'whenever', require: false
Run initialize task from root of your app
$ bundle exec wheneverize .
This will create an initial config/schedule.rb file for you (as long
as the config folder is already present in your project)
(from the gem docs).
After that in config/schedule.rb set proper parameters of call time. For example
config/schedule.rb
every :hour do # Many shortcuts available: :hour, :day, :month, :year, :reboot
runner "Report.generate_csv"
end
More syntax options of schedule.rb here
UPDATE AFTER COMMENTS
Hope, you're under Rails context yet. Create file in public folder at application root path.
result_file = "#{Rails.root}/public/cards-excluded.csv"
CSV.open(result_file, 'w') do |csv|
row_data.each { |ar| csv << ar }
end
ANOTHER UPDATE LATER
Okay, although this is not relevant to the original question, let's try to solve your problem.
We'll proceed from what you have Rails application, not custom Ruby library.
First, create module at your_rals_app/lib/reports.rb file
module Reports
class Report
class << self
def collect_data
# your current code and line below, explicit return
return row_data
end
def generate_csv
row_data = collect_data # btw unnecessary assignment
CSV.open('/home/rajdeep/police-api/daily_report.csv', 'w') do |csv|
row_data.each { |ar| csv << ar }
end
end
end
end
end
Second, make sure, that you have lib files at autoload path. Check it in you config/application.rb
config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/lib/*)
Thirdly, use Reports module such way (> means that you're at rails console, rails c)
> Reports::Report.generate_csv

Rails - New line character at the end of row in CSV import causing errors

I'm running a rake task to import some file attributes and I'm receiving an error that would lead me to believe that the string created for each line contains some sort of new-line character (e.g. /n).
EDIT - New-line character has been confirmed to be the issue.
Here is a sample of what my CSV file might look like:
1|type1,type2|category1
2|type2|category1,category2,category3
3|type2,type4|category3,category8
And here is my code to deal with it:
namespace :data do
desc "import"
task :import => :environment do
file = File.open(Rails.root.join('lib/assets/data.csv'), 'r')
file.each do |line|
attrs = line.split("|")
foo = Model.find(attrs[0])
attrs[1].split(",").each do |type|
foo.add_type!(ModelType.find_by_name(type))
end
attrs[2].split(",").each do |category|
foo.categorize!(ModelCategory.find_by_name(category))
end
end
end
end
ModelType and ModelCategory are both seperate models with a :through relationship to Model that is built with the function Model.add_type! and Model.categorize!.
When I run rake data:import, everything works fine up until the final category is reached at the end of the first line. It doesn't matter which category it is, nor how many categories are present in attrs[2] - it only fails on the last one. This is the error I receive:
Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id
Any thoughts on how to fix this or avoid this error?
You can use chomp:
attrs = line.chomp.split("|")
attrs = line.split("|")
if attrs.length > 0
foo = Model.find(attrs[0])
...
end
You probably have an empty line at the end of your CSV
UPDATE
file = File.open(Rails.root.join('lib/assets/data.csv'), 'r')
file.split("\r\n").each do |line|
or
file = File.open(Rails.root.join('lib/assets/data.csv'), 'r')
file.split("\r").each do |line|
or
file = File.open(Rails.root.join('lib/assets/data.csv'), 'r')
file.split("\n").each do |line|
depending on how the CSV was originally generated!
Use String.encode(universal_newline: true) instead gsub.
It converting CRLF and CR to LF # Always break lines with \n

Rails importing CSV fails due to mal-formation

I get a CSV:MalFormedCSVError when I try to import a file using the following code:
def import_csv(filename, model)
CSV.foreach(filename, :headers => true) do |row|
item = {}
row.to_hash.each_pair do |k,v|
item.merge!({k.downcase => v})
end
model.create!(item)
end
end
The csv files are HUGE, so is there a way I can just log the bad formatted lines and CONTINUE EXECUTION with the remainder of the csv file?
You could try handling the file reading yourself and let CSV work on one line at a time. Something like this:
File.foreach(filename) do |line|
begin
CSV.parse(line) do |row|
# Do something with row...
end
rescue CSV::MalformedCSVError => e
# complain about line
end
end
You'd have to do something with the header line yourself of course. Also, this won't work if you have embedded newlines in your CSV.
One problem with using File to manually go through each line in the file is that CSV files can contain fields with \n (newline character) in them. File will take that to indicate a newline and you will end up trying to parse a partial row.
Here is an another approach that might work for you:
#csv = CSV.new('path/to/file.csv')
loop do
begin
row = #csv.shift
break unless row
# do stuff
rescue CSV::MalformedCSVError => error
# handle the error
next
end
end
The main downside that I see with this approach is that you don't have access to the CSV row string when handling the error, just the CSV::MalformedCSVError itself.

How to edit docx with nokogiri and rubyzip

I'm using a combination of rubyzip and nokogiri to edit a .docx file. I'm using rubyzip to unzip the .docx file and then using nokogiri to parse and change the body of the word/document.xml file but ever time I close rubyzip at the end it corrupts the file and I can't open it or repair it. I unzip the .docx file on desktop and check the word/document.xml file and the content is updated to what I changed it to but all the other files are messed up. Could someone help me with this issue? Here is my code:
require 'rubygems'
require 'zip/zip'
require 'nokogiri'
zip = Zip::ZipFile.open("test.docx")
doc = zip.find_entry("word/document.xml")
xml = Nokogiri::XML.parse(doc.get_input_stream)
wt = xml.root.xpath("//w:t", {"w" => "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"}).first
wt.content = "New Text"
zip.get_output_stream("word/document.xml") {|f| f << xml.to_s}
zip.close
I ran into the same corruption problem with rubyzip last night. I solved it by copying everything to a new zip file, replacing files as necessary.
Here's my working proof of concept:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'zip/zip' # rubyzip gem
require 'nokogiri'
class WordXmlFile
def self.open(path, &block)
self.new(path, &block)
end
def initialize(path, &block)
#replace = {}
if block_given?
#zip = Zip::ZipFile.open(path)
yield(self)
#zip.close
else
#zip = Zip::ZipFile.open(path)
end
end
def merge(rec)
xml = #zip.read("word/document.xml")
doc = Nokogiri::XML(xml) {|x| x.noent}
(doc/"//w:fldSimple").each do |field|
if field.attributes['instr'].value =~ /MERGEFIELD (\S+)/
text_node = (field/".//w:t").first
if text_node
text_node.inner_html = rec[$1].to_s
else
puts "No text node for #{$1}"
end
end
end
#replace["word/document.xml"] = doc.serialize :save_with => 0
end
def save(path)
Zip::ZipFile.open(path, Zip::ZipFile::CREATE) do |out|
#zip.each do |entry|
out.get_output_stream(entry.name) do |o|
if #replace[entry.name]
o.write(#replace[entry.name])
else
o.write(#zip.read(entry.name))
end
end
end
end
#zip.close
end
end
if __FILE__ == $0
file = ARGV[0]
out_file = ARGV[1] || file.sub(/\.docx/, ' Merged.docx')
w = WordXmlFile.open(file)
w.force_settings
w.merge('First_Name' => 'Eric', 'Last_Name' => 'Mason')
w.save(out_file)
end
I stumbled accross the post and know nothing about ruby or nokogiri but ...
It looks like you are reziping the new content incorrectly.
I don't know about rubyzip, but you need a way to tell it to update the entry word/document.xml
and then resave/rezip the file.
It looks like you are just overwriting the entry with new data wich of course is going to be a different size and totally screw up the rest of the zip file.
I give an example for excel in this post Parse text file and create an excel report
which may be of use even though i am using a different zip library and VB (Im still doing exactly what you are trying to do, my code is about half way down)
here is the part that applies
Using z As ZipFile = ZipFile.Read(xlStream.BaseStream)
'Grab Sheet 1 out of the file parts and read it into a string.
Dim myEntry As ZipEntry = z("xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml")
Dim msSheet1 As New MemoryStream
myEntry.Extract(msSheet1)
msSheet1.Position = 0
Dim sr As New StreamReader(msSheet1)
Dim strXMLData As String = sr.ReadToEnd
'Grab the data in the empty sheet and swap out the data that I want
Dim str2 As XElement = CreateSheetData(tbl)
Dim strReplace As String = strXMLData.Replace("<sheetData/>", str2.ToString)
z.UpdateEntry("xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml", strReplace)
'This just rezips the file with the new data it doesnt save to disk
z.Save(fiRet.FullName)
End Using
According to the official Github documentation, you should Use write_buffer instead open. There's also a code example at the link.

Error with Paperclip / FasterCSV Processing for optional csv upload

I have a page where a user can import data to the site. either in the form of copy and pasting into a text area from excel, or by uploading a .csv file.
The controller checks if a csv has been uploaded - if so it processes this, else it will process the pasted content. (working on the assumption the user will only choose one option for now).
The copy and paste part works perfectly, however, the problem arises when I try to process the uploaded csv file:
I get the error:
can't convert
ActionController::UploadedTempfile
into String
#events_controller
def invite_save
#event = Event.find(params[:id])
if params[:guest_list_csv]
lines = parse_csv_file(params[:guest_list_csv])
else
#csv file uploaded
lines = params[:guest_list_paste]
end
if lines.size > 0
lines.each do |line|
new_user(line.split)
end
flash[:notice] = "List processing was successful."
else
flash[:error] = "List data processing failed."
end
end
private
def parse_csv_file(path_to_csv)
lines = []
require 'fastercsv'
FasterCSV.foreach(path_to_csv) do |row|
lines << row
end
lines
end
def new_user(line)
#code to create new user would go here
end
I'm essentially trying to upload and process the csv in one smooth action, rather than have to get the user to press a "process" button.
On the line #6 above
if params[:guest_list_csv]
lines = parse_csv_file(params[:guest_list_csv])
else
#csv file uploaded
lines = params[:guest_list_paste]
end
The problem is params[:guest_list_csv] is not the actual string, neither is the path, since it's a file object. What you need is explicitly call #path on it.
# line 6
lines = parse_csv_file(params[:guest_list_csv].path)
Please try it and see if it fixes your problem.

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