Im using the Rails Roo Gem. I want to be able to get a .xls file from a https url. How can I do this.
I can easily switch to another gem such as Spreadsheet if necessary
Im using the Rails Roo Gem. I want to be able to get a
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Im using the Rails Roo Gem. I want to be able to get a .xls file from a https url. How can I do this.
I can easily switch to another gem such as Spreadsheet if necessary
Retrieving a file is not the responsibility of your spreadsheet gem, but there are a number of ways to get things like that. The easiest is to use
open-uri, and the most robust is to use thecurbgem which is a wrapper around libcurl.Simple example:
The
curbgem has a pile of additional options that make this statement more tolerant of bad network connections and invalid SSL certificates, among other things. It can also be used to POST back a modified spreadsheet if that’s a requirement.