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How to add external link to pdf using wicked_pdf?

Let say for example I will put google.com link to some text in my pdf, and opens in new tab.

But this simple a href tag doesn't worked!

<a href="www.google.com" target="_blank">Go to google</a>

The above code generates:

file://google.com/

How can I do that when I'm using gem 'wicked_pdf'

Please help!

Solution

  • I'm not familiar with wicked_pdf, but it looks like your google link is missing the http protocol. You're going to want an absolute url like the following:

    <a href="https://www.google.com">Go to google</a>

    Try it out and see if that solves the problem