How to integrate online editors into your own website on Ruby

Overview

This example will help you integrate ONLYOFFICE Docs into your web application written on Ruby.

It is intended for testing purposes and demonstrating functionality of the editors. DO NOT use this integration example on your own server without proper code modifications. In case you enabled the test example, disable it before going for production.

Please keep in mind the following security aspects when you are using test examples:

  • There is no protection of the storage from unauthorized access since there is no need for authorization.
  • There are no checks against parameter substitution in links, since the parameters are generated by the code according to the pre-arranged scripts.
  • There are no data checks in requests of saving the file after editing, since each test example is intended for requests only from ONLYOFFICE Document Server.
  • There are no prohibitions on using test examples from other sites, since they are intended to interact with ONLYOFFICE Document Server from another domain.

The Ruby example offers various installation options, but we highly recommend using Docker for this purpose.

Option 1. Using Docker

To run the example using Docker, you will need Docker Desktop 4.17.0 or Docker Engine 20.10.23 with Docker Compose 2.15.1. Additionally, you might want to consider installing GNU Make 4.4.1, although it is optional. These are the minimum versions required for the tools.

Once you have everything installed, download the release archive and unarchive it:

curl --output Ruby.Example.zip --location https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/document-server-integration/releases/latest/download/Ruby.Example.zip
unzip Ruby.Example.zip

Then open the example directory and up containers:

cd "Ruby Example"
make compose-prod

By default, the server starts at localhost:80.

To configure the example, you can edit the environment variables in compose-base.yml. See below for more information about environment variables.

Option 2. On local machine

Before diving into the example, you will need to install ONLYOFFICE Docs. Check the detailed guide to learn how to install it on Windows, Linux, or Docker.

To run the example on your local machine, you will need Ruby 3.2.2 with Bundler 2.4.10. Additionally, you might want to consider installing GNU Make 4.4.1, although it is optional. These are the minimum versions required for the tools.

Once you have everything installed, download the release archive and unarchive it:

curl --output Ruby.Example.zip --location https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/document-server-integration/releases/latest/download/Ruby.Example.zip
unzip Ruby.Example.zip

Then open the example directory, install dependencies, and start the server:

cd "Ruby Example"
make prod
make server-prod

By default, the server starts at 0.0.0.0:3000.

To configure the example, you can pass the environment variables before the command that starts the server. See below for more information about environment variables.

In case the example and Document Server are installed on different computers, make sure that your server with the example installed has access to the Document Server with the address which you specify instead of documentserver in the configuration files.

Make sure that the Document Server in its turn has access to the server with the example installed with the address which you specify instead of example.com in the configuration files.

The example is configured by changing environment variables.

Parameter Description Example
The address where the server should be started. 0.0.0.0
The URL through which the server will communicate with Document Server. http://proxy:8080
The URL through which a user will communicate with Document Server. http://localhost:8080
The URL through which Document Server will communicate with the server. http://proxy
JWT authorization secret. Leave blank to disable authorization. your-256-bit-secret
The port on which the server should be running. 80

If you integrated the editors successfully the result should look like the demo preview on our site.