How to integrate online editors into your own web site on Ruby

Introduction

To integrate ONLYOFFICE online editors into your own website on Ruby you need to download and install ONLYOFFICE editors on your local server and use the Ruby Example for their integration. We will show how to run the Ruby example on Linux OS.

This guide will show you the sequence of actions to integrate the editors successfully.

Step 1. Download and Install Document Server

First, download the ONLYOFFICE Editors (the ONLYOFFICE Document Server).

See the detailed guide to learn how to install Document Server for Windows, for Linux, or for Docker.

Step 2. Install the prerequisites and run the web site with the editors

1. Install Ruby Version Manager (RVM) and the latest stable Ruby version:
   gpg --keyserver "hkp://keys.gnupg.net" --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
   \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby
2. Download the archive with the Ruby example and unpack the archive:
   wget "https://api.onlyoffice.com/app_data/editor/Ruby%20Example.zip"
   unzip Ruby\ Example.zip
3. Change the current directory for the project directory:
   cd Ruby\ Example
4. Install the dependencies:
   bundle install
5. Edit the application.rb configuration file. Specify the name of your local server with the ONLYOFFICE Document Server installed.
   nano config/application.rb

   Edit the following lines:

   Rails.configuration.urlConverter="https://documentserver/ConvertService.ashx"
   Rails.configuration.urlApi="https://documentserver/web-apps/apps/api/documents/api.js"
   Rails.configuration.urlPreloader="https://documentserver/web-apps/apps/api/documents/cache-scripts.html"
   

   Where the documentserver is the name of the server with the ONLYOFFICE Document Server installed.

6. Run the Rails application:
   rails s -b 0.0.0.0 -p 80
7. See the result in your browser using the address:
   http://localhost

   If you want to experiment with the editor configuration, modify the parameters it the views\home\editor.html.erb file.

Step 3. Checking accessibility

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. And you must also 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.

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