Add Password and Security into PDF

This feature enables the addition of password protection and security settings to a PDF document.

Modifying Restriction Settings: To modify assembly or extraction settings that control PDF restrictions (such as allowPrintDocument, allowFillForms, allowModifyDocument, allowAssemblyDocument, and related permission settings), you must use the ownerPassword in your request. The userPassword alone cannot modify these permission settings. Attempting to change these restrictions with only a userPassword will result in an error: "This file is password-protected. Please ensure you've entered the correct password…". This requirement applies only when making changes to those restrictions.

Input

Name	Description	Required
Import Options	Choose the input source, either Upload a File or Import PDF from URL.	Yes

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Upload a File

Name	Description	Required
Data	Upload a file using raw binary data from another module. Note: This requires additional credits as it first uploads to PDF.co Temporary Files Storage.	Yes
Output File Name	Specify a custom file name for the output file.	No

Import PDF from URL

Name	Description	Required
URL	Provide the URL to the source PDF document, or a filetoken:// link from PDF.co Built-In Files Storage. If you use another cloud service such as Google Drive or Dropbox ensure the link is publicly accessible.	Yes
Output File Name	Specify a custom file name for the output file.	No

Name	Description	Required
Owner Password	Set the main owner password for document encryption and managing restrictions.	No
User Password	Optional user password for viewing and printing the document.	No
Encryption Algorithm	Choose the encryption algorithm. Options: RC4_40bit, RC4_128bit, AES_128bit, AES_256bit. Recommended: AES_128bit or higher.	No
Print Document	Choose to allow or prohibit printing the PDF document.	No
Print Quality	Define allowed printing quality.	No
Assembly Document	Allow or prohibit assembling the document.	No
Content Extraction	Allow or prohibit copying content from the PDF document.	No
Accessibility Support	Allow or prohibit accessibility features in the PDF document.	No
Modify Document	Allow or prohibit modification of the PDF document.	No
Fill Forms	Allow or prohibit filling of interactive form fields (including signature fields) in the PDF document.	No
Modify Annotations	Allow or prohibit interacting with text annotations and forms in the PDF document.	No
Execution Mode	Select Sync for small tasks up to 10 seconds. Choose Async for standard jobs, or Async For Large Docs for tasks over 30 seconds. Use Job Check module for retrieving results in large tasks.	No
Profiles	Add custom options for the process in a JSON string format. See API Profiles for more details.	No
Output Links Expiration	Set the expiration time in minutes for output links. Default is 60 minutes. Increase this limit with a Business Plan or higher, see plans here for details.	No
Export Type	Choose between Download a File or JSON Output. Default is Download a File.	No

Integrating External File Sources

Streamline your Make workflows with external file sources like Google Drive and Dropbox using their unique actions. Discover efficient integration strategies in our guide: File Source Integrations in Make.

Output

Name	Description
url	This is the temporary URL provided by the PDF.co file server.
Data	Represents the output binary data. This data is generated only when the Export Type option is set to Download a File.
Status	Indicates the response status code. A success status is returned if the operation is successful.
Page Count	The total number of pages in the output PDF.
outputLinkValidTill	Specifies the timestamp until which the url remains accessible.
error	Provides details about any errors encountered during the process, if applicable.
name	The designated name of the output file.
Job Id	A unique identifier assigned to the job.
credits	The amount of credits utilized for the process.
Remaining Credits	Displays the balance of credits available in your account.
duration	The duration of time the process took to complete.

Profiles

To display the Profiles fields, you must enable Advanced Settings by clicking the toggle:

You can set additional options for the operation used in the PDF.co module by using Profiles. A profile is a string in JSON-like format containing predefined parameters.

Here’s an example of a Custom Profiles input:

{ "outputDataFormat": "base64" }

With this input, the PDF.co module will return the output in base64 format. You can find the list of available parameters for customizing profiles in the PDF.co operation documentation below:

You can use any regular API parameter from the API Reference within Make using the std_params feature in profiles. The std_params enables the definition of regular API parameters in a JSON format, See Standard Parameters for detailed documentation and examples.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
outputDataFormat	string	-	If you require your output as base64 format, set this to base64
DataEncryptionAlgorithm	string	-	Controls the encryption algorithm used for data encryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information. The available algorithms are: AES128, AES192, AES256.
DataEncryptionKey	string	-	Controls the encryption key used for data encryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information.
DataEncryptionIV	string	-	Controls the encryption IV used for data encryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information.
DataDecryptionAlgorithm	string	-	Controls the decryption algorithm used for data decryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information. The available algorithms are: AES128, AES192, AES256.
DataDecryptionKey	string	-	Controls the decryption key used for data decryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information.
DataDecryptionIV	string	-	Controls the decryption IV used for data decryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information.