Removing security from a PDF

Removing security from a PDF will allow you to unset a user password.

If you need to modify the current permissions of a PDF, take a look at the adding security example. You can view the full Swagger documentation here.

Request

cURL

curl --location 'https://pdf-api.doclabs.cloud/api/v1/MyDocument.pdf/security/unprotect?storageName=MyBucketName' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: ••••••' \
--data '{
    "ownerPassword": "MyStrongPassword"
}'

Javascript

var settings = {
  "url": "https://pdf-api.doclabs.cloud/api/v1/MyDocument.pdf/security/unprotect?storageName=MyBucketName",
  "method": "POST",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "••••••"
  },
  "data": JSON.stringify({
    "ownerPassword": "MyStrongPassword"
  }),
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

PHP

<?php
$client = new Client();
$headers = [
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'x-api-key' => '••••••'
];
$body = '{
  "ownerPassword": "MyStrongPassword"
}';
$request = new Request('POST', 'https://pdf-api.doclabs.cloud/api/v1/MyDocument.pdf/security/unprotect?storageName=MyBucketName', $headers, $body);
$res = $client->sendAsync($request)->wait();
echo $res->getBody();

Response

{
  "bucketName": "MyBucketName",
  "contentPathName": "CopyOfTheOriginal.pdf"
}