Remove Protection
Remove password security from a PDF document. This can only be accomplished with the owner password of the document which must be passed in the operation.
REST API
See our public API Reference for Remove Protection
Remove security from PDFs
Use the below sample to remove security from a PDF document.
Please refer the API usage guide to understand how to use our APIs.
Java
.NET
Node JS
Python
REST API
Copied to your clipboard// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_java_samples// Run the sample:// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.removeprotection.RemoveProtectionpublic class RemoveProtection {// Initialize the logger.private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RemoveProtection.class);public static void main(String[] args) {try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/removeProtectionInput.pdf").toPath())) {// Initial setup, create credentials instanceCredentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));// Creates a PDF Services instancePDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);// Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadAsset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());// Create parameters for the jobRemoveProtectionParams removeProtectionParams = new RemoveProtectionParams("password");// Creates a new job instanceRemoveProtectionJob removeProtectionJob = new RemoveProtectionJob(asset, removeProtectionParams);// Submit the job and gets the job resultString location = pdfServices.submit(removeProtectionJob);PDFServicesResponse<RemoveProtectionResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, RemoveProtectionResult.class);// Get content from the resulting asset(s)Asset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getAsset();StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);// Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to itFiles.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/removeProtectionOutput.pdf").toPath());LOGGER.info("Saving asset at output/removeProtectionOutput.pdf");IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);outputStream.close();} catch (IOException | ServiceApiException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException e) {LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", e);}}}
Copied to your clipboard// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_net_samples// Run the sample:// cd RemoveProtection/// dotnet run RemoveProtection.csprojnamespace RemoveProtection{class Program{private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Program));static void Main(){//Configure the loggingConfigureLogging();try{// Initial setup, create credentials instanceICredentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));// Creates a PDF Services instancePDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);// Creates an asset from source file and uploadusing Stream inputStream = File.OpenRead(@"removeProtectionInput.pdf");IAsset asset = pdfServices.Upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.GetMIMETypeValue());// Create parameters for the jobRemoveProtectionParams removeProtectionParams = new RemoveProtectionParams("password");// Creates a new job instanceRemoveProtectionJob removeProtectionJob = new RemoveProtectionJob(asset, removeProtectionParams);// Submits the job and gets the job resultString location = pdfServices.Submit(removeProtectionJob);PDFServicesResponse<RemoveProtectionResult> pdfServicesResponse =pdfServices.GetJobResult<RemoveProtectionResult>(location, typeof(RemoveProtectionResult));// Get content from the resulting asset(s)IAsset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.Result.Asset;StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.GetContent(resultAsset);// Creating output streams and copying stream asset's content to itString outputFilePath = "/output/removeProtectionOutput.pdf";new FileInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + outputFilePath).Directory.Create();Stream outputStream = File.OpenWrite(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + outputFilePath);streamAsset.Stream.CopyTo(outputStream);outputStream.Close();}catch (ServiceUsageException ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}catch (ServiceApiException ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}catch (SDKException ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}catch (IOException ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}catch (Exception ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}}static void ConfigureLogging(){ILoggerRepository logRepository = LogManager.GetRepository(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly());XmlConfigurator.Configure(logRepository, new FileInfo("log4net.config"));}}}
Copied to your clipboard// Get the samples from http://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_node_sample// Run the sample:// node src/removeprotection/remove-protection.jsconst {ServicePrincipalCredentials,PDFServices,MimeType,RemoveProtectionParams,RemoveProtectionJob,RemoveProtectionResult,SDKError,ServiceUsageError,ServiceApiError} = require("@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk");const fs = require("fs");(async () => {let readStream;try {// Initial setup, create credentials instance.const credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials({clientId: process.env.PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID,clientSecret: process.env.PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET});// Creates a PDF Services instanceconst pdfServices = new PDFServices({credentials});// Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadreadStream = fs.createReadStream("./removeProtectionInput.pdf")const inputAsset = await pdfServices.upload({readStream,mimeType: MimeType.PDF});// Create parameters for the jobconst params = new RemoveProtectionParams({password: "password"});// Creates a new job instanceconst job = new RemoveProtectionJob({inputAsset, params});// Submit the job and get the job resultconst pollingURL = await pdfServices.submit({job});const pdfServicesResponse = await pdfServices.getJobResult({pollingURL,resultType: RemoveProtectionResult});// Get content from the resulting asset(s)const resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.result.asset;const streamAsset = await pdfServices.getContent({asset: resultAsset});// Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to itconst outputFilePath = "./removeProtectionOutput.pdf";console.log(`Saving asset at ${outputFilePath}`);const outputStream = fs.createWriteStream(outputFilePath);streamAsset.readStream.pipe(outputStream);} catch (err) {if (err instanceof SDKError || err instanceof ServiceUsageError || err instanceof ServiceApiError) {console.log("Exception encountered while executing operation", err);} else {console.log("Exception encountered while executing operation", err);}} finally {readStream?.destroy();}})();
Copied to your clipboard# Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-python-sdk-samples# Run the sample:# python src/removeprotection/remove_protection.py# Initialize the loggerlogging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)class RemoveProtection:def __init__(self):try:file = open('removeProtectionInput.pdf', 'rb')input_stream = file.read()file.close()# Initial setup, create credentials instancecredentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(client_id=os.getenv('PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID'),client_secret=os.getenv('PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET'))# Creates a PDF Services instancepdf_services = PDFServices(credentials=credentials)# Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadinput_asset = pdf_services.upload(input_stream=input_stream, mime_type=PDFServicesMediaType.PDF)# Create parameters for the jobremove_protection_params = RemoveProtectionParams(password="password")# Creates a new job instanceremove_protection_job = RemoveProtectionJob(input_asset=input_asset,remove_protection_params=remove_protection_params)# Submit the job and gets the job resultlocation = pdf_services.submit(remove_protection_job)pdf_services_response = pdf_services.get_job_result(location, RemoveProtectionResult)# Get content from the resulting asset(s)result_asset: CloudAsset = pdf_services_response.get_result().get_asset()stream_asset: StreamAsset = pdf_services.get_content(result_asset)# Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to itoutput_file_path = 'removeProtectionOutput.pdf'with open(output_file_path, "wb") as file:file.write(stream_asset.get_input_stream())except (ServiceApiException, ServiceUsageException, SdkException) as e:logging.exception(f'Exception encountered while executing operation: {e}')if __name__ == "__main__":RemoveProtection()
Copied to your clipboard// Please refer our REST API docs for more information// https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/apis/#tag/Remove-Protectioncurl --location --request POST 'https://pdf-services.adobe.io/operation/removeprotection' \--header 'x-api-key: {{Placeholder for client_id}}' \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{Placeholder for token}}' \--data-raw '{"password": "mypassword","assetID": "urn:aaid:AS:UE1:23c30ee0-2e4d-46d6-87f2-087832fca718"}'