Remove PDF Document Protection - C#
PDF Password And Security sample in C# demonstrating ‘Remove PDF Document Protection’
Program.cs
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
class Program
{
// The authentication key (API Key).
// Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
const String API_KEY = "***********************************";
// Source PDF file url
// You can also upload your own file into PDF.co and use it as url. Check "Upload File" samples for code snippets: https://github.com/bytescout/pdf-co-api-samples/tree/master/File%20Upload/
const string SourceFileUrl = @"https://bytescout-com.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-security/ProtectedPDFFile.pdf";
// The owner/user password to open file and to remove security features
const string PDFFilePassword = "admin@123";
// Destination file
const string DestinationFile = "./unprotected.pdf";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Runs processing asynchronously.
// Returns Use JobId that you may use with /job/check to check state of the processing (possible states: working, failed, aborted and success).
var async = false;
// Create standard .NET web client instance
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
// Set API Key
webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY);
// Remove Security from PDF DOCUMENT
// Prepare requests params as JSON
// See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co
Dictionary<string, object> parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
parameters.Add("name", Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile));
parameters.Add("url", SourceFileUrl);
parameters.Add("password", PDFFilePassword);
parameters.Add("async", async);
// Convert dictionary of params to JSON
string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters);
try
{
// URL of "Remove PDF Security" endpoint
string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/security/remove";
// Execute POST request with JSON payload
string response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload);
// Parse JSON response
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
{
// Get URL of generated PDF file
string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();
// Download generated PDF file
webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile);
Console.WriteLine("Generated PDF file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
webClient.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
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