Get Permissions using Go

Get permissions of a password-protected PDF document

This example demonstrates how to retrieve, interpret, and display access permissions from a password-protected PDF document in Go using Aspose.PDF for Go via C++. The PDF is opened with the owner password, its permission flags are read, and each enabled permission is converted into a human-readable description before being printed to the console.

1. Define permission name mappings.
2. Convert permission flags to readable text.
3. Use OpenWithPassword with the owner password to gain access to the document’s security information.
4. Ensure proper resource cleanup.
5. Call GetPermissions to obtain the current permission bitflag assigned to the PDF.
6. Display the permissions.

    package main

    import "github.com/aspose-pdf/aspose-pdf-go-cpp"
    import (
        "fmt"
        "log"
        "strings"
    )

    var permissionNames = map[asposepdf.Permissions]string{
        asposepdf.PrintDocument:                  "Allow printing",
        asposepdf.ModifyContent:                  "Allow modifying content (except forms/annotations)",
        asposepdf.ExtractContent:                 "Allow copying/extracting text and graphics",
        asposepdf.ModifyTextAnnotations:          "Allow adding/modifying text annotations",
        asposepdf.FillForm:                       "Allow filling interactive forms",
        asposepdf.ExtractContentWithDisabilities: "Allow content extraction for accessibility",
        asposepdf.AssembleDocument:               "Allow inserting/rotating/deleting pages or changing structure",
        asposepdf.PrintingQuality:                "Allow high-quality / faithful printing",
    }

    func PermissionsToString(p asposepdf.Permissions) string {
        var result []string
        for flag, name := range permissionNames {
            if p&flag != 0 {
                result = append(result, name)
            }
        }
        if len(result) == 0 {
            return "None"
        }
        return strings.Join(result, ", ")
    }

    func main() {
        // OpenWithPassword(filename string, password string) opens a password-protected PDF-document
        pdf, err := asposepdf.OpenWithPassword("sample_with_permissions.pdf", "ownerpass")
        if err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
        }
        // Close() releases allocated resources for PDF-document
        defer pdf.Close()
        // GetPermissions() gets current permissions of PDF-document
        permissions, err := pdf.GetPermissions()
        if err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
        }
        // Print permissions
        fmt.Println("Permissions:", PermissionsToString(permissions))
    }