Encrypt PDF File

Encrypt PDF file

Use PdfFileSecurity when you need to protect a PDF with passwords and privilege rules.

Steps

1. Create a PdfFileSecurity instance.
2. Bind the source PDF with bindPdf.
3. Build a DocumentPrivilege object that matches the allowed actions.
4. Call the appropriate encryptFile overload for the key size and algorithm you need.
5. Save the secured file and close the object.

Java examples

public static void encryptPdfWithUserOwnerPassword(Path inputFile, Path outputFile) {
    PdfFileSecurity fileSecurity = new PdfFileSecurity();
    fileSecurity.bindPdf(inputFile.toString());
    DocumentPrivilege privilege = DocumentPrivilege.getForbidAll();
    privilege.setAllowPrint(true);
    fileSecurity.encryptFile("user_password", "owner_password", privilege, KeySize.x128);
    fileSecurity.save(outputFile.toString());
    fileSecurity.close();
}

public static void encryptPdfWithPermissions(Path inputFile, Path outputFile) {
    PdfFileSecurity fileSecurity = new PdfFileSecurity();
    fileSecurity.bindPdf(inputFile.toString());
    DocumentPrivilege privilege = DocumentPrivilege.getAllowAll();
    privilege.setAllowPrint(false);
    privilege.setAllowCopy(false);
    fileSecurity.encryptFile("user_password", "owner_password", privilege, KeySize.x128);
    fileSecurity.save(outputFile.toString());
    fileSecurity.close();
}

public static void encryptPdfWithEncryptionAlgorithm(Path inputFile, Path outputFile) {
    PdfFileSecurity fileSecurity = new PdfFileSecurity();
    fileSecurity.bindPdf(inputFile.toString());
    DocumentPrivilege privilege = DocumentPrivilege.getForbidAll();
    privilege.setAllowPrint(true);
    fileSecurity.encryptFile("user_password", "owner_password", privilege, KeySize.x256, Algorithm.AES);
    fileSecurity.save(outputFile.toString());
    fileSecurity.close();
}