Get Document Privileges

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PDF privileges control what users can and cannot do with a document. Common permissions include:

  • Printing the document
  • Copying content
  • Modifying annotations or contents
  • Filling form fields
  • Using screen readers
  • Assembling or merging documents

With Aspose.PDF for Python, you can inspect these settings programmatically using the PdfFileInfo class. This is especially useful when working with multiple PDFs in automated workflows, verifying compliance, or controlling document handling in applications.

  1. Load a PDF file.
  2. Retrieve its document privileges.
  3. Display which actions are allowed for the document.
import aspose.pdf as ap
import aspose.pdf.facades as pdf_facades
from io import FileIO

import sys
from os import path

sys.path.append(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), ".."))

from config import set_license, initialize_data_dir


def get_document_privileges(input_file_name):
    pdf_metadata = pdf_facades.PdfFileInfo(input_file_name)

    privileges = pdf_metadata.get_document_privilege()

    print("Document Privileges:")
    print(f"  Can Print: {privileges.allow_print}")
    print(f"  Can Degraded Print: {privileges.allow_degraded_printing}")
    print(f"  Can Copy: {privileges.allow_copy}")
    print(f"  Can Modify Contents: {privileges.allow_modify_contents}")
    print(f"  Can Modify Annotations: {privileges.allow_modify_annotations}")
    print(f"  Can Fill In: {privileges.allow_fill_in}")
    print(f"  Can Screen Readers: {privileges.allow_screen_readers}")
    print(f"  Can Assembly: {privileges.allow_assembly}")
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