Hello Guys! We’re back with another important release of Aspose.PDF Cloud REST API release, 19.8. In this blog post, I’ll get you familiar with the brand-new features introduced in the new release. This release includes a number of useful features to expand API usage. Some of the important features include the support to certify PDF documents and the conversion of Markdown file format to PDF documents. In subsequent sections, I will give you an overview of these exciting features. You can check the release notes for the new version to get a complete list of new features and fixes.

How to Certify PDF Documents?

You would be wondering what is the difference between signing and certifying PDF documents? And why should you certify a document?

Signing a PDF document or form means that you approved the document contents and requested changes. But when you certify a PDF document or form, it ensures its integrity and authenticity. You allow recipients to make only specific changes in published PDF documents or forms. For example, in the case of PDF forms, you can specify that the recipient can fill in the form fields without invalidating the document. However, if a user tries to add or remove a form field or a page, the certification will be invalidated.

With this release, we took working with PDF Documents and Forms to the next level, by introducing the Certify API. A new parameter docMdpAccessPermissionType will be used to grant access permissions for the PDF. Currently, the following access types can be granted:

  • NoChanges
  • FillingInForms
  • AnnotationModification

Code snippet

Let us show you how it works. For example, there is a scenario when you want to share some company policy document and do not allow recipients to modify it. You can certify the document and set docMdpAccessPermissionType parameter to NoChanges, so the user cannot modify it otherwise certification will be invalided.

Please check the the sample code given below:

Have you noticed? I have shared C# code snippet example. However, if you are working in some other programming language, no need to worry. We have SDKs for all popular programming languages and you can pick SDK of your choice.

Convert Markdown to PDF with Python

You came across Markdown files in your daily working and their usage is increasing day by day because it is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax and easy to maintain. However, there are scenarios when you need to convert it to some fixed file format. We have provided Markdown to PDF Conversion feature in Aspose.PDF Cloud REST API to cope with the requirements.

We have introduced the following two APIs for the conversion:

GET /pdf/create/markdown

Convert Markdown file to PDF document from storage and return resulting file in response

POST /pdf/{name}/create/markdown

Convert Markdown file to PDF document from storage and save resulting file to storage

Let me give you a quick demonstration of Markdown to PDF conversion using Aspose.PDF Cloud SDK for Python. You may check available SDKs and use the SDK of your choice to include the PDF document processing feature in your application without worrying about underlying API calls.

Tell Us What You Think

We would love to hear from you, what do you think about Aspose.PDF Cloud REST API? If you’ve any suggestions or if you need any particular features which you expect our REST API to have, please feel free to drop us a comment below or at the support forum.

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