PDF Document is the defacto file type to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Aspose.PDF Cloud provides a number of operations that work seamlessly with your existing PDF Documents, allowing you to convert to and from PDF Format, extract document information, and perform operation like Encrypt and Decrypt PDF Documents.

Encrypt a PDF Document

Aspose.PDF Cloud allows you to easily encrypt a PDF document. Encrypting a PDF makes it unreadable to anyone without the password. This helps you protect sensitive information in a PDF file. You can similarly encrypt a file using the ubiquitous Adobe PPF Reader

Encrypt PDF

The below example demonstrates applying the AESx256 encryption algorithm to a PDF document hosted on Aspose Cloud Storage. The output is then stored back onto the Cloud

Valid API Parameters

The cryptoAlgorithm takes the following possible values. This represents the type of cryptographic algorithm used in Encryption / Decryption routines.

When you try to open an encrypted PDF file, you get asked for a password

Decrypt PDF

Decrypt a PDF Document

Aspose.PDF Cloud allows you to easily decrypt a PDF document. Any PDF decrypted by the above encryption process needs to be decrypted before it can be used. Please remember the password has to be a Base 64 Encoded string value.

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