Adobe

Adobe PDF Services Protect PDF API

Add password protection and encryption to PDF documents.

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Operations 2

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /operation/protectpdf Password-protect a PDF and restrict permissions · Add encryption and/or restrict permissions on a PDF File #
Ask an LLM
“How do I password-protect a PDF?”
“Can I stop people from printing, editing or copying a PDF?”
Tell an agent
Protect this PDF with a password.
Encrypt my PDF with AES-256 and block printing and copying.
GET /operation/protectpdf/{jobID}/status Check the status of a PDF protection job · Poll the protect pdf job for completion #
Ask an LLM
“Is my password-protected PDF ready?”
“Has the encryption job for my PDF completed?”
Tell an agent
Check protect PDF job {jobID}.
Poll encryption job {jobID} and return the secured PDF.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/
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GettingStarted
https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/gettingstarted/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adobe/refs/heads/main/openapi/adobe-protect-pdf-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adobe/refs/heads/main/json-schema/adobe-pdf-services-asset-upload-request-schema.json

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/releasenotes/
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adobe/refs/heads/main/json-ld/adobe-pdf-services-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

adobe-protect-pdf-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Adobe Protect PDF API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Protect PDF across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: adobe-pdf-services-api-openapi-official.json, adobe-pdf-services-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://pdf-services-ue1.adobe.io
- url: https://pdf-services-ew1.adobe.io
- url: https://pdf-services.adobe.io
  description: Adobe PDF Services API - Default Production
tags:


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