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# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for PDF Services Protect PDF API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/adobe-suite-protect-pdf-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 2
- target: $.paths['/operation/protectpdf'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Password-protect and restrict a PDF
effect: write
questions:
- How do I put a password on a PDF with Adobe PDF Services?
- Can I stop people from printing, editing or copying from a PDF?
instructions:
- text: Encrypt my PDF with a user password so it needs one to open.
- text: Protect this PDF with an owner password and block printing and copying.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/operation/protectpdf/{jobID}/status'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Check a protect-PDF job's status
effect: read
questions:
- Is my PDF protection job finished yet?
- How do I poll for the encrypted PDF once the protect job completes?
instructions:
- text: Check the status of protect PDF job {jobID}.
slots:
jobID: path.jobID
- text: Poll job {jobID} until the protected PDF is ready.
slots:
jobID: path.jobID
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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