How do I lock a PDF document with a password ?
Follow these steps to secure your PDF document with an Owner Password and a User Password
- Define the permission that will be granted to user
import ( "github.com/unidoc/unipdf/v3/common/license" "github.com/unidoc/unipdf/v3/core/security" pdf "github.com/unidoc/unipdf/v3/model" ) ... permissions := security.PermPrinting | // Allow printing with low quality security.PermFullPrintQuality | security.PermModify | // Allow modifications. security.PermAnnotate | // Allow annotations. security.PermFillForms | security.PermRotateInsert | // Allow modifying page order, rotating pages etc. security.PermExtractGraphics | // Allow extracting graphics. security.PermDisabilityExtract // Allow extracting graphics (accessibility) encryptOptions := &pdf.EncryptOptions{ Permissions: permissions, }
- Supply the Owner Password, User Password, and permissions above into Encrypt function
pdfWriter := pdf.NewPdfWriter() <br>err := pdfWriter.Encrypt([]byte(userPassword), []byte(ownerPassword), encryptOptions)
- After you can use the pdfWriter variable to write a the pdf document
For a complete example on how to lock your PDF document, see this code example
https://github.com/unidoc/unipdf-examples/blob/master/security/pdf_protect.go