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Adobe Suite Protect PDF API

Add encryption and/or restrict permissions on a PDF File

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Adobe Suite Protect PDF API is one of 482 APIs that Adobe Suite publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Protect PDF. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, pricing, release notes, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 26 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://pdf-services-ue1.adobe.io, https://pdf-services-ew1.adobe.io.

2 operations 2 paths 26 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
Base URL
https://image.adobe.io
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Protect PDF 2

Add encryption and/or restrict permissions on a PDF File

POST
/operation/protectpdf
Add encryption and/or restrict permissions on a PDF File
pdfoperations.protectpdf 2 params body → 201400404401429500
GET
/operation/protectpdf/{jobID}/status
Poll the protect pdf job for completion
pdfoperations.protectpdf.jobstatus 3 params → 200400404401429500

Schemas 26

The contract defines 26 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ProtectPDFInternal (6 properties), ProtectPDFExternal (4 properties), responseAsset (3 properties), internal (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

done
external
object
Response in case of 'done' status using signed urls
1 property
Satus404
object
1 property
400
object
1 property
500
object
1 property
ProtectPDFJobStatus
externaldonewithoutoutput
object
Response in case of 'done' status
2 properties
404
object
1 property
ExternalStorageInput
object
Params representing input object.
2 properties 1 required
failed
object
Response in case of 'failed' status
2 properties
externalstatus
429
object
1 property
ExternalStorageOutput
object
Params representing output object
2 properties
Status400
object
1 property
inprogress
object
Response in case of 'in progress' status
1 property
ProtectPDFExternal
object
Params for Protect PDF Operation
4 properties 4 required
responseAsset
object
Details of output asset document. For more details click here .
3 properties
Satus429
object
2 properties
notifiers
array
Specifies the notifiers to be invoked on the completion of job. To know more about notifiers, please see the documentation .
Satus401
object
1 property
401
object
1 property
ownerPassword
string
Password used to control permissions in a PDF document. Conforming PDF viewers require this password to change the permissions. This password can also be used…
ProtectPDFInternal
object
Params for Protect PDF Operation
6 properties 3 required
internal
object
Response in case of 'done' status
2 properties
Satus500
object
1 property
userPassword
string
Password used to control opening of an encrypted PDF document. When this property is included and non-empty, the use of a password (either this one or, if spec…

Specification

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Source

adobe-suite-protect-pdf-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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adobe-suite:adobe-suite-protect-pdf-api
Base URL
https://image.adobe.io
Docs
https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/
Provider
Adobe Suite
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