Protecting the generated PDF in C# with RestSharp
In this guide, we'll show you how to protect generated PDFs with passwords using C# and the RestSharp library.
When generating PDFs, you might want to add password protection to restrict access.
using RestSharp;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
// You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
var apiKey = "sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx";
var client = new RestClient("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.Post);
request.AddHeader("X-API-Key", apiKey);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
var payload = new
{
source = "https://www.example.com",
// Protect the PDF with a password
protection = new
{
user_password = "user123",
owner_password = "owner123"
}
};
request.AddJsonBody(payload);
var response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
// Handle errors:
if (response.StatusCode >= System.Net.HttpStatusCode.BadRequest)
{
throw new Exception($"Request failed with status code {response.StatusCode}");
}
File.WriteAllBytes("result.pdf", response.RawBytes);
Console.WriteLine("The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf");
This allows you to secure your PDF documents with passwords.
For further details on the protection property and its usage, please refer to our dedicated documentation.
We hope this guide was helpful. If you have any questions or noticed any issues on the code above,
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