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Unlock user/owner protection and enable printing, editing, and copying.", "post": { "tags": [ "Conversion" ], "externalDocs": { "description": "Read more about the converter", "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/pdf-to-unprotect" }, "requestBody": { "content": { "multipart/form-data": { "schema": { "required": [ "File" ], "type": "object", "properties": { "Timeout": { "maximum": 1200, "minimum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "Conversion timeout in seconds.", "default": 900, "x-ca-featured": false, "x-ca-label": "Timeout", "x-ca-group": "Execution", "x-ca-type": "Integer", "x-ca-representation": "Default", "x-ca-range": { "from": "10", "to": "1200" } }, "StoreFile": { "type": "boolean", "description": "When the `StoreFile` parameter is set to `True`, your converted file is written to ConvertAPI’s encrypted, temporary storage and made available via a time-limited secure download URL, valid for up to 3 hours. After this period, the file is permanently deleted.\r\n\r\nWhen `StoreFile` is set to `False`, conversion happens entirely in-memory. The raw file bytes are streamed back in the API response without touching disk or external storage, ensuring maximum security and zero persistence so that only you can access the content.\r\n", "default": false, "x-ca-featured": false, "x-ca-label": "Store file", "x-ca-group": "Output", "x-ca-type": "Bool", "x-ca-representation": "Default" }, "File": { "type": "string", "description": "File to be converted. Value can be URL or file content.", "format": "binary", "x-ca-featured": true, "x-ca-label": "File", "x-ca-group": "Input", "x-ca-type": "File", "x-ca-representation": "Default", "x-ca-allowed-extensions": [ "pdf" ] }, "FileName": { "type": "string", "description": "The `FileName` property defines the name of the output file(s) generated by the file conversion API, ensuring safe and\r\nunique file naming. It sanitizes input filenames to remove potentially harmful characters, automatically appends the\r\ncorrect file extension based on the target format, and includes an indexing feature to distinguish multiple output files\r\nfrom a single input. For example, converting `report.docx` to PDF format might result in `report.pdf` for a single file,\r\nor `report_0.pdf`, `report_1.pdf` for multiple files, ensuring each output file is uniquely identifiable.", "x-ca-featured": false, "x-ca-label": "Output file name", "x-ca-group": "Output", "x-ca-type": "String", "x-ca-representation": "Default", "x-ca-range": { "from": "1", "to": "200" } }, "Password": { "type": "string", "description": "Enter user password to remove User protection. Leave the parameter empty to remove Owner protection.", "x-ca-featured": true, "x-ca-label": "Decrypt Password", "x-ca-group": "Decryption", "x-ca-type": "String", "x-ca-representation": "Default" } } } } } }, "responses": { "200": { "description": "Success", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ConversionCost": { "type": "integer", "description": "This amount will be deducted from your balance after the conversion.", "format": "int32", "example": 1 }, "Files": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "FileName": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the converted file.", "example": "myfile.pdf" }, "FileExt": { "type": "string", "description": "File type (file name extension)", "example": "pdf" }, "FileSize": { "type": "integer", "description": "File size", "format": "int32", "example": 111955 }, "FileId": { "type": "string", "description": "File ID", "example": "25811safe8e61dd3f51ef00ee5f58b92" }, "Url": { "type": "string", "description": "File URL", "example": "https://v2.convertapi.com/d/v01plsb72o0cmdooq90w4d1lnqsf6oy4/myfile.pdf" }, "FileData": { "type": "string", "description": "Base64 encoded file data", "format": "base64", "example": "JVBERi0xLjcKJb662+4KMSAwIG9iago8PC9UeXBlIC9DYXRhbG9n..." } } } } }, "externalDocs": { "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/content-types#applicationjson-1" } } }, "multipart/mixed": { "schema": { "type": "string", "format": "binary", "externalDocs": { "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/content-types#multipartmixed" } }, "example": "--43cf1475-ab15-4c6b-b5ee-e2cbcedfe92f\nConversionCost: 1\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\nContent-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"my_file.pdf\"; size=8475\n\n--FILE CONTENT--\n--43cf1475-ab15-4c6b-b5ee-e2cbcedfe92f--\n" }, "application/octet-stream": { "schema": { "type": "string", "format": "binary", "externalDocs": { "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/content-types#applicationoctet-stream-1" } } } } }, "400": { "$ref": "#/components/responses/400" }, "401": { "$ref": "#/components/responses/401" }, "415": { "$ref": "#/components/responses/415" }, "500": { "$ref": "#/components/responses/500" }, "503": { "$ref": "#/components/responses/503" } }, "security": [ { "secret": [ ] }, { "token": [ ] }, { "jwt": [ ] } ] }, "x-ca-overview": "Unlock secured PDF documents to regain full access for reading and processing. Remove user or owner password protection when credentials are available, lifting restrictions on printing, copying, editing, form filling, and annotations. Process single files or batches consistently and integrate unprotection into upstream workflows such as OCR, metadata extraction, redaction, and archival. Ideal for organizations standardizing document intake where protected PDFs must be normalized before downstream automation.", "x-ca-meta-title": "Unprotect PDF API – Remove passwords and restrictions", "x-ca-meta-description": "Unlock secured PDFs via API. 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