PDFence

This library is used to encrypt pdf files on the fly. It uses muhammara.js underthehood to encrypt the pdf files.

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You've access to four methods,

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fromBufferToBuffer (buffer, passwordOptions)

First argument should be a buffer, it'll return a buffer of encrypted pdf.

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fromFileToBuffer (inputFilePath, passwordOptions)

First argument should be a filePath from which the plain PDF file is read, it'll return a buffer of encrypted pdf.

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fromFileToFile (inputFilePath, outputFilePath, passwordOptions)

First argument should be a filePath from which the plain PDF file is read and second argument should be the filePath where the encrypted PDF will be written, it'll return outputFilePath.

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fromBufferTofile (buffer, outputFilePath, passwordOptions)

First argument should be a buffer and second argument should be the filePath where the encrypted PDF will be written it'll return outputFilePath.

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passwordOptions is a simple object which must look like this

{
userPassword: '123', // required
ownerPassword: '123', // optional
userProtectionFlag: 4
}

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>All the above mentioned methods will return false if something goes wrong.

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> Here's a quick demo on repl.it https://replit.com/@rvigneshw/PDFence-Demo#index.js