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Protecting the generated PDF in cUrl

In this guide, we'll show you how to protect the generated PDF with a password using PDFShift's API.

# You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
API_KEY="sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx"

# Protect the PDF with a password
curl -X POST "https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: ${API_KEY}" \
  -d '{"source": "https://www.example.com", "protect": {"password": "mypassword"}}' \
  -o "result.pdf"

With this cUrl command, you can password-protect your generated PDF documents. Happy coding!

For further details on the source property and its usage, please refer to our dedicated documentation.

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