Features

Password-Protected PDFs

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#Password-Protected PDFs

ClawPDF supports encrypted PDFs that PDFium can open with a user password.

#Document API

ts 
import { openPdf } from "clawpdf";

await using pdf = await openPdf("secret.pdf", { password: "secret" });
console.log(pdf.text());

Wrong or missing passwords throw PdfPasswordError.

#Extraction Helper

ts 
import { extractPdf } from "clawpdf";

const result = await extractPdf("secret.pdf", {
  password: "secret",
  minTextChars: 200,
});

The password is used only for opening the document. It is not retained after the document is loaded.

#CLI

bash 
clawpdf secret.pdf --password secret
clawpdf secret.pdf --password-file ./password.txt

Prefer --password-file for scripts when the password should not appear in the shell history or process list.

#Unsupported Security Handlers

PDFium reports unsupported encryption or security handlers as PdfSecurityError.