---
search:
  tags:
    - Documents
    - POST
seo:
  description: >-
    Encrypts the PDF via convert-worker pdfengines (qpdf) and stores an
    encrypted… Reference for the POST /documents/pdf/protect endpoint in the
    Seal API.
sidebar:
  label: Produce a password-protected copy of a draft PDF
  badge: POST
title: Produce a password-protected copy of a draft PDF
type: openapi-operation
---
Encrypts the PDF via convert-worker pdfengines (qpdf) and stores an encrypted artifact; `download_url` fetches it. The working draft stays unencrypted — Seal's own pipeline cannot read encrypted PDFs. Honours the org `egress.allow_convert` gate.

`POST /documents/pdf/protect`