Unlock an encrypted draft PDF in place

Decrypts a password-protected PDF via LibreOffice re-export and claims the usable bytes back onto the document (the draft was not readable by pdf-lib anyway). Returns libreoffice_roundtrip in warnings — layout may shift on complex documents.

POST/documents/pdf/unlock

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

Pass your API key as a Bearer token. API keys are scoped to specific operations — configure scopes in your organization's Settings → Developer → API Keys.

Request body

requiredapplication/json

idstringrequired

passwordstringrequired

max length 128

Responses

200

Unlocked

successboolean

storage_idstring

page_countinteger

warningsstring[]

400

not_encrypted / invalid_pdf / wrong password

Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Authorization

Bearer tokenRemember on this deviceInclude my values in samples

Bodyapplication/json

idstring*passwordstring*

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.seal.nyc/api/v1/documents/pdf/unlock" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "id": "string",
  "password": "string"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.seal.nyc/api/v1/documents/pdf/unlock", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: "{\n  \"id\": \"string\",\n  \"password\": \"string\"\n}"
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.seal.nyc/api/v1/documents/pdf/unlock",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    data="{\n  \"id\": \"string\",\n  \"password\": \"string\"\n}",
)

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "storage_id": "string",
  "page_count": 0,
  "warnings": [
    "string"
  ]
}