Specialized APIs for PDF editing/processing make it drastically more efficient to build custom applications that adequately handle our most important documents. We can use the below ready-to-run Node.js code examples to take advantage of a free API with custom parameters for removing pages from our PDF documents. …

Converting between vector and raster PDF formats is often an essential and repetitive task for marketing/photography professionals. Using the below code, we can incorporate a free-to-use PDF Rasterization API into our application and simplify our rasterization process. …

Watermarking our PDF is the “finishing touch” to ensure our document can’t be stolen and repurposed by an unsolicited third party. Using the below code, we can take advantage of a free PDF Watermark API that allows us to add a custom watermarking workflow into our applications. Along with customizing…

Applications that handle and process a large volume of PDF documents can certainly benefit from a wide range of quality-of-life improvements. Using the below code, we can freely add an API to our application that allows us to enter creator-supplied passwords and automatically remove encryption measures in a single in-memory…

There’s a lot of maneuvering we can do within PDF documents to restrict how other users interact with them. Along with password protection and encryption, we can additionally choose to allow or disallow printing, content extraction, form filling, editing, annotations and more. Using the below code, you can take advantage…

Wouldn’t it be awesome if your web app allowed users to set password protection on their PDF documents? Using the below node.js code examples, you can freely include that feature in your application by calling a specialized API. This will allow users to set user and owner passwords, and you…

From a cybercriminal’s point of view, bypassing a potential victim’s basic virus & malware threat detection capabilities is always a top priority. Script files — including PowerShell, VBA, Python, and more —unfortunately offer cybercriminals an excellent solution to that problem. These files don’t contain recognizable virus or malware signatures, and…

Apart from causing all kinds of data quality issues, there’s a significant risk associated with allowing unrestricted invalid file uploads to sensitive file storage locations. Invalid files — meaning those files which contain content that does not match the file extension — can be used to smuggle malicious content past…

So, you’ve noticed a suspicious .EXE file hanging around in one of your most sensitive cloud storage locations. Could this file have bypassed your antivirus policies & now pose an immediate threat to your system? In short, the answer is yes — it certainly could. Executables are a commonly used…