How to Remove a Password from PDF using API Integration with Zapier

Step 1: Create a Zap!

• Click Create Zap on the upper-left corner of your Zapier dashboard.

Step 2: Select a Trigger App

• For this tutorial, we will be using Google Drive as our Trigger App

Step 3: Select a Trigger Event

• For the trigger event, we will set it to New File in Folder. This way every time there’s a new file added to your Google Drive folder, it will trigger this zap.

Step 4: Setup Trigger

• Select the Drive and Folder that you’re going to use.

Step 5: Test Trigger

Step 6: Select an Action App

• Search and select PDF.co as your Action App.

Step 7: Select an Action Event

• We will use PDF Security as the action event. This API can be used to both add or remove a password to a PDF.

Step 8: Setup Action

• In the PDF URL, insert the URL to your PDF file.
• Select Remove Security, in Mode.
• Add the Password of your PDF file in the Owner Password field.
• You may set the Name of your output PDF

Step 9: Test Action

Step 10: Result

• Here’s the output PDF.