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Diffstat (limited to 'src/qpdf/qpdf.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/qpdf/qpdf.cpp | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/qpdf/qpdf.cpp b/src/qpdf/qpdf.cpp index 14acc9b..f097838 100644 --- a/src/qpdf/qpdf.cpp +++ b/src/qpdf/qpdf.cpp @@ -502,8 +502,11 @@ void init_qpdf(py::module &m) Args: filename_or_stream (os.PathLike): Filename of PDF to open password (str or bytes): User or owner password to open an - encrypted PDF. If a str is given it will be converted to - UTF-8. + encrypted PDF. If the type of this parameter is ``str`` + it will be encoded as UTF-8. If the type is ``bytes`` it will + be saved verbatim. Passwords are always padded or + truncated to 32 bytes internally. Use ASCII passwords for + maximum compatibility. hex_password (bool): If True, interpret the password as a hex-encoded version of the exact encryption key to use, without performing the normal key computation. Useful in forensics. |