Swift

Certify a PDF and Lock the Entire Document

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This example demonstrates how to a sign a certify a PDF and lock the entire document. Normally this is intended to seal the document with a final approving (or dissapproving) signature; usually after a review workflow is completed and normally reserved for the creator or author of a document. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let pdf = CkoPdf()!

    // Load a PDF to be certified and locked.
    // The "hello.pdf" is available at https://chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf
    success = pdf.loadFile(filePath: "qa_data/pdf/hello.pdf")
    if success == false {
        print("\(pdf.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Options for signing are specified in JSON.
    let json = CkoJsonObject()!

    // In most cases, the signingCertificateV2 and signingTime attributes are required.
    json.updateInt(jsonPath: "signingCertificateV2", value: 1)
    json.updateInt(jsonPath: "signingTime", value: 1)

    // The only coding difference with certifying and locking a PDF
    // as compared with an approval signature (also known as recipient signature)
    // is to add the "lockAfterSigning" and "docMDP.add" to the json.
    json.updateBool(jsonPath: "lockAfterSigning", value: true)
    json.updateBool(jsonPath: "docMDP.add", value: true)

    // Put the signature on page 1, top left
    json.updateInt(jsonPath: "page", value: 1)
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "appearance.y", value: "top")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "appearance.x", value: "left")

    // Use a font scale of 10.0
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "appearance.fontScale", value: "10.0")

    // In this example, the appearance of the digital signature will contain three lines:
    // 1) The signing certificate's common name
    // 2) The current date/time
    // 3) Some arbitrary text.
    // The keyword "cert_cn" is replaced with the Certificate's Subject Common Name.
    // The keyword "current_dt" is replaced with the current date/time.
    // Any number of appearance text lines can be added.
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "appearance.text[0]", value: "Digitally signed by: cert_cn")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "appearance.text[1]", value: "current_dt")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "appearance.text[2]", value: "The crazy brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.")

    // Load the signing certificate. (Use your own certificate.)
    let cert = CkoCert()!
    success = cert.loadPfxFile(path: "qa_data/pfx/myPdfSigningCert.pfx", password: "secret")
    if success == false {
        print("\(cert.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Tell the pdf object to use the certificate for signing.
    success = pdf.setSigningCert(cert: cert)
    if success == false {
        print("\(pdf.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    success = pdf.sign(jsonOptions: json, outFilePath: "qa_output/hello_signed.pdf")
    if success == false {
        print("\(pdf.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("The PDF has been successfully certified and locked.")

}