Sending password protected attachments via SendGrid

Question

I want to send password protected pdfs as email attachments using SendGrid for nodejs.

I tried to password protect my pdf using qpdf. This outputs a new pdf file that is password protected locally. I then try to read data from this file and send it as the content of the attachment per SendGrid's documentation.

const fs = require('fs');
const qpdf = require('node-qpdf');

const options = {
  keyLength: 128,
  password: 'FAKE_PASSWORD',
  outputFile: filename
}
const attachments = []

await new Promise(res => {
  const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream('/tmp/temp.pdf');
  writeStream.write(buffer, 'base64');
  writeStream.on('finish', () => {
      writeStream.end()
  });
  res();
})
await qpdf.encrypt('/tmp/temp.pdf', options);
const encryptedData = await new Promise(res => {
  const buffers = []
  const readStream = fs.createReadStream('/tmp/temp.pdf');
  readStream.on('data', (data) => buffers.push(data))
  readStream.on('end', async () => {
    const buffer = Buffer.concat(buffers)
    const encryptedBuffer = buffer.toString('base64')
    res(encryptedBuffer)
  })
})
attachments.push({
  filename,
  content: encryptedData,
  type: 'application/pdf',
  disposition: 'attachment'
})

I get the email with the pdf as an attachment, but it's not password protected. Is this possible to do with these 2 libraries?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '19 at 12:04

It looks like your sending the unencrypted file. Maybe this would work?

const fs = require('fs');
const qpdf = require('node-qpdf');

const options = {
  keyLength: 128,
  password: 'FAKE_PASSWORD'
}
const attachments = []

await new Promise(res => {
  const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream('/tmp/temp.pdf');
  writeStream.write(buffer, 'base64');
  writeStream.on('finish', () => {
      writeStream.end()
      res(); // CHANGED
  });
})
await qpdf.encrypt('/tmp/temp.pdf', options, filename); // CHANGED
const encryptedData = await new Promise(res => {
  const buffers = []
  const readStream = fs.createReadStream(filename); // CHANGED
  readStream.on('data', (data) => buffers.push(data))
  readStream.on('end', async () => {
    const buffer = Buffer.concat(buffers)
    const encryptedBuffer = buffer.toString('base64')
    res(encryptedBuffer)
  })
})
attachments.push({
  filename,
  content: encryptedData,
  type: 'application/pdf',
  disposition: 'attachment'
})

Ahh yes, it seems that I incorrectly created a stream with the wrong file. — KangHoon You, Oct 02 '19 at 15:16
Great! I think you can remove lots of the streaming code using `fs.readFile` wrapped in a Promise too. `fs-extra` provides promises by default so might be of help. — Evan Shortiss, Oct 02 '19 at 16:59

Sending password protected attachments via SendGrid

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