# PDF Text Extractor Encrypted Pdfs

> Sub-skill of pdf-text-extractor: Encrypted PDFs (+2).

- Skill: `vamseeachanta/pdf-text-extractor-encrypted-pdfs` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vamseeachanta/pdf-text-extractor-encrypted-pdfs`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vamseeachanta/pdf-text-extractor-encrypted-pdfs/raw
- Safety review: PASS (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: vamseeachanta (https://skillmd.com/u/vamseeachanta)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vamseeachanta/pdf-text-extractor-encrypted-pdfs

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# Encrypted PDFs (+2)

## Encrypted PDFs


```python
def extract_with_password(filepath, password=None):
    doc = fitz.open(filepath)

    if doc.is_encrypted:
        if password:
            if not doc.authenticate(password):
                raise ValueError("Invalid password")
        else:
            raise ValueError("PDF is encrypted")

    # Continue extraction...
```

## Scanned PDFs (OCR)


```python
# For scanned PDFs, use OCR
import pytesseract
from PIL import Image

def extract_with_ocr(filepath):
    doc = fitz.open(filepath)
    pages = []

    for page in doc:

*See sub-skills for full details.*

## Large PDFs


```python
def extract_large_pdf(filepath, max_pages=None):
    """Extract with memory-efficient streaming."""
    doc = fitz.open(filepath)

    for page_num, page in enumerate(doc, 1):
        if max_pages and page_num > max_pages:
            break

        text = page.get_text()

*See sub-skills for full details.*