Add argument to override digital signatures

misc/completion/ocrmypdf.bash

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ __ocrmypdf_arguments()
 --force-ocr              (OCR documents that already have printable text)
 --skip-text              (skip OCR on any pages that already contain text)
 --redo-ocr               (redo OCR on any pages that seem to have OCR already)
+--invalidate-digital-signatures (remove digital signatures from PDF)
 --skip-big               (skip OCR on pages larger than this many MPixels)
 --optimize               (select optimization level)
 --jpeg-quality           (JPEG quality [0..100])

misc/completion/ocrmypdf.fish

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ complete -c ocrmypdf -l remove-vectors -d "don't send vector objects to OCR"
 complete -c ocrmypdf -s f -l force-ocr -d "OCR documents that already have printable text"
 complete -c ocrmypdf -s s -l skip-ocr -d "skip OCR on pages that text, otherwise try OCR"
 complete -c ocrmypdf -l redo-ocr -d "redo OCR on any pages that seem to have OCR already"
+complete -c ocrmypdf -l invalidate-digital-signatures -d "invalidate digital signatures and allow OCR to proceed"
 
 complete -c ocrmypdf -s k -l keep-temporary-files -d "keep temporary files (debug)"
 

src/ocrmypdf/_pipeline.py

@@ -197,9 +197,12 @@ def validate_pdfinfo_options(context: PdfContext) -> None:
             "This PDF contains dynamic XFA forms created by Adobe LiveCycle "
             "Designer and can only be read by Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader."
         )
-    if pdfinfo.has_acroform:
-        if pdfinfo.has_signature:
+    if pdfinfo.has_signature:
+        if options.invalidate_digital_signatures:
+            log.warning("All digital signatures will be invalidated")
+        else:
             raise DigitalSignatureError()
+    if pdfinfo.has_acroform:
         if options.redo_ocr:
             raise InputFileError(
                 "This PDF has a user fillable form. --redo-ocr is not "

src/ocrmypdf/cli.py

@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@ Online documentation is located at:
         help="Skip OCR on pages larger than the specified amount of megapixels, "
         "but include skipped pages in final output",
     )
+    ocrsettings.add_argument(
+        '--invalidate-digital-signatures',
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Normally, OCRmyPDF will refuse to OCR a PDF that has a digital "
+        "signature. This option allows OCR to proceed, but the digital signature "
+        "will be invalidated.",
+    )
 
     advanced = parser.add_argument_group(
         "Advanced", "Advanced options to control OCRmyPDF"

src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py

@@ -954,6 +954,10 @@ DEFAULT_EXECUTOR = SerialExecutor()
 class PdfInfo:
     """Get summary information about a PDF."""
 
+    _has_acroform: bool = False
+    _has_signature: bool = False
+    _needs_rendering: bool = False
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         infile,
@@ -982,7 +986,6 @@ class PdfInfo:
                 detailed_analysis=detailed_analysis,
             )
             self._needs_rendering = pdf.Root.get(Name.NeedsRendering, False)
-            self._has_acroform = False
             if Name.AcroForm in pdf.Root:
                 if len(pdf.Root.AcroForm.get(Name.Fields, [])) > 0:
                     self._has_acroform = True

tests/test_acroform.py

@@ -46,3 +46,9 @@ def digitally_signed(acroform, outdir):
 def test_digital_signature(digitally_signed, no_outpdf):
     with pytest.raises(ocrmypdf.exceptions.DigitalSignatureError):
         check_ocrmypdf(digitally_signed, no_outpdf)
+
+
+def test_digital_signature_invalidate(digitally_signed, no_outpdf):
+    check_ocrmypdf(
+        digitally_signed, no_outpdf, '--force-ocr', '--invalidate-digital-signatures'
+    )