💾 Update Version (#1727)

💾 Sync Versions
> Made via sync_files.yml

Co-authored-by: GitHub Action action@github.com <GitHub Action action@github.com>

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1-bug.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,21 @@ body:
         Thanks for taking the time to fill out this bug report!
 
         This issue form is for reporting bugs only. Please fill out the following sections to help us understand the issue you are facing.
-  
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: installation-method
+    attributes:
+      label: Installation Method
+      description: |
+        Indicate whether you are using Docker or a local installation.
+      options:
+        - Docker
+        - Docker ultra lite
+        - Docker fat
+        - Local Installation
+      validations:
+        required: true
+
   - type: textarea
     id: problem
     validations:

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2-feature.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: Feature Request
 description: Submit a new feature request.
 title: "[Feature Request]: "
+labels:
+  - enhancement
 body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes:

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ updates:
     directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    rebase-strategy: "auto"
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "/" # Location of Dockerfile
     schedule:

.github/labeler-config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+Translation:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/resources/messages_*_*.properties'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/ignore_translation.toml'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/resources/templates/fragments/languages.html'
+
+Front End:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/resources/templates/**/*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/resources/static/**/*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/**'
+
+Java:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/**/*.java'
+
+Back End:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/**/*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/model/provider/**/*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/resources/settings.yml.template'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/resources/banner.txt'
+
+Security:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/**/*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/model/provider/**/*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/model/AuthenticationType.java'
+
+API:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/MetricsController.java'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/**/*'
+
+Documentation:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: '**/*.md'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/counter_translation.py'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/ignore_translation.toml'
+
+Docker:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'Dockerfile'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'Dockerfile-*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'exampleYmlFiles/*.yml'
+
+Test:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'cucumber/**/*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/test**/*'
+
+Github:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/**/*'

.github/labels.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Labels names are important as they are used by Release Drafter to decide
+# regarding where to record them in changelog or if to skip them.
+#
+# The repository labels will be automatically configured using this file and
+# the GitHub Action https://github.com/marketplace/actions/github-labeler.
+- name: "Back End"
+  color: "20CE6C"
+  description: "Issues related to back-end development"
+  from_name: "Back end"
+- name: "Bug"
+  description: "Something isn't working"
+  color: "EB9CA6"
+  from_name: "bug"
+- name: "dependencies"
+  description: "Pull requests that update a dependency file"
+  color: "5AA8FC"
+- name: "Docker"
+  description: "Pull requests that update Docker code"
+  color: "1FCEFF"
+  from_name: "docker"
+- name: "Documentation"
+  description: "Improvements or additions to documentation"
+  color: "35ABFF"
+  from_name: "documentation"
+- name: "Done for next release"
+  color: "0CDBD1"
+- name: "Done"
+  color: "60F13B"
+- name: "duplicate"
+  description: "This issue or pull request already exists"
+  color: "CDD1D5"
+- name: "enhancement"
+  description: "New feature or request"
+  color: "A0EEEE"
+- name: "fix needs confirmation"
+  color: "60A1E7"
+  description: "Fix needs to be confirmed"
+- name: "Front End"
+  color: "BBD2F1"
+  description: "Issues related to front-end development"
+- name: "github-actions"
+  description: "Pull requests that update GitHub Actions code"
+  color: "999999"
+  from_name: "github_actions"
+- name: "good first issue"
+  description: "Good for newcomers"
+  color: "C1B8FF"
+- name: "help wanted"
+  description: "Extra attention is needed"
+  color: "00E6C4"
+- name: "invalid"
+  description: "This doesn't seem right"
+  color: "E5E566"
+- name: "Java"
+  description: "Pull requests that update Java code"
+  color: "FF9E1F"
+  from_name: "java"
+- name: "Long-term Enhancement"
+  color: "BFDEC3"
+  description: "Enhancements planned for the long term"
+- name: "more-info-needed"
+  color: "00E4F8"
+  description: "More information is needed"
+- name: "needs investigation"
+  color: "B8C3A7"
+  description: "Issues that require further investigation"
+- name: "Prioritised enhancement"
+  color: "4BA2EE"
+  description: "High-priority enhancements"
+- name: "question"
+  description: "Further information is requested"
+  color: "D97EE5"
+- name: "Translation"
+  color: "9FABF9"
+  from_name: "translation"
+- name: "upstream"
+  color: "DEDEDE"
+- name: "v2"
+  color: "FFFF00"
+- name: "wontfix"
+  description: "This will not be worked on"
+  color: "FFFFFF"
+- name: "Security"
+  color: "000000"
+  description: "Security-related issues or pull requests"
+- name: "API"
+  color: "FFFF00"
+  description: "API-related issues or pull requests"
+- name: "Test"
+  color: "FF9E1F"
+  description: "Testing-related issues or pull requests"
+- name: "Stale"
+  color: "000000"

.github/scripts/check_tabulator.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """check_tabulator.py"""
+
 import argparse
 import sys
 

.github/workflows/auto-labeler.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: "Pull Request Labeler"
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  labeler:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Apply Labels
+        uses: actions/labeler@v5
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          configuration-path: .github/labeler-config.yml
+          sync-labels: true

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "Build repo"
+name: Build repo
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -17,20 +17,72 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        jdk-version: [17, 21]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 17
+      - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.jdk-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: "17"
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.jdk-version }}
           distribution: "temurin"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+      - name: Set up Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
           gradle-version: 8.7
 
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew build --no-build-cache
+
+  docker-compose-tests:
+    # if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' ||
+    #     (github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
+    #     contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'licenses') == false &&
+    #     (
+    #       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Front End') ||
+    #       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Java') ||
+    #       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Back End') ||
+    #       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Security') ||
+    #       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'API') ||
+    #       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Docker') ||
+    #       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Test')
+    #     )
+    #     )
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Java 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: "17"
+          distribution: "adopt"
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Install Docker Compose
+        run: |
+          sudo curl -SL "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.29.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.7"
+
+      - name: Pip requirements
+        run: |
+           pip install -r ./cucumber/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Run Docker Compose Tests
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ./test.sh
+          ./test.sh

.github/workflows/licenses-update.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "adopt"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       - name: Run Gradle Command
         run: ./gradlew clean generateLicenseReport
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           git diff --staged --quiet || echo "CHANGES_DETECTED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
+        id: cpr
         if: env.CHANGES_DETECTED == 'true'
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
@@ -57,6 +58,22 @@ jobs:
           title: "Update 3rd Party Licenses"
           body: |
             Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1]
+
             [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
+          labels: licenses
           draft: false
           delete-branch: true
+
+      - name: Auto approve
+        if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created'
+        run: gh pr review --approve "${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge
+        if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created'
+        uses: peter-evans/enable-pull-request-automerge@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          pull-request-number: ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}
+          merge-method: squash  # Choose the merge method: merge, squash, or rebase

.github/workflows/manage-label.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Manage labels
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 20 * * *"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  labeler:
+    name: Labeler
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Run Labeler
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@v5
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          yaml-file: .github/labels.yml
+          skip-delete: true

.github/workflows/push-docker.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
           gradle-version: 8.7
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=alpha,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
       - name: Build and push main Dockerfile
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
           context: .
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=latest-ultra-lite,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
       - name: Build and push Dockerfile-ultra-lite
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
         with:
           context: .
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
           build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
 
-
       - name: Generate tags fat
         id: meta3
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=latest-fat,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
       - name: Build and push main Dockerfile fat
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
         with:
           builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}

.github/workflows/releaseArtifacts.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
           gradle-version: 8.7
 

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Close stale issues
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 0 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: 30 days stale issues
+        uses: actions/stale@v9
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          days-before-stale: 30
+          days-before-close: 7
+          stale-issue-message: >
+            This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has had no recent activity.
+            It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.
+          close-issue-message: >
+            This issue has been automatically closed because it has had no recent activity after being marked as stale.
+            Please reopen if you need further assistance.
+          stale-issue-label: "Stale"
+          remove-stale-when-updated: true
+          only-issue-labels: "more-info-needed"
+          days-before-pr-stale: -1 # Prevents PRs from being marked as stale
+          days-before-pr-close: -1 # Prevents PRs from being closed
+          start-date: '2024-07-06T00:00:00Z'  # ISO 8601 Format

.github/workflows/swagger.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       - name: Generate Swagger documentation
         run: ./gradlew generateOpenApiDocs

.github/workflows/sync_files.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "build.gradle"
       - "src/main/resources/messages_*.properties"
-      - "scripts/translation_status.toml"
+      - "scripts/ignore_translation.toml"
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
   sync-versions:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m ":floppy_disk: Sync Versions
           > Made via sync_files.yml" || echo "no changes"
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6.0.1
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: Update files
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ jobs:
             [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
           draft: false
           delete-branch: true
+          labels: github-actions
   sync-readme:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m ":memo: Sync README
           > Made via sync_files.yml" || echo "no changes"
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6.0.1
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: Update files
@@ -88,3 +89,4 @@ jobs:
             [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
           draft: false
           delete-branch: true
+          labels: Documentation,Translation,github-actions

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-name: Docker Compose Tests
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "src/**"
-      - "**.gradle"
-      - "!src/main/java/resources/messages*"
-      - "exampleYmlFiles/**"
-      - "Dockerfile"
-      - "Dockerfile**"
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Java 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          java-version: "17"
-          distribution: "adopt"
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Install Docker Compose
-        run: |
-          sudo curl -SL "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.26.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-          # sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.7"
-          
-      - name: Pip requirements
-        run: |
-           pip install -r ./cucumber/requirements.txt
-              
-      - name: Run Docker Compose Tests
-        run: |
-          chmod +x ./test.sh
-          ./test.sh

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 ### Eclipse ###
 .metadata
 bin/
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ customFiles/
 configs/
 watchedFolders/
 
-
 # Gradle
 .gradle
 .lock
@@ -119,12 +116,48 @@ watchedFolders/
 *.db
 /build
 
-/.vscode
-/.idea
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyo
+
+# Virtual environments
+.env*
+.venv*
+env*/
+venv*/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# VS Code
+/.vscode/**/*
+!/.vscode/settings.json
+
+# IntelliJ IDEA
+.idea/
+*.iml
+out/
 
 # Ignore Mac DS_Store files
 .DS_Store
 **/.DS_Store
 
-#cucumber
-/cucumber/reports/**
+# cucumber
+/cucumber/reports/**
+
+# Certs
+*.p12
+*.pem
+*.crt
+*.cer
+*.der
+*.key
+*.csr
+
+# cache
+.ruff_cache
+.mypy_cache
+.pytest_cache
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ repos:
         args:
           - --fix
           - --line-length=127
-        files: ^((.github/scripts)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
+        files: ^((.github/scripts|scripts)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
+        exclude: (split_photos.py)
       - id: ruff-format
-        files: ^((.github/scripts)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
+        files: ^((.github/scripts|scripts)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
+        exclude: (split_photos.py)
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
     rev: v2.2.6
     hooks:
@@ -33,5 +35,5 @@ repos:
         # args: ["--replace_with=  "]
         entry: python .github/scripts/check_tabulator.py
         language: python
-        exclude: ^src/main/resources/static/pdfjs/
+        exclude: ^(src/main/resources/static/pdfjs|src/main/resources/static/pdfjs-legacy)
         files: ^.*(\.html|\.css|\.js)$

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "java.compile.nullAnalysis.mode": "automatic",
+  "files.eol": "auto",
+  "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive",
+  "black-formatter.args": ["--line-length", "127"],
+  "flake8.args": ["--max-line-length", "127"],
+  "pylint.args": ["max-line-length", "127"],
+  "[java]": {
+    "editor.tabSize": 4,
+    "editor.detectIndentation": false,
+    "editor.rulers": [127]
+  },
+  "[python]": {
+    "editor.tabSize": 2,
+    "editor.detectIndentation": false,
+    "editor.rulers": [127]
+  },
+  "[gradle-build]": {
+    "editor.tabSize": 4,
+    "editor.detectIndentation": false,
+    "editor.rulers": [127]
+  },
+  "[gradle]": {
+    "editor.tabSize": 4,
+    "editor.detectIndentation": false,
+    "editor.rulers": [127]
+  },
+  "[html]": {
+    "editor.tabSize": 2,
+    "editor.rulers": [127],
+    "files.trimFinalNewlines": false,
+    "files.insertFinalNewline": false
+  },
+  "[javascript]": {
+    "editor.tabSize": 2,
+    "editor.rulers": [127]
+  },
+  "[yaml]": {
+    "files.trimFinalNewlines": false,
+    "files.insertFinalNewline": false
+  },
+  "diffEditor.maxComputationTime": 0,
+  "editor.wordSegmenterLocales": null,
+  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active",
+  "editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal": "active",
+  "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+  "files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
+  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+  "editor.indentSize": "tabSize",
+  "editor.stickyScroll.enabled": false,
+  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true
+}

DATABASE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# New Database Backup and Import Functionality
+
+**Full activation will take place on approximately January 5th, 2025!**
+
+Why is the waiting time six months?
+
+There are users who only install updates sporadically; if they skip the preparation, it can/will lead to data loss in the database.
+
+## Functionality Overview
+
+The newly introduced feature enhances the application with robust database backup and import capabilities. This feature is designed to ensure data integrity and provide a straightforward way to manage database backups. Here's how it works:
+
+1. Automatic Backup Creation
+   - The system automatically creates a database backup every day at midnight. This ensures that there is always a recent backup available, minimizing the risk of data loss.
+2. Manual Backup Export
+   - Admin actions that modify the user database trigger a manual export of the database. This keeps the backup up-to-date with the latest changes and provides an extra layer of data security.
+3. Importing Database Backups
+   - Admin users can import a database backup either via the web interface or API endpoints. This allows for easy restoration of the database to a previous state in case of data corruption or other issues.
+   - The import process ensures that the database structure and data are correctly restored, maintaining the integrity of the application.
+4. Managing Backup Files
+   - Admins can view a list of all existing backup files, along with their creation dates and sizes. This helps in managing storage and identifying the most recent or relevant backups.
+   - Backup files can be downloaded for offline storage or transferred to other environments, providing flexibility in database management.
+   - Unnecessary backup files can be deleted through the interface to free up storage space and maintain an organized backup directory.
+
+## User Interface
+
+### Web Interface
+
+1. Upload SQL files to import database backups.
+2. View details of existing backups, such as file names, creation dates, and sizes.
+3. Download backup files for offline storage.
+4. Delete outdated or unnecessary backup files.
+
+### API Endpoints
+
+1. Import database backups by uploading SQL files.
+2. Download backup files.
+3. Delete backup files.
+
+This new functionality streamlines database management, ensuring that backups are always available and easy to manage, thus improving the reliability and resilience of the application.

Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Main stage
-FROM alpine:3.20.0
+FROM alpine:3.20.2
 
 # Copy necessary files
 COPY scripts /scripts
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /et
         libreoffice \
 # pdftohtml
         poppler-utils \
-# OCR MY PDF (unpaper for descew and other advanced featues)
+# OCR MY PDF (unpaper for descew and other advanced features)
         ocrmypdf \
         tesseract-ocr-data-eng \
 # CV
         py3-opencv \
 # python3/pip
-        python3 && \
-    wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -qO - | python3 - --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --upgrade && \
+        python3 \
+        py3-pip && \
 # uno unoconv and HTML
-    pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --upgrade unoconv WeasyPrint && \
+    pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --upgrade unoconv WeasyPrint pdf2image pillow && \
     mv /usr/share/tessdata /usr/share/tessdata-original && \
     mkdir -p $HOME /configs /logs /customFiles /pipeline/watchedFolders /pipeline/finishedFolders && \
     fc-cache -f -v && \

Dockerfile-fat

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ COPY . .
 
 # Build the application with DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false
 RUN DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=true \
-./gradlew clean build 
+./gradlew clean build
 
 # Main stage
-FROM alpine:3.20.0
+FROM alpine:3.20.2
 
 # Copy necessary files
 COPY scripts /scripts
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ ENV DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false \
     PGID=1000 \
     UMASK=022 \
     FAT_DOCKER=true \
-    INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS=true
-    
+    INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS=false
+
 
 # JDK for app
 RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /etc/apk/repositories && \
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /et
         tini \
         bash \
         curl \
-        calibre@testing \
         shadow \
         su-exec \
         openssl \
@@ -62,10 +61,10 @@ RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /et
 # CV
         py3-opencv \
 # python3/pip
-        python3 && \
-    wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -qO - | python3 - --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --upgrade && \
+        python3 \
+    py3-pip && \
 # uno unoconv and HTML
-    pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --upgrade unoconv WeasyPrint && \
+    pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --upgrade unoconv WeasyPrint pdf2image pillow && \
     mv /usr/share/tessdata /usr/share/tessdata-original && \
     mkdir -p $HOME /configs /logs /customFiles /pipeline/watchedFolders /pipeline/finishedFolders && \
     fc-cache -f -v && \

Dockerfile-ultra-lite

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # use alpine
-FROM alpine:3.20.0
+FROM alpine:3.20.2
 
 ARG VERSION_TAG
 

Endpoint-groups.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 | file-to-pdf         |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |
 | img-to-pdf          |         | ✔️       |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |
 | pdf-to-html         |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |
-| pdf-to-img          |         | ✔️       |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |
+| pdf-to-img          |         | ✔️       |          |       |     | ✔️      |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |
 | pdf-to-pdfa         |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        |             | ✔️        |      |            |
 | pdf-to-markdown     |         | ✔️       |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |
 | pdf-to-presentation |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@
 | remove-blanks       |         |         |          | ✔️     | ✔️   | ✔️      | ✔️      |             |          |      |            |
 | repair              |         |         |          | ✔️     | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |
 | show-javascript     |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          |      | ✔️          |
-| sign                |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          |      | ✔️          |
+| sign                |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          |      | ✔️          |

README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 [![Github Sponsor](https://img.shields.io/badge/Github%20Sponsor-yellow?style=flat&logo=github)](https://github.com/sponsors/Frooodle)
 
 [![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/apps/new?repo=https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/digitalOcean&refcode=c3210994b1af)
+[<img src="https://www.ssdnodes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/footer-logo.svg" alt="Name" height="40">](https://www.ssdnodes.com/manage/aff.php?aff=2216&register=true)
 
 This is a robust, locally hosted web-based PDF manipulation tool using Docker. It enables you to carry out various operations on PDF files, including splitting, merging, converting, reorganizing, adding images, rotating, compressing, and more. This locally hosted web application has evolved to encompass a comprehensive set of features, addressing all your PDF requirements.
 
@@ -21,10 +22,11 @@ All files and PDFs exist either exclusively on the client side, reside in server
 ## Features
 
 - Dark mode support.
-- Custom download options (see [here](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/images/settings.png) for example)
+- Custom download options
 - Parallel file processing and downloads
 - API for integration with external scripts
 - Optional Login and Authentication support (see [here](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/main#login-authentication) for documentation)
+- Database Backup and Import (see [here](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DATABASE.md) for documentation)
 
 ## **PDF Features**
 
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ All files and PDFs exist either exclusively on the client side, reside in server
 - Get all information on a PDF to view or export as JSON.
 
 For a overview of the tasks and the technology each uses please view [Endpoint-groups.md](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/Endpoint-groups.md)
-Demo of the app is available [here](https://stirlingpdf.io). username: demo, password: demo
+
+Demo of the app is available [here](https://stirlingpdf.io).
 
 ## Technologies used
 
@@ -105,33 +108,36 @@ Please view https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/LocalRunGui
 
 https://hub.docker.com/r/frooodle/s-pdf
 
-Stirling PDF has 2 different versions, a Full version and ultra-Lite version. Depending on the types of features you use you may want a smaller image to save on space.
+Stirling PDF has 3 different versions, a Full version and ultra-Lite version as well as a 'Fat' version. Depending on the types of features you use you may want a smaller image to save on space.
 To see what the different versions offer please look at our [version mapping](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/Version-groups.md)
 For people that don't mind about space optimization just use the latest tag.
 ![Docker Image Size (tag)](https://img.shields.io/docker/image-size/frooodle/s-pdf/latest?label=Stirling-PDF%20Full)
 ![Docker Image Size (tag)](https://img.shields.io/docker/image-size/frooodle/s-pdf/latest-ultra-lite?label=Stirling-PDF%20Ultra-Lite)
+![Docker Image Size (tag)](https://img.shields.io/docker/image-size/frooodle/s-pdf/latest-fat?label=Stirling-PDF%20Fat)
 
-Docker Run
+Please note in below examples you may need to change the volume paths as needed, current examples install them to the current working directory
+eg ``./extraConfigs:/configs`` to ``/opt/stirlingpdf/extraConfigs:/configs``
+
+### Docker Run
 
 ```bash
 docker run -d \
   -p 8080:8080 \
-  -v /location/of/trainingData:/usr/share/tessdata \
-  -v /location/of/extraConfigs:/configs \
-  -v /location/of/logs:/logs \
+  -v ./trainingData:/usr/share/tessdata \
+  -v ./extraConfigs:/configs \
+  -v ./logs:/logs \
   -e DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false \
   -e INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS=false \
   -e LANGS=en_GB \
   --name stirling-pdf \
   frooodle/s-pdf:latest
 
-
   Can also add these for customisation but are not required
 
   -v /location/of/customFiles:/customFiles \
 ```
 
-Docker Compose
+### Docker Compose
 
 ```yaml
 version: '3.3'
@@ -141,10 +147,10 @@ services:
     ports:
       - '8080:8080'
     volumes:
-      - /location/of/trainingData:/usr/share/tessdata #Required for extra OCR languages
-      - /location/of/extraConfigs:/configs
-#      - /location/of/customFiles:/customFiles/
-#      - /location/of/logs:/logs/
+      - ./trainingData:/usr/share/tessdata #Required for extra OCR languages
+      - ./extraConfigs:/configs
+#      - ./customFiles:/customFiles/
+#      - ./logs:/logs/
     environment:
       - DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false
       - INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS=false
@@ -159,41 +165,46 @@ Please view https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/HowToUseOCR
 
 ## Supported Languages
 
-Stirling PDF currently supports 32!
+Stirling PDF currently supports 38!
 
 | Language                                    | Progress                               |
 | ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
+| Arabic (العربية) (ar_AR)                    | ![44%](https://geps.dev/progress/44)   |
+| Basque (Euskara) (eu_ES)                    | ![60%](https://geps.dev/progress/60)   |
+| Bulgarian (Български) (bg_BG)               | ![92%](https://geps.dev/progress/92)   |
+| Catalan (Català) (ca_CA)                    | ![47%](https://geps.dev/progress/47)   |
+| Croatian (Hrvatski) (hr_HR)                 | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
+| Czech (Česky) (cs_CZ)                       | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Danish (Dansk) (da_DK)                      | ![9%](https://geps.dev/progress/9)   |
+| Dutch (Nederlands) (nl_NL)                  | ![94%](https://geps.dev/progress/94)   |
 | English (English) (en_GB)                   | ![100%](https://geps.dev/progress/100) |
 | English (US) (en_US)                        | ![100%](https://geps.dev/progress/100) |
-| Arabic (العربية) (ar_AR)                    | ![46%](https://geps.dev/progress/46)   |
-| German (Deutsch) (de_DE)                    | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
-| French (Français) (fr_FR)                   | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
-| Spanish (Español) (es_ES)                   | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
-| Simplified Chinese (简体中文) (zh_CN)       | ![94%](https://geps.dev/progress/94)   |
-| Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) (zh_TW)      | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98)   |
-| Catalan (Català) (ca_CA)                    | ![49%](https://geps.dev/progress/49)   |
+| French (Français) (fr_FR)                   | ![91%](https://geps.dev/progress/91)   |
+| German (Deutsch) (de_DE)                    | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98) |
+| Greek (Ελληνικά) (el_GR)                    | ![80%](https://geps.dev/progress/80)   |
+| Hindi (हिंदी) (hi_IN)                          | ![75%](https://geps.dev/progress/75)   |
+| Hungarian (Magyar) (hu_HU)                  | ![74%](https://geps.dev/progress/74)   |
+| Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) (id_ID)        | ![75%](https://geps.dev/progress/75)   |
+| Irish (Gaeilge) (ga_IE)                     | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
 | Italian (Italiano) (it_IT)                  | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98)   |
-| Swedish (Svenska) (sv_SE)                   | ![40%](https://geps.dev/progress/40)   |
-| Polish (Polski) (pl_PL)                     | ![42%](https://geps.dev/progress/42)   |
-| Romanian (Română) (ro_RO)                   | ![39%](https://geps.dev/progress/39)   |
-| Korean (한국어) (ko_KR)                     | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
-| Portuguese Brazilian (Português) (pt_BR)    | ![61%](https://geps.dev/progress/61)   |
-| Russian (Русский) (ru_RU)                   | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
-| Basque (Euskara) (eu_ES)                    | ![63%](https://geps.dev/progress/63)   |
-| Japanese (日本語) (ja_JP)                   | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
-| Dutch (Nederlands) (nl_NL)                  | ![83%](https://geps.dev/progress/83)   |
-| Greek (Ελληνικά) (el_GR)                    | ![84%](https://geps.dev/progress/84)   |
-| Turkish (Türkçe) (tr_TR)                    | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
-| Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) (id_ID)        | ![78%](https://geps.dev/progress/78)   |
-| Hindi (हिंदी) (hi_IN)                          | ![79%](https://geps.dev/progress/79)   |
-| Hungarian (Magyar) (hu_HU)                  | ![77%](https://geps.dev/progress/77)   |
-| Bulgarian (Български) (bg_BG)               | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
-| Sebian Latin alphabet (Srpski) (sr_LATN_RS) | ![80%](https://geps.dev/progress/80)   |
-| Ukrainian (Українська) (uk_UA)              | ![85%](https://geps.dev/progress/85)   |
-| Slovakian (Slovensky) (sk_SK)               | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
-| Czech (Česky) (cs_CZ)                       | ![92%](https://geps.dev/progress/92)   |
-| Croatian (Hrvatski) (hr_HR)                 | ![97%](https://geps.dev/progress/97)   |
-| Norwegian (Norsk) (no_NB)                   | ![97%](https://geps.dev/progress/97)   |
+| Japanese (日本語) (ja_JP)                   | ![91%](https://geps.dev/progress/91)   |
+| Korean (한국어) (ko_KR)                     | ![82%](https://geps.dev/progress/82)   |
+| Norwegian (Norsk) (no_NB)                   | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Polish (Polski) (pl_PL)                     | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
+| Portuguese (Português) (pt_PT)              | ![77%](https://geps.dev/progress/77)   |
+| Portuguese Brazilian (Português) (pt_BR)    | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
+| Romanian (Română) (ro_RO)                   | ![38%](https://geps.dev/progress/38)   |
+| Russian (Русский) (ru_RU)                   | ![82%](https://geps.dev/progress/82)   |
+| Serbian Latin alphabet (Srpski) (sr_LATN_RS) | ![77%](https://geps.dev/progress/77)   |
+| Simplified Chinese (简体中文) (zh_CN)       | ![97%](https://geps.dev/progress/97)   |
+| Slovakian (Slovensky) (sk_SK)               | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
+| Spanish (Español) (es_ES)                   | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Swedish (Svenska) (sv_SE)                   | ![38%](https://geps.dev/progress/38)   |
+| Thai (ไทย) (th_TH)                          | ![97%](https://geps.dev/progress/97) |
+| Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) (zh_TW)      | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Turkish (Türkçe) (tr_TR)                    | ![97%](https://geps.dev/progress/97)   |
+| Ukrainian (Українська) (uk_UA)              | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) (vi_VN)             | ![97%](https://geps.dev/progress/97)   |
 
 ## Contributing (creating issues, translations, fixing bugs, etc.)
 
@@ -205,7 +216,7 @@ Stirling PDF allows easy customization of the app.
 Includes things like
 
 - Custom application name
-- Custom slogans, icons, HTML, images CSS etc (via file overrides) 
+- Custom slogans, icons, HTML, images CSS etc (via file overrides)
 
 There are two options for this, either using the generated settings file ``settings.yml``
 This file is located in the ``/configs`` directory and follows standard YAML formatting
@@ -214,11 +225,11 @@ Environment variables are also supported and would override the settings file
 For example in the settings.yml you have
 
 ```yaml
-system:
+security:
   enableLogin: 'true'
 ```
 
-To have this via an environment variable you would have ``SYSTEM_ENABLELOGIN``
+To have this via an environment variable you would have ``SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN``
 
 The Current list of settings is
 
@@ -228,35 +239,37 @@ security:
   csrfDisabled: true # Set to 'true' to disable CSRF protection (not recommended for production)
   loginAttemptCount: 5 # lock user account after 5 tries
   loginResetTimeMinutes: 120 # lock account for 2 hours after x attempts
-#  initialLogin:
-#    username: "admin" # Initial username for the first login
-#    password: "stirling" # Initial password for the first login
-#  oauth2:
-#    enabled: false # set to 'true' to enable login (Note: enableLogin must also be 'true' for this to work)
-#    issuer: "" # set to any provider that supports OpenID Connect Discovery (/.well-known/openid-configuration) end-point
-#    clientId: "" # Client ID from your provider
-#    clientSecret: "" # Client Secret from your provider
-#    autoCreateUser: false # set to 'true' to allow auto-creation of non-existing users
-#    useAsUsername: "email" # Default is 'email'; custom fields can be used as the username
-#    scopes: "openid, profile, email" # Specify the scopes for which the application will request permissions
-#    provider: "google" # Set this to your OAuth provider's name, e.g., 'google' or 'keycloak'
-#    client:
-#      google:
-#        clientId: "" # Client ID for Google OAuth2
-#        clientSecret: "" # Client Secret for Google OAuth2
-#        scopes: "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile" # Scopes for Google OAuth2
-#        useAsUsername: "email" # Field to use as the username for Google OAuth2
-#      github:
-#        clientId: "" # Client ID for GitHub OAuth2
-#        clientSecret: "" # Client Secret for GitHub OAuth2
-#        scopes: "read:user" # Scope for GitHub OAuth2
-#        useAsUsername: "login" # Field to use as the username for GitHub OAuth2
-#      keycloak:
-#        issuer: "http://192.168.0.123:8888/realms/stirling-pdf" # URL of the Keycloak realm's OpenID Connect Discovery endpoint
-#        clientId: "stirling-pdf" # Client ID for Keycloak OAuth2
-#        clientSecret: "" # Client Secret for Keycloak OAuth2
-#        scopes: "openid, profile, email" # Scopes for Keycloak OAuth2
-#        useAsUsername: "email" # Field to use as the username for Keycloak OAuth2
+  loginMethod: all # 'all' (Login Username/Password and OAuth2[must be enabled and configured]), 'normal'(only Login with Username/Password) or 'oauth2'(only Login with OAuth2)
+  initialLogin:
+    username: '' # Initial username for the first login
+    password: '' # Initial password for the first login
+  oauth2:
+    enabled: false # set to 'true' to enable login (Note: enableLogin must also be 'true' for this to work)
+    client:
+      keycloak:
+        issuer: '' # URL of the Keycloak realm's OpenID Connect Discovery endpoint
+        clientId: '' # Client ID for Keycloak OAuth2
+        clientSecret: '' # Client Secret for Keycloak OAuth2
+        scopes: openid, profile, email # Scopes for Keycloak OAuth2
+        useAsUsername: preferred_username # Field to use as the username for Keycloak OAuth2
+      google:
+        clientId: '' # Client ID for Google OAuth2
+        clientSecret: '' # Client Secret for Google OAuth2
+        scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile # Scopes for Google OAuth2
+        useAsUsername: email # Field to use as the username for Google OAuth2
+      github:
+        clientId: '' # Client ID for GitHub OAuth2
+        clientSecret: '' # Client Secret for GitHub OAuth2
+        scopes: read:user # Scope for GitHub OAuth2
+        useAsUsername: login # Field to use as the username for GitHub OAuth2
+    issuer: '' # set to any provider that supports OpenID Connect Discovery (/.well-known/openid-configuration) end-point
+    clientId: '' # Client ID from your provider
+    clientSecret: '' # Client Secret from your provider
+    autoCreateUser: false # set to 'true' to allow auto-creation of non-existing users
+    blockRegistration: false # set to 'true' to deny login with SSO without prior registration by an admin
+    useAsUsername: email # Default is 'email'; custom fields can be used as the username
+    scopes: openid, profile, email # Specify the scopes for which the application will request permissions
+    provider: google # Set this to your OAuth provider's name, e.g., 'google' or 'keycloak'
 
 system:
   defaultLocale: 'en-US' # Set the default language (e.g. 'de-DE', 'fr-FR', etc)
@@ -267,9 +280,9 @@ system:
   customHTMLFiles: false # enable to have files placed in /customFiles/templates override the existing template html files
 
 ui:
-  appName: null # Application's visible name
-  homeDescription: null # Short description or tagline shown on homepage.
-  appNameNavbar: null # Name displayed on the navigation bar
+  appName: '' # Application's visible name
+  homeDescription: '' # Short description or tagline shown on homepage.
+  appNameNavbar: '' # Name displayed on the navigation bar
 
 endpoints:
   toRemove: [] # List endpoints to disable (e.g. ['img-to-pdf', 'remove-pages'])
@@ -303,7 +316,7 @@ For those wanting to use Stirling-PDFs backend API to link with their own custom
 
 ![stirling-login](images/login-light.png)
 
-### Prerequisites:
+### Prerequisites
 
 - User must have the folder ./configs volumed within docker so that it is retained during updates.
 - Docker users must download the security jar version by setting ``DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY`` to ``true`` in environment variables.

Version-groups.md

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-| Technology | Ultra-Lite | Full  |
+|All versions in a Docker environment can download Calibre as a optional extra at runtime to support `book-to-pdf` and `pdf-to-book` using parameter ``INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS``.
+The 'Fat' container contains all those found in 'Full' with security jar along with this Calibre install. 
+
+Technology | Ultra-Lite | Full  |
 | ---------- | :--------: | :---: |
 | Java       |     ✔️      |   ✔️   |
 | JavaScript |     ✔️      |   ✔️   |

build.gradle

@@ -1,24 +1,36 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'java'
-    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.2.4'
-    id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.3'
-    id 'org.springdoc.openapi-gradle-plugin' version '1.8.0'
+    id "java"
+    id "org.springframework.boot" version "3.3.2"
+    id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.6"
+    id "org.springdoc.openapi-gradle-plugin" version "1.8.0"
     id "io.swagger.swaggerhub" version "1.3.2"
-    id 'edu.sc.seis.launch4j' version '3.0.5'
-    id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.25.0'
-    id 'com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report' version '2.6'
+    id "edu.sc.seis.launch4j" version "3.0.6"
+    id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "6.25.0"
+    id "com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report" version "2.9"
 }
 
 import com.github.jk1.license.render.*
 
-group = 'stirling.software'
-version = '0.26.1'
+ext {
+    springBootVersion = "3.3.2"
+    pdfboxVersion = "3.0.3"
+    logbackVersion = "1.5.7"
+    imageioVersion = "3.11.0"
+    lombokVersion = "1.18.34"
+    bouncycastleVersion = "1.78.1"	
+}
 
-//17 is lowest but we support and recommend 21
-sourceCompatibility = '17'
+group = "stirling.software"
+version = "0.28.2"
+
+java {
+    // 17 is lowest but we support and recommend 21
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+}
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
 }
 
 licenseReport {
@@ -28,15 +40,19 @@ licenseReport {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            if (System.getenv('DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY') == 'false') {
-                exclude 'stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/**'
-                exclude 'stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/UserController.java'
-                exclude 'stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/AccountWebController.java'
-                exclude 'stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApiKeyAuthenticationToken.java'
-                exclude 'stirling/software/SPDF/model/Authority.java'
-                exclude 'stirling/software/SPDF/model/PersistentLogin.java'
-                exclude 'stirling/software/SPDF/model/User.java'
-                exclude 'stirling/software/SPDF/repository/**'
+            if (System.getenv("DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY") == "false") {
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/**"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/UserController.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/DatabaseController.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/AccountWebController.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/DatabaseWebController.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApiKeyAuthenticationToken.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/AttemptCounter.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/Authority.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/PersistentLogin.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/SessionEntity.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/User.java"
+                exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/repository/**"
             }
         }
     }
@@ -49,34 +65,34 @@ openApi {
 }
 
 launch4j {
-  icon = "${projectDir}/src/main/resources/static/favicon.ico"
+    icon = "${projectDir}/src/main/resources/static/favicon.ico"
 
-  outfile="Stirling-PDF.exe"
-  headerType="console"
-  jarTask = tasks.bootJar
+    outfile="Stirling-PDF.exe"
+    headerType="console"
+    jarTask = tasks.bootJar
 
-  errTitle="Encountered error, Do you have Java 21?"
-  downloadUrl="https://download.oracle.com/java/21/latest/jdk-21_windows-x64_bin.exe"
-  variables=["BROWSER_OPEN=true", "ENDPOINTS_GROUPS_TO_REMOVE=CLI"]
-  jreMinVersion="17"
+    errTitle="Encountered error, Do you have Java 21?"
+    downloadUrl="https://download.oracle.com/java/21/latest/jdk-21_windows-x64_bin.exe"
+    variables=["BROWSER_OPEN=true", "ENDPOINTS_GROUPS_TO_REMOVE=CLI"]
+    jreMinVersion="17"
 
-  mutexName="Stirling-PDF"
-  windowTitle="Stirling-PDF"
+    mutexName="Stirling-PDF"
+    windowTitle="Stirling-PDF"
 
-  messagesStartupError="An error occurred while starting Stirling-PDF"
-  //messagesJreNotFoundError="This application requires a Java Runtime Environment, Please download Java 17."
-  messagesJreVersionError="You are running the wrong version of Java, Please download Java 21."
-  messagesLauncherError="Java is corrupted. Please uninstall and then install  Java 21."
-  messagesInstanceAlreadyExists="Stirling-PDF is already running."
+    messagesStartupError="An error occurred while starting Stirling-PDF"
+    // messagesJreNotFoundError="This application requires a Java Runtime Environment, Please download Java 17."
+    messagesJreVersionError="You are running the wrong version of Java, Please download Java 21."
+    messagesLauncherError="Java is corrupted. Please uninstall and then install  Java 21."
+    messagesInstanceAlreadyExists="Stirling-PDF is already running."
 }
 
 spotless {
     java {
         target project.fileTree('src/main/java')
 
-        googleJavaFormat('1.19.1').aosp().reorderImports(false)
+        googleJavaFormat("1.22.0").aosp().reorderImports(false)
 
-        importOrder('java', 'javax', 'org', 'com', 'net', 'io')
+        importOrder("java", "javax", "org", "com", "net", "io")
         toggleOffOn()
         trimTrailingWhitespace()
         indentWithSpaces()
@@ -84,130 +100,143 @@ spotless {
     }
 }
 
+tasks.wrapper {
+    gradleVersion = "8.7"
+}
+
 dependencies {
     //security updates
-    implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.3'
-    implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.5.3'
-    implementation 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc:6.1.5'
+    implementation "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
+    implementation "ch.qos.logback:logback-core:$logbackVersion"
+    implementation "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:6.1.9"
 
-    implementation("io.github.pixee:java-security-toolkit:1.1.3")
+    implementation("io.github.pixee:java-security-toolkit:1.2.0")
+
+    // implementation "org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.2"
+    implementation 'com.github.Carleslc.Simple-YAML:Simple-Yaml:1.8.4'
 
-    implementation 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.2'
-    
     // Exclude Tomcat and include Jetty
-    implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.2.4') {
-        exclude group: 'org.springframework.boot', module: 'spring-boot-starter-tomcat'
+    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:$springBootVersion") {
+        exclude group: "org.springframework.boot", module: "spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
     }
-    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jetty:3.2.4'
-    
-    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf:3.2.4'
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jetty:$springBootVersion"
 
-    if (System.getenv('DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY') != 'false') {
-        implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security:3.2.4'
-        implementation 'org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity5:3.1.2.RELEASE'
-        implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa:3.2.4"
-        implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-oauth2-client:3.2.4'
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf:$springBootVersion"
+
+    if (System.getenv("DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY") != "false") {
+        implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security:$springBootVersion"
+        implementation "org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity5:3.1.2.RELEASE"
+        implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa:$springBootVersion"
+        implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-oauth2-client:$springBootVersion"
 
         //2.2.x requires rebuild of DB file.. need migration path
         implementation "com.h2database:h2:2.1.214"
+        // implementation "com.h2database:h2:2.2.224"
     }
 
-    testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.2.4'
+    testImplementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:$springBootVersion"
 
     // Batik
-    implementation 'org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-all:1.17'
+    implementation "org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-all:1.17"
 
     // TwelveMonkeys
-    implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-batik:3.10.1'
-    implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-bmp:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-hdr:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-icns:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-iff:3.10.1'
-    implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-jpeg:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-pcx:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-pict:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-pnm:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-psd:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-sgi:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-tga:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-thumbsdb:3.10.1'
-    implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-tiff:3.10.1'
-    implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-webp:3.10.1'
-    // implementation 'com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-xwd:3.10.1'
+    implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-batik:$imageioVersion"
+    implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-bmp:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-hdr:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-icns:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-iff:$imageioVersion"
+    implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-jpeg:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-pcx:$imageioVersion@
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-pict:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-pnm:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-psd:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-sgi:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-tga:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-thumbsdb:$imageioVersion"
+    implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-tiff:$imageioVersion"
+    implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-webp:$imageioVersion"
+    // implementation "com.twelvemonkeys.imageio:imageio-xwd:$imageioVersion"
 
-    implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.16.1'
-    implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.2.0'
+    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.16.1"
+    implementation "org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.2.0"
 
     //general PDF
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.opencsv/opencsv
-    implementation ('com.opencsv:opencsv:5.9') {
-        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    implementation ("com.opencsv:opencsv:5.9") {
+        exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
     }
 
-    implementation ('org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:3.0.2'){
-        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    implementation ("org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:$pdfboxVersion") {
+        exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
     }
 
-    implementation ('org.apache.pdfbox:xmpbox:3.0.2'){
-        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    implementation ("org.apache.pdfbox:xmpbox:$pdfboxVersion") {
+        exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
     }
 
-    implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:1.77'
-    implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:1.77'
-    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:3.2.4'
-    implementation 'io.micrometer:micrometer-core:1.12.4'
-    implementation group: 'com.google.zxing', name: 'core', version: '3.5.3'
+    implementation 'org.apache.pdfbox:jbig2-imageio:3.0.4'
+
+	
+    implementation "com.github.Carleslc.Simple-YAML:Simple-Yaml:1.8.4"
+
+    implementation "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:$bouncycastleVersion"
+    implementation "org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:$bouncycastleVersion"
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:$springBootVersion"
+    implementation "io.micrometer:micrometer-core:1.13.3"
+    implementation group: "com.google.zxing", name: "core", version: "3.5.3"
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.commonmark/commonmark
-    implementation 'org.commonmark:commonmark:0.22.0'
-    implementation 'org.commonmark:commonmark-ext-gfm-tables:0.22.0'
-    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.vladimir-bukhtoyarov/bucket4j-core
-    implementation 'com.github.vladimir-bukhtoyarov:bucket4j-core:7.6.0'
+    implementation "org.commonmark:commonmark:0.22.0"
+    implementation "org.commonmark:commonmark-ext-gfm-tables:0.22.0"
+    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.bucket4j/bucket4j_jdk17
+    implementation "com.bucket4j:bucket4j_jdk17-core:8.14.0"
+    implementation "com.fathzer:javaluator:3.0.4"
 
-	implementation 'com.fathzer:javaluator:3.0.3'
+    developmentOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools:$springBootVersion")
+    compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
+    annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
 
-    developmentOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools:3.2.4")
-    compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.32'
-    annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.32'
+    testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-inline:5.2.0'
 }
 
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
-    dependsOn 'spotlessApply'
+    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+    dependsOn "spotlessApply"
 }
 compileJava {
-    options.compilerArgs << '-parameters'
+    options.compilerArgs << "-parameters"
 }
 
-task writeVersion  {
-    def propsFile = file('src/main/resources/version.properties')
+task writeVersion {
+    def propsFile = file("src/main/resources/version.properties")
     def props = new Properties()
-    props.setProperty('version', version)
+    props.setProperty("version", version)
     props.store(propsFile.newWriter(), null)
 }
 
 swaggerhubUpload {
     //dependsOn generateOpenApiDocs  // Depends on your task generating Swagger docs
-    api 'Stirling-PDF'  // The name of your API on SwaggerHub
-    owner 'Frooodle'  // Your SwaggerHub username (or organization name)
+    api "Stirling-PDF"  // The name of your API on SwaggerHub
+    owner "Frooodle"  // Your SwaggerHub username (or organization name)
     version project.version  // The version of your API
-    inputFile './SwaggerDoc.json'  // The path to your Swagger docs
-    token  "${System.getenv('SWAGGERHUB_API_KEY')}"  // Your SwaggerHub API key, passed as an environment variable
-    oas '3.0.0'  // The version of the OpenAPI Specification you're using
+    inputFile "./SwaggerDoc.json"  // The path to your Swagger docs
+    token  "${System.getenv("SWAGGERHUB_API_KEY")}"  // Your SwaggerHub API key, passed as an environment variable
+    oas "3.0.0"  // The version of the OpenAPI Specification you"re using
 }
 
 jar {
     enabled = false
     manifest {
-        attributes 'Implementation-Title': 'Stirling-PDF',
-                   'Implementation-Version': project.version
+        attributes "Implementation-Title": "Stirling-PDF",
+                   "Implementation-Version": project.version
     }
 
 }
 
-tasks.named('test') {
+tasks.named("test") {
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
 
-task printVersion  {
+task printVersion {
     println project.version
 }

chart/stirling-pdf/Chart.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: 0.26.1
+appVersion: 0.28.2
 description: locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations
   on PDF files
 home: https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

chart/stirling-pdf/templates/deployment.yaml

@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
         securityContext:
           {{- toYaml .Values.containerSecurityContext | nindent 10 }}
-{{- if .Values.envs }}
         env:
+        - name: SYSTEM_ROOTURIPATH
+          value: {{ .Values.rootPath}}
+{{- if .Values.envs }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.envs | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.extraArgs }}
@@ -75,13 +77,13 @@ spec:
           containerPort: 8080
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /
+            path: {{ .Values.rootPath}}
             port: http
 {{ toYaml .Values.probes.livenessHttpGetConfig | indent 12 }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.probes.liveness | indent 10 }}
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /
+            path: {{ .Values.rootPath}}
             port: http
 {{ toYaml .Values.probes.readinessHttpGetConfig | indent 12 }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.probes.readiness | indent 10 }}

chart/stirling-pdf/values.yaml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ secret:
 commonLabels: {}
 # team_name: dev
 
+# rootpath for the application
+rootPath: /
+
 envs: []
 # - name: UI_APP_NAME
 #   value: "Stirling PDF"
@@ -24,8 +27,6 @@ envs: []
 #   value: "Stirling PDF"
 # - name: ALLOW_GOOGLE_VISIBILITY
 #   value: "true"
-# - name: APP_ROOT_PATH
-#   value: "/"
 # - name: APP_LOCALE
 #   value: "en_GB"
 

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cucumber/features/environment.py

@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ def after_scenario(context, scenario):
         os.remove('response_file')
     if hasattr(context, 'file_name') and os.path.exists(context.file_name):
         os.remove(context.file_name)
+
+    # Remove any temporary files
+    for temp_file in os.listdir('.'):
+        if temp_file.startswith('genericNonCustomisableName') or temp_file.startswith('temp_image_'):
+            os.remove(temp_file)

cucumber/features/examples.feature

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@example
+@example @general
 Feature: API Validation
 
   @positive @password
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ Feature: API Validation
       | threshold    | 90          |
       | whitePercent | 99.9        |
     When I send the API request to the endpoint "/api/v1/misc/remove-blanks"
-    Then the response content type should be "application/pdf"
+    Then the response content type should be "application/octet-stream"
+    And the response file should have extension ".zip"
+    And the response ZIP should contain 1 files
     And the response file should have size greater than 0
-    And the response PDF should contain 0 pages
-	And the response status code should be 200
 
   @positive @flatten
   Scenario: Flatten PDF
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ Feature: API Validation
 	And the response PDF metadata should include "Title" as "Sample Title"
 	And the response status code should be 200
 
-  
+  

cucumber/features/external.feature

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Feature: API Validation
   @ocr @positive
   Scenario: Extract Image Scans
     Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
-	And the pdf contains 3 images on 2 pages
+	And the pdf contains 3 images of size 300x300 on 2 pages
     And the request data includes
       | parameter        | value       |
       | angleThreshold        | 5         |
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ Feature: API Validation
 
   @ocr
   Scenario: PDFA
-    Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
-    And the pdf contains 3 pages with random text
+    Given I use an example file at "exampleFiles/pdfa2.pdf" as parameter "fileInput"
 	And the request data includes
       | parameter        | value     |
       | outputFormat     | pdfa       |
@@ -137,8 +136,7 @@ Feature: API Validation
 	
   @ocr
   Scenario: PDFA1
-    Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
-    And the pdf contains 3 pages with random text
+    Given I use an example file at "exampleFiles/pdfa1.pdf" as parameter "fileInput"
 	And the request data includes
       | parameter        | value     |
       | outputFormat     | pdfa-1       |
@@ -149,8 +147,7 @@ Feature: API Validation
 	
   @compress @ghostscript @positive
   Scenario: Compress
-    Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
-    And the pdf contains 3 pages with random text
+    Given I use an example file at "exampleFiles/ghost3.pdf" as parameter "fileInput"
 	And the request data includes
       | parameter        | value     |
       | optimizeLevel     | 4       |
@@ -161,8 +158,7 @@ Feature: API Validation
 	
   @compress @ghostscript @positive
   Scenario: Compress
-    Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
-    And the pdf contains 3 pages with random text
+    Given I use an example file at "exampleFiles/ghost2.pdf" as parameter "fileInput"
 	And the request data includes
       | parameter        | value     |
       | optimizeLevel     | 1       |
@@ -175,8 +171,7 @@ Feature: API Validation
 	
   @compress @ghostscript @positive
   Scenario: Compress
-    Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
-    And the pdf contains 3 pages with random text
+    Given I use an example file at "exampleFiles/ghost1.pdf" as parameter "fileInput"
 	And the request data includes
       | parameter        | value     |
       | optimizeLevel     | 1       |

cucumber/features/general.feature

@@ -94,3 +94,23 @@ Feature: API Validation
     | 1         | 10         | 2         | 10            |
 
 
+  @extract-images
+  Scenario Outline: Extract Image Scans
+    Given I use an example file at "exampleFiles/images.pdf" as parameter "fileInput"
+    And the request data includes
+      | parameter        | value       |
+      | format        | <format>         |
+    When I send the API request to the endpoint "/api/v1/misc/extract-images"
+    Then the response content type should be "application/octet-stream"
+	And the response file should have extension ".zip"
+	And the response ZIP should contain 20 files
+    And the response file should have size greater than 0
+	And the response status code should be 200
+	
+	Examples:
+    | format | 
+    | png        | 
+    | gif         |
+    | jpeg        | 
+
+	

cucumber/features/steps/step_definitions.py

@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ import io
 import random
 import string
 from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
+from reportlab.lib.utils import ImageReader
 from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
 import mimetypes
 import requests
 import zipfile
 import shutil
+import re
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 
 #########
 # GIVEN #
@@ -43,8 +46,6 @@ def step_use_example_file(context, filePath, fileInput):
     except FileNotFoundError:
         raise FileNotFoundError(f"The example file '{filePath}' does not exist.")
 
-        
-
 @given('the pdf contains {page_count:d} pages')
 def step_pdf_contains_pages(context, page_count):
     writer = PdfWriter()
@@ -66,8 +67,6 @@ def step_pdf_contains_blank_pages(context, page_count):
     context.files[context.param_name].close()
     context.files[context.param_name] = open(context.file_name, 'rb')
 
-
-
 def create_black_box_image(file_name, size):
     can = canvas.Canvas(file_name, pagesize=size)
     width, height = size
@@ -76,36 +75,75 @@ def create_black_box_image(file_name, size):
     can.showPage()
     can.save()
 
-def create_pdf_with_black_boxes(file_name, image_count, page_count):
-    page_width, page_height = letter
-    box_size = 72  # 1 inch by 1 inch black box
+@given(u'the pdf contains {image_count:d} images of size {width:d}x{height:d} on {page_count:d} pages')
+def step_impl(context, image_count, width, height, page_count):
+    context.param_name = "fileInput"
+    context.file_name = "genericNonCustomisableName.pdf"
+    create_pdf_with_images_and_boxes(context.file_name, image_count, page_count, width, height)
+    if not hasattr(context, 'files'):
+        context.files = {}
+    context.files[context.param_name] = open(context.file_name, 'rb')
+
+def add_black_boxes_to_image(image):
+    if isinstance(image, str):
+        image = Image.open(image)
+
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
+    draw.rectangle([(0, 0), image.size], fill=(0, 0, 0))  # Fill image with black
+    return image
+
+def create_pdf_with_images_and_boxes(file_name, image_count, page_count, image_width, image_height):
+    page_width, page_height = max(letter[0], image_width), max(letter[1], image_height)
     boxes_per_page = image_count // page_count + (1 if image_count % page_count != 0 else 0)
-    
+
     writer = PdfWriter()
     box_counter = 0
-    
+
     for page in range(page_count):
         packet = io.BytesIO()
-        can = canvas.Canvas(packet, pagesize=letter)
-        
+        can = canvas.Canvas(packet, pagesize=(page_width, page_height))
+
         for i in range(boxes_per_page):
             if box_counter >= image_count:
                 break
-            x = (i % (page_width // box_size)) * box_size
-            y = page_height - ((i // (page_width // box_size) + 1) * box_size)
-            can.setFillColorRGB(0, 0, 0)
-            can.rect(x, y, box_size, box_size, fill=1)
+
+            # Simulating a dynamic image creation (replace this with your actual image creation logic)
+            # For demonstration, we'll create a simple black image
+            dummy_image = Image.new('RGB', (image_width, image_height), color='white')  # Create a white image
+            dummy_image = add_black_boxes_to_image(dummy_image)  # Add black boxes
+
+            # Convert the PIL Image to bytes to pass to drawImage
+            image_bytes = io.BytesIO()
+            dummy_image.save(image_bytes, format='PNG')
+            image_bytes.seek(0)
+
+            # Check if the image fits in the current page dimensions
+            x = (i % (page_width // image_width)) * image_width
+            y = page_height - (((i % (page_height // image_height)) + 1) * image_height)
+
+            if x + image_width > page_width or y < 0:
+                break
+
+            # Add the image to the PDF
+            can.drawImage(ImageReader(image_bytes), x, y, width=image_width, height=image_height)
             box_counter += 1
-            
+
         can.showPage()
         can.save()
         packet.seek(0)
         new_pdf = PdfReader(packet)
         writer.add_page(new_pdf.pages[0])
-    
+
+    # Write the PDF to file
     with open(file_name, 'wb') as f:
         writer.write(f)
 
+    # Clean up temporary image files
+    for i in range(image_count):
+        temp_image_path = f"temp_image_{i}.png"
+        if os.path.exists(temp_image_path):
+            os.remove(temp_image_path)
+
 @given('the pdf contains {image_count:d} images on {page_count:d} pages')
 def step_pdf_contains_images(context, image_count, page_count):
     if not hasattr(context, 'param_name'):
@@ -118,7 +156,6 @@ def step_pdf_contains_images(context, image_count, page_count):
         context.files[context.param_name].close()
     context.files[context.param_name] = open(context.file_name, 'rb')
 
-    
 @given('the pdf contains {page_count:d} pages with random text')
 def step_pdf_contains_pages_with_random_text(context, page_count):
     buffer = io.BytesIO()
@@ -186,6 +223,21 @@ def save_generated_pdf(context, filename):
 # WHEN #
 ########
 
+@when('I send a GET request to "{endpoint}"')
+def step_send_get_request(context, endpoint):
+    base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
+    full_url = f"{base_url}{endpoint}"
+    response = requests.get(full_url)
+    context.response = response
+
+@when('I send a GET request to "{endpoint}" with parameters')
+def step_send_get_request_with_params(context, endpoint):
+    base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
+    params = {row['parameter']: row['value'] for row in context.table}
+    full_url = f"{base_url}{endpoint}"
+    response = requests.get(full_url, params=params)
+    context.response = response
+
 @when('I send the API request to the endpoint "{endpoint}"')
 def step_send_api_request(context, endpoint):
     url = f"http://localhost:8080{endpoint}"
@@ -278,7 +330,6 @@ def step_save_response_file(context, filename):
         f.write(context.response.content)
     print(f"Saved response content to {filename}")
 
-
 @then('the response PDF should contain {page_count:d} pages')
 def step_check_response_pdf_page_count(context, page_count):
     response_file = io.BytesIO(context.response.content)
@@ -305,3 +356,26 @@ def step_check_response_zip_doc_page_count(context, doc_count, pages_per_doc):
                 reader = PdfReader(pdf_file)
                 actual_pages_per_doc = len(reader.pages)
                 assert actual_pages_per_doc == pages_per_doc, f"Expected {pages_per_doc} pages per document but got {actual_pages_per_doc} pages in document {file_name}"
+
+@then('the JSON value of "{key}" should be "{expected_value}"')
+def step_check_json_value(context, key, expected_value):
+    actual_value = context.response.json().get(key)
+    assert actual_value == expected_value, \
+        f"Expected JSON value for '{key}' to be '{expected_value}' but got '{actual_value}'"
+
+@then('JSON list entry containing "{identifier_key}" as "{identifier_value}" should have "{target_key}" as "{target_value}"')
+def step_check_json_list_entry(context, identifier_key, identifier_self, target_key, target_value):
+    json_response = context.response.json()
+    for entry in json_response:
+        if entry.get(identifier_key) == identifier_value:
+            assert entry.get(target_key) == target_value, \
+                f"Expected {target_key} to be {target_value} in entry where {identifier_key} is {identifier_value}, but found {entry.get(target_key)}"
+            break
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError(f"No entry with {identifier_key} as {identifier_value} found")
+
+@then('the response should match the regex "{pattern}"')
+def step_response_matches_regex(context, pattern):
+    response_text = context.response.text
+    assert re.match(pattern, response_text), \
+        f"Response '{response_text}' does not match the expected pattern '{pattern}'"

exampleYmlFiles/docker-compose-latest.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ services:
       DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: "false"
       SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN: "false"
       LANGS: "en_GB,en_US,ar_AR,de_DE,fr_FR,es_ES,zh_CN,zh_TW,ca_CA,it_IT,sv_SE,pl_PL,ro_RO,ko_KR,pt_BR,ru_RU,el_GR,hi_IN,hu_HU,tr_TR,id_ID"
-      INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS: "true"
       SYSTEM_DEFAULTLOCALE: en-US
       UI_APPNAME: Stirling-PDF
       UI_HOMEDESCRIPTION: Demo site for Stirling-PDF Latest

scripts/counter_translation.py

@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ def write_readme(progress_list: list[tuple[str, int]]) -> None:
         file.writelines(content)
 
 
-def compare_files(default_file_path, file_paths, translation_status_file) -> list[tuple[str, int]]:
+def compare_files(
+    default_file_path, file_paths, ignore_translation_file
+) -> list[tuple[str, int]]:
     """Compares the default properties file with other
     properties files in the directory.
 
@@ -92,18 +94,24 @@ def compare_files(default_file_path, file_paths, translation_status_file) -> lis
         language and progress percentage.
     """  # noqa: D205
     num_lines = sum(
-        1 for line in open(default_file_path, encoding="utf-8") if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith("#")
+        1
+        for line in open(default_file_path, encoding="utf-8")
+        if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith("#")
     )
 
     result_list = []
-    sort_translation_status: tomlkit.TOMLDocument
+    sort_ignore_translation: tomlkit.TOMLDocument
 
     # read toml
-    with open(translation_status_file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        sort_translation_status = tomlkit.parse(f.read())
+    with open(ignore_translation_file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        sort_ignore_translation = tomlkit.parse(f.read())
 
     for file_path in file_paths:
-        language = os.path.basename(file_path).split("messages_", 1)[1].split(".properties", 1)[0]
+        language = (
+            os.path.basename(file_path)
+            .split("messages_", 1)[1]
+            .split(".properties", 1)[0]
+        )
 
         fails = 0
         if "en_GB" in language or "en_US" in language:
@@ -111,21 +119,25 @@ def compare_files(default_file_path, file_paths, translation_status_file) -> lis
             result_list.append(("en_US", 100))
             continue
 
-        if language not in sort_translation_status:
-            sort_translation_status[language] = tomlkit.table()
+        if language not in sort_ignore_translation:
+            sort_ignore_translation[language] = tomlkit.table()
 
         if (
-            "ignore" not in sort_translation_status[language]
-            or len(sort_translation_status[language].get("ignore", [])) < 1
+            "ignore" not in sort_ignore_translation[language]
+            or len(sort_ignore_translation[language].get("ignore", [])) < 1
         ):
-            sort_translation_status[language]["ignore"] = tomlkit.array(["language.direction"])
+            sort_ignore_translation[language]["ignore"] = tomlkit.array(
+                ["language.direction"]
+            )
 
-        # if "missing" not in sort_translation_status[language]:
-        #     sort_translation_status[language]["missing"] = tomlkit.array()
-        # elif "language.direction" in sort_translation_status[language]["missing"]:
-        #     sort_translation_status[language]["missing"].remove("language.direction")
+        # if "missing" not in sort_ignore_translation[language]:
+        #     sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"] = tomlkit.array()
+        # elif "language.direction" in sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"]:
+        #     sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"].remove("language.direction")
 
-        with open(default_file_path, encoding="utf-8") as default_file, open(file_path, encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        with open(default_file_path, encoding="utf-8") as default_file, open(
+            file_path, encoding="utf-8"
+        ) as file:
             for _ in range(5):
                 next(default_file)
                 try:
@@ -133,34 +145,45 @@ def compare_files(default_file_path, file_paths, translation_status_file) -> lis
                 except StopIteration:
                     fails = num_lines
 
-            for line_num, (line_default, line_file) in enumerate(zip(default_file, file), start=6):
+            for line_num, (line_default, line_file) in enumerate(
+                zip(default_file, file), start=6
+            ):
                 try:
                     # Ignoring empty lines and lines start with #
                     if line_default.strip() == "" or line_default.startswith("#"):
                         continue
-
                     default_key, default_value = line_default.split("=", 1)
                     file_key, file_value = line_file.split("=", 1)
                     if (
                         default_value.strip() == file_value.strip()
-                        and default_key.strip() not in sort_translation_status[language]["ignore"]
+                        and default_key.strip()
+                        not in sort_ignore_translation[language]["ignore"]
                     ):
-                        print(f"{language}: Line {line_num} is missing the translation.")
-                        # if default_key.strip() not in sort_translation_status[language]["missing"]:
+                        print(
+                            f"{language}: Line {line_num} is missing the translation."
+                        )
+                        # if default_key.strip() not in sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"]:
                         #     missing_array = tomlkit.array()
                         #     missing_array.append(default_key.strip())
                         #     missing_array.multiline(True)
-                        #     sort_translation_status[language]["missing"].extend(missing_array)
+                        #     sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"].extend(missing_array)
                         fails += 1
-                    # elif default_key.strip() in sort_translation_status[language]["ignore"]:
-                    #     if default_key.strip() in sort_translation_status[language]["missing"]:
-                    #         sort_translation_status[language]["missing"].remove(default_key.strip())
+                    # elif default_key.strip() in sort_ignore_translation[language]["ignore"]:
+                    #     if default_key.strip() in sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"]:
+                    #         sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"].remove(default_key.strip())
                     if default_value.strip() != file_value.strip():
-                        # if default_key.strip() in sort_translation_status[language]["missing"]:
-                        #     sort_translation_status[language]["missing"].remove(default_key.strip())
-                        if default_key.strip() in sort_translation_status[language]["ignore"]:
-                            sort_translation_status[language]["ignore"].remove(default_key.strip())
-
+                        # if default_key.strip() in sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"]:
+                        #     sort_ignore_translation[language]["missing"].remove(default_key.strip())
+                        if (
+                            default_key.strip()
+                            in sort_ignore_translation[language]["ignore"]
+                        ):
+                            sort_ignore_translation[language]["ignore"].remove(
+                                default_key.strip()
+                            )
+                except ValueError:
+                    print(f"{line_default}|{line_file}")
+                    exit(1)
                 except IndexError:
                     pass
 
@@ -171,9 +194,9 @@ def compare_files(default_file_path, file_paths, translation_status_file) -> lis
                 int((num_lines - fails) * 100 / num_lines),
             )
         )
-    translation_status = convert_to_multiline(sort_translation_status)
-    with open(translation_status_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-        file.write(tomlkit.dumps(translation_status))
+    ignore_translation = convert_to_multiline(sort_ignore_translation)
+    with open(ignore_translation_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        file.write(tomlkit.dumps(ignore_translation))
 
     unique_data = list(set(result_list))
     unique_data.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
@@ -187,6 +210,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     reference_file = os.path.join(directory, "messages_en_GB.properties")
 
     scripts_directory = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "scripts")
-    translation_state_file = os.path.join(scripts_directory, "translation_status.toml")
+    translation_state_file = os.path.join(scripts_directory, "ignore_translation.toml")
 
-    write_readme(compare_files(reference_file, messages_file_paths, translation_state_file))
+    write_readme(
+        compare_files(reference_file, messages_file_paths, translation_state_file)
+    )

scripts/ignore_translation.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ ignore = [
 
 [ca_CA]
 ignore = [
+    'PDFToText.tags',
+    'adminUserSettings.admin',
     'language.direction',
+    'survey.button',
+    'watermark.type.1',
 ]
 
 [cs_CZ]
@@ -21,6 +25,11 @@ ignore = [
     'text',
 ]
 
+[da_DK]
+ignore = [
+    'language.direction',
+]
+
 [de_DE]
 ignore = [
     'AddStampRequest.alphabet',
@@ -48,6 +57,7 @@ ignore = [
 ignore = [
     'adminUserSettings.roles',
     'color',
+    'error',
     'language.direction',
     'no',
     'showJS.tags',
@@ -60,8 +70,31 @@ ignore = [
 
 [fr_FR]
 ignore = [
+    'AddStampRequest.alphabet',
+    'AddStampRequest.position',
+    'AddStampRequest.rotation',
+    'PDFToBook.selectText.1',
+    'addPageNumbers.selectText.3',
+    'adminUserSettings.actions',
+    'alphabet',
+    'compare.document.1',
+    'compare.document.2',
+    'info',
     'language.direction',
+    'licenses.license',
+    'licenses.module',
+    'licenses.nav',
+    'licenses.version',
+    'pdfOrganiser.mode',
+    'pipeline.title',
+    'pipelineOptions.pipelineHeader',
     'sponsor',
+    'watermark.type.2',
+]
+
+[ga_IE]
+ignore = [
+    'language.direction',
 ]
 
 [hi_IN]
@@ -71,6 +104,7 @@ ignore = [
 
 [hr_HR]
 ignore = [
+    'PDFToBook.selectText.1',
     'font',
     'home.pipeline.title',
     'info',
@@ -114,22 +148,42 @@ ignore = [
 
 [nl_NL]
 ignore = [
+    'HTMLToPDF.print',
+    'adjustContrast.contrast',
+    'compare.document.1',
+    'compare.document.2',
+    'error',
+    'getPdfInfo.downloadJson',
+    'help',
+    'info',
     'language.direction',
+    'navbar.allTools',
+    'printFile.submit',
+    'showJS.downloadJS',
+    'sponsor',
 ]
 
 [no_NB]
 ignore = [
+    'PDFToBook.selectText.1',
+    'adminUserSettings.admin',
+    'info',
     'language.direction',
+    'oops',
+    'sponsor',
 ]
 
 [pl_PL]
 ignore = [
+    'PDFToBook.selectText.1',
     'language.direction',
 ]
 
 [pt_BR]
 ignore = [
+    'changeMetadata.trapped',
     'language.direction',
+    'pipelineOptions.pipelineHeader',
 ]
 
 [pt_PT]
@@ -149,12 +203,20 @@ ignore = [
 
 [sk_SK]
 ignore = [
+    'adminUserSettings.admin',
+    'home.multiTool.title',
+    'info',
     'language.direction',
+    'navbar.sections.security',
+    'text',
+    'watermark.type.1',
 ]
 
 [sr_LATN_RS]
 ignore = [
     'language.direction',
+    'licenses.version',
+    'poweredBy',
 ]
 
 [sv_SE]
@@ -162,6 +224,14 @@ ignore = [
     'language.direction',
 ]
 
+[th_TH]
+ignore = [
+    'language.direction',
+    'pipeline.title',
+    'pipelineOptions.pipelineHeader',
+    'showJS.tags',
+]
+
 [tr_TR]
 ignore = [
     'language.direction',
@@ -172,6 +242,14 @@ ignore = [
     'language.direction',
 ]
 
+[vi_VN]
+ignore = [
+    'language.direction',
+    'pipeline.title',
+    'pipelineOptions.pipelineHeader',
+    'showJS.tags',
+]
+
 [zh_CN]
 ignore = [
     'language.direction',

scripts/init-without-ocr.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ fi
 umask "$UMASK" || true
 
 if [[ "$INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS" == "true" && "$FAT_DOCKER" != "true" ]]; then
-  apk add --no-cache calibre@testing
+  echo "issue with calibre in current version, feature currently disabled on Stirling-PDF"
+  #apk add --no-cache calibre@testing
 fi
 
 if [[ "$FAT_DOCKER" != "true" ]]; then

scripts/png_to_webp.py

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+"""
+Author: Ludy87
+Description: This script converts a PDF file to WebP images. It includes functionality to resize images if they exceed specified dimensions and handle conversion of PDF pages to WebP format.
+
+Example
+-------
+To convert a PDF file to WebP images with each page as a separate WebP file:
+    python script.py input.pdf output_directory
+
+To convert a PDF file to a single WebP image:
+    python script.py input.pdf output_directory --single
+
+To adjust the DPI resolution for rendering PDF pages:
+    python script.py input.pdf output_directory --dpi 150
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+from pdf2image import convert_from_path
+from PIL import Image
+
+
+def resize_image(input_image_path, output_image_path, max_size=(16383, 16383)):
+    """
+    Resize the image if its dimensions exceed the maximum allowed size and save it as WebP.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    input_image_path : str
+        Path to the input image file.
+    output_image_path : str
+        Path where the output WebP image will be saved.
+    max_size : tuple of int, optional
+        Maximum allowed dimensions for the image (width, height). Default is (16383, 16383).
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+    """
+    try:
+        # Open the image
+        image = Image.open(input_image_path)
+        width, height = image.size
+        max_width, max_height = max_size
+
+        # Check if the image dimensions exceed the maximum allowed dimensions
+        if width > max_width or height > max_height:
+            # Calculate the scaling ratio
+            ratio = min(max_width / width, max_height / height)
+            new_width = int(width * ratio)
+            new_height = int(height * ratio)
+
+            # Resize the image
+            resized_image = image.resize((new_width, new_height), Image.LANCZOS)
+            resized_image.save(output_image_path, format="WEBP", quality=100)
+            print(
+                f"The image was successfully resized to ({new_width}, {new_height}) and saved as WebP: {output_image_path}"
+            )
+        else:
+            # If dimensions are within the allowed limits, save the image directly
+            image.save(output_image_path, format="WEBP", quality=100)
+            print(f"The image was successfully saved as WebP: {output_image_path}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
+
+
+def convert_image_to_webp(input_image, output_file):
+    """
+    Convert an image to WebP format, resizing it if it exceeds the maximum dimensions.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    input_image : str
+        Path to the input image file.
+    output_file : str
+        Path where the output WebP image will be saved.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+    """
+    # Resize the image if it exceeds the maximum dimensions
+    resize_image(input_image, output_file, max_size=(16383, 16383))
+
+
+def pdf_to_webp(pdf_path, output_dir, dpi=300):
+    """
+    Convert each page of a PDF file to WebP images.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    pdf_path : str
+        Path to the input PDF file.
+    output_dir : str
+        Directory where the WebP images will be saved.
+    dpi : int, optional
+        DPI resolution for rendering PDF pages. Default is 300.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+    """
+    # Convert the PDF to a list of images
+    images = convert_from_path(pdf_path, dpi=dpi)
+
+    for page_number, image in enumerate(images):
+        # Define temporary PNG path
+        temp_png_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"temp_page_{page_number + 1}.png")
+        image.save(temp_png_path, format="PNG")
+
+        # Define the output path for WebP
+        output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"page_{page_number + 1}.webp")
+
+        # Convert PNG to WebP
+        convert_image_to_webp(temp_png_path, output_path)
+
+        # Delete the temporary PNG file
+        os.remove(temp_png_path)
+
+
+def main(pdf_image_path, output_dir, dpi=300, single_images_flag=False):
+    """
+    Main function to handle conversion from PDF to WebP images.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    pdf_image_path : str
+        Path to the input PDF file or image.
+    output_dir : str
+        Directory where the WebP images will be saved.
+    dpi : int, optional
+        DPI resolution for rendering PDF pages. Default is 300.
+    single_images_flag : bool, optional
+        If True, combine all pages into a single WebP image. Default is False.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+    """
+    if single_images_flag:
+        # Combine all pages into a single WebP image
+        output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, "combined_image.webp")
+        convert_image_to_webp(pdf_image_path, output_path)
+    else:
+        # Convert each PDF page to a separate WebP image
+        pdf_to_webp(pdf_image_path, output_dir, dpi)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert a PDF file to WebP images.")
+    parser.add_argument("pdf_path", help="The path to the input PDF file.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "output_dir", help="The directory where the WebP images should be saved."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dpi",
+        type=int,
+        default=300,
+        help="The DPI resolution for rendering the PDF pages (default: 300).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--single",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Combine all pages into a single WebP image.",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    os.makedirs(args.output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    main(
+        args.pdf_path,
+        args.output_dir,
+        dpi=args.dpi,
+        single_images_flag=args.single,
+    )

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/SPdfApplication.java

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
         // Check if the BROWSER_OPEN environment variable is set to true
         String browserOpenEnv = env.getProperty("BROWSER_OPEN");
         boolean browserOpen = browserOpenEnv != null && "true".equalsIgnoreCase(browserOpenEnv);
-
         if (browserOpen) {
             try {
                 String url = "http://localhost:" + getNonStaticPort();
@@ -79,13 +78,14 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
 
         // custom javs settings file
         if (Files.exists(Paths.get("configs/custom_settings.yml"))) {
-            String existing = propertyFiles.getOrDefault("spring.config.additional-location", "");
-            if (!existing.isEmpty()) {
-                existing += ",";
+            String existingLocation =
+                    propertyFiles.getOrDefault("spring.config.additional-location", "");
+            if (!existingLocation.isEmpty()) {
+                existingLocation += ",";
             }
             propertyFiles.put(
                     "spring.config.additional-location",
-                    existing + "file:configs/custom_settings.yml");
+                    existingLocation + "file:configs/custom_settings.yml");
         } else {
             logger.warn("Custom configuration file 'configs/custom_settings.yml' does not exist.");
         }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/CleanUrlInterceptor.java

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ public class CleanUrlInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {
                     "error",
                     "erroroauth",
                     "file",
-                    "messageType");
+                    "messageType",
+                    "infoMessage");
 
     @Override
     public boolean preHandle(
@@ -31,25 +32,25 @@ public class CleanUrlInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {
         String queryString = request.getQueryString();
         if (queryString != null && !queryString.isEmpty()) {
             String requestURI = request.getRequestURI();
-            Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<>();
+            Map<String, String> allowedParameters = new HashMap<>();
 
             // Keep only the allowed parameters
             String[] queryParameters = queryString.split("&");
             for (String param : queryParameters) {
-                String[] keyValue = param.split("=");
-                if (keyValue.length != 2) {
+                String[] keyValuePair = param.split("=");
+                if (keyValuePair.length != 2) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                if (ALLOWED_PARAMS.contains(keyValue[0])) {
-                    parameters.put(keyValue[0], keyValue[1]);
+                if (ALLOWED_PARAMS.contains(keyValuePair[0])) {
+                    allowedParameters.put(keyValuePair[0], keyValuePair[1]);
                 }
             }
 
             // If there are any parameters that are not allowed
-            if (parameters.size() != queryParameters.length) {
+            if (allowedParameters.size() != queryParameters.length) {
                 // Construct new query string
                 StringBuilder newQueryString = new StringBuilder();
-                for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : parameters.entrySet()) {
+                for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : allowedParameters.entrySet()) {
                     if (newQueryString.length() > 0) {
                         newQueryString.append("&");
                     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ConfigInitializer.java

@@ -4,17 +4,28 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.simpleyaml.configuration.comments.CommentType;
+import org.simpleyaml.configuration.file.YamlFile;
+import org.simpleyaml.configuration.implementation.SimpleYamlImplementation;
+import org.simpleyaml.configuration.implementation.snakeyaml.lib.DumperOptions;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 
 public class ConfigInitializer
         implements ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConfigInitializer.class);
+
     @Override
     public void initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {
         try {
@@ -44,95 +55,101 @@ public class ConfigInitializer
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            //            Path templatePath =
-            //                    Paths.get(
-            //                            getClass()
-            //                                    .getClassLoader()
-            //                                    .getResource("settings.yml.template")
-            //                                    .toURI());
-            //            Path userPath = Paths.get("configs", "settings.yml");
-            //
-            //            List<String> templateLines = Files.readAllLines(templatePath);
-            //            List<String> userLines =
-            //                    Files.exists(userPath) ? Files.readAllLines(userPath) : new
-            // ArrayList<>();
-            //
-            //            List<String> resultLines = new ArrayList<>();
-            //            int position = 0;
-            //            for (String templateLine : templateLines) {
-            //                // Check if the line is a comment
-            //                if (templateLine.trim().startsWith("#")) {
-            //                    String entry = templateLine.trim().substring(1).trim();
-            //                    if (!entry.isEmpty()) {
-            //                        // Check if this comment has been uncommented in userLines
-            //                        String key = entry.split(":")[0].trim();
-            //                        addLine(resultLines, userLines, templateLine, key, position);
-            //                    } else {
-            //                        resultLines.add(templateLine);
-            //                    }
-            //                }
-            //                // Check if the line is a key-value pair
-            //                else if (templateLine.contains(":")) {
-            //                    String key = templateLine.split(":")[0].trim();
-            //                    addLine(resultLines, userLines, templateLine, key, position);
-            //                }
-            //                // Handle empty lines
-            //                else if (templateLine.trim().length() == 0) {
-            //                    resultLines.add("");
-            //                }
-            //                position++;
-            //            }
-            //
-            //            // Write the result to the user settings file
-            //            Files.write(userPath, resultLines);
+
+            // Define the path to the config settings file
+            Path settingsPath = Paths.get("configs", "settings.yml");
+            // Load the template resource
+            URL settingsTemplateResource =
+                    getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("settings.yml.template");
+            if (settingsTemplateResource == null) {
+                throw new IOException("Resource not found: settings.yml.template");
+            }
+
+            // Create a temporary file to copy the resource content
+            Path tempTemplatePath = Files.createTempFile("settings.yml", ".template");
+
+            try (InputStream in = settingsTemplateResource.openStream()) {
+                Files.copy(in, tempTemplatePath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+            }
+
+            final YamlFile settingsTemplateFile = new YamlFile(tempTemplatePath.toFile());
+            DumperOptions yamlOptionsSettingsTemplateFile =
+                    ((SimpleYamlImplementation) settingsTemplateFile.getImplementation())
+                            .getDumperOptions();
+            yamlOptionsSettingsTemplateFile.setSplitLines(false);
+            settingsTemplateFile.loadWithComments();
+
+            final YamlFile settingsFile = new YamlFile(settingsPath.toFile());
+            DumperOptions yamlOptionsSettingsFile =
+                    ((SimpleYamlImplementation) settingsFile.getImplementation())
+                            .getDumperOptions();
+            yamlOptionsSettingsFile.setSplitLines(false);
+            settingsFile.loadWithComments();
+
+            // Load headers and comments
+            String header = settingsTemplateFile.getHeader();
+
+            // Create a new file for temporary settings
+            final YamlFile tempSettingFile = new YamlFile(settingsPath.toFile());
+            DumperOptions yamlOptionsTempSettingFile =
+                    ((SimpleYamlImplementation) tempSettingFile.getImplementation())
+                            .getDumperOptions();
+            yamlOptionsTempSettingFile.setSplitLines(false);
+            tempSettingFile.createNewFile(true);
+            tempSettingFile.setHeader(header);
+
+            // Get all keys from the template
+            List<String> keys =
+                    Arrays.asList(settingsTemplateFile.getKeys(true).toArray(new String[0]));
+
+            for (String key : keys) {
+                if (!key.contains(".")) {
+                    // Add blank lines and comments to specific sections
+                    tempSettingFile
+                            .path(key)
+                            .comment(settingsTemplateFile.getComment(key))
+                            .blankLine();
+                    continue;
+                }
+                // Copy settings from the template to the settings.yml file
+                changeConfigItemFromCommentToKeyValue(
+                        settingsTemplateFile, settingsFile, tempSettingFile, key);
+            }
+
+            // Save the settings.yml file
+            tempSettingFile.save();
         }
 
+        // Create custom settings file if it doesn't exist
         Path customSettingsPath = Paths.get("configs", "custom_settings.yml");
         if (!Files.exists(customSettingsPath)) {
             Files.createFile(customSettingsPath);
         }
     }
 
-    // TODO check parent value instead of just indent lines for duplicate keys (like enabled etc)
-    private static void addLine(
-            List<String> resultLines,
-            List<String> userLines,
-            String templateLine,
-            String key,
-            int position) {
-        boolean added = false;
-        int templateIndentationLevel = getIndentationLevel(templateLine);
-        int pos = 0;
-        for (String settingsLine : userLines) {
-            if (settingsLine.trim().startsWith(key + ":") && position == pos) {
-                int settingsIndentationLevel = getIndentationLevel(settingsLine);
-                // Check if it is correct settingsLine and has the same parent as templateLine
-                if (settingsIndentationLevel == templateIndentationLevel) {
-                    resultLines.add(settingsLine);
-                    added = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            pos++;
+    private void changeConfigItemFromCommentToKeyValue(
+            final YamlFile settingsTemplateFile,
+            final YamlFile settingsFile,
+            final YamlFile tempSettingFile,
+            String path) {
+        if (settingsFile.get(path) == null && settingsTemplateFile.get(path) != null) {
+            // If the key is only in the template, add it to the temporary settings with comments
+            tempSettingFile
+                    .path(path)
+                    .set(settingsTemplateFile.get(path))
+                    .comment(settingsTemplateFile.getComment(path, CommentType.BLOCK))
+                    .commentSide(settingsTemplateFile.getComment(path, CommentType.SIDE));
+        } else if (settingsFile.get(path) != null && settingsTemplateFile.get(path) != null) {
+            // If the key is in both, update the temporary settings with the main settings' value
+            // and comments
+            tempSettingFile
+                    .path(path)
+                    .set(settingsFile.get(path))
+                    .comment(settingsTemplateFile.getComment(path, CommentType.BLOCK))
+                    .commentSide(settingsTemplateFile.getComment(path, CommentType.SIDE));
+        } else {
+            // Log if the key is not found in both YAML files
+            logger.info("Key not found in both YAML files: " + path);
         }
-        if (!added) {
-            resultLines.add(templateLine);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static int getIndentationLevel(String line) {
-        int indentationLevel = 0;
-        String trimmedLine = line.trim();
-        if (trimmedLine.startsWith("#")) {
-            line = trimmedLine.substring(1);
-        }
-        for (char c : line.toCharArray()) {
-            if (c == ' ') {
-                indentationLevel++;
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        return indentationLevel;
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/DatabaseBackupInterface.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;
+
+public interface DatabaseBackupInterface {
+    void exportDatabase() throws IOException;
+
+    boolean importDatabase();
+
+    boolean hasBackup();
+
+    List<FileInfo> getBackupList();
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Other", "auto-rename");
         addEndpointToGroup("Other", "get-info-on-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("Other", "show-javascript");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Other", "remove-image-pdf");
 
         // CLI
         addEndpointToGroup("CLI", "compress-pdf");
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Python", REMOVE_BLANKS);
         addEndpointToGroup("Python", "html-to-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("Python", "url-to-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Python", "pdf-to-img");
 
         // openCV
         addEndpointToGroup("OpenCV", "extract-image-scans");
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", "split-pdf-by-sections");
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", REMOVE_BLANKS);
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-text");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "remove-image-pdf");
 
         // Javascript
         addEndpointToGroup("Javascript", "pdf-organizer");

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler.java

@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.BadCredentialsException;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.DisabledException;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.InternalAuthenticationServiceException;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.LockedException;
 import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
@@ -15,17 +14,16 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationFa
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
 
+@Slf4j
 public class CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler extends SimpleUrlAuthenticationFailureHandler {
 
     private LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
 
     private UserService userService;
 
-    private static final Logger logger =
-            LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler.class);
-
     public CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler(
             final LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService, UserService userService) {
         this.loginAttemptService = loginAttemptService;
@@ -39,14 +37,17 @@ public class CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler extends SimpleUrlAuthenticationF
             AuthenticationException exception)
             throws IOException, ServletException {
 
+        if (exception instanceof DisabledException) {
+            log.error("User is deactivated: ", exception);
+            getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/logout?userIsDisabled=true");
+            return;
+        }
+
         String ip = request.getRemoteAddr();
-        logger.error("Failed login attempt from IP: {}", ip);
+        log.error("Failed login attempt from IP: {}", ip);
 
-        String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
-
-        if (exception.getClass().isAssignableFrom(InternalAuthenticationServiceException.class)
-                || "Password must not be null".equalsIgnoreCase(exception.getMessage())) {
-            response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/login?error=oauth2AuthenticationError");
+        if (exception instanceof LockedException) {
+            getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/login?error=locked");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -54,20 +55,25 @@ public class CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler extends SimpleUrlAuthenticationF
         Optional<User> optUser = userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
 
         if (username != null && optUser.isPresent() && !isDemoUser(optUser)) {
-            logger.info(
+            log.info(
                     "Remaining attempts for user {}: {}",
-                    optUser.get().getUsername(),
+                    username,
                     loginAttemptService.getRemainingAttempts(username));
             loginAttemptService.loginFailed(username);
-            if (loginAttemptService.isBlocked(username)
-                    || exception.getClass().isAssignableFrom(LockedException.class)) {
-                response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/login?error=locked");
+            if (loginAttemptService.isBlocked(username) || exception instanceof LockedException) {
+                getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/login?error=locked");
                 return;
             }
         }
-        if (exception.getClass().isAssignableFrom(BadCredentialsException.class)
-                || exception.getClass().isAssignableFrom(UsernameNotFoundException.class)) {
-            response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/login?error=badcredentials");
+        if (exception instanceof BadCredentialsException
+                || exception instanceof UsernameNotFoundException) {
+            getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/login?error=badcredentials");
+            return;
+        }
+        if (exception instanceof InternalAuthenticationServiceException
+                || "Password must not be null".equalsIgnoreCase(exception.getMessage())) {
+            getRedirectStrategy()
+                    .sendRedirect(request, response, "/login?error=oauth2AuthenticationError");
             return;
         }
 

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/CustomAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java

@@ -10,15 +10,20 @@ import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.RequestUriUtils;
 
+@Slf4j
 public class CustomAuthenticationSuccessHandler
         extends SavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler {
 
     private LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
+    private UserService userService;
 
-    public CustomAuthenticationSuccessHandler(LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService) {
+    public CustomAuthenticationSuccessHandler(
+            LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService, UserService userService) {
         this.loginAttemptService = loginAttemptService;
+        this.userService = userService;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -27,6 +32,10 @@ public class CustomAuthenticationSuccessHandler
             throws ServletException, IOException {
 
         String userName = request.getParameter("username");
+        if (userService.isUserDisabled(userName)) {
+            getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/logout?userIsDisabled=true");
+            return;
+        }
         loginAttemptService.loginSucceeded(userName);
 
         // Get the saved request

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/CustomLogoutSuccessHandler.java

@@ -2,32 +2,26 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
-import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHandler;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 
 public class CustomLogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHandler {
 
-    @Autowired SessionRegistry sessionRegistry;
-
     @Override
     public void onLogoutSuccess(
             HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Authentication authentication)
             throws IOException, ServletException {
-        HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
-        if (session != null) {
-            String sessionId = session.getId();
-            sessionRegistry.removeSessionInformation(sessionId);
-            session.invalidate();
-            logger.debug("Session invalidated: " + sessionId);
+
+        if (request.getParameter("userIsDisabled") != null) {
+            getRedirectStrategy()
+                    .sendRedirect(request, response, "/login?erroroauth=userIsDisabled");
+            return;
         }
 
-        response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/login?logout=true");
+        getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/login?logout=true");
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/InitialSecuritySetup.java

@@ -1,34 +1,40 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.simpleyaml.configuration.file.YamlFile;
+import org.simpleyaml.configuration.implementation.SimpleYamlImplementation;
+import org.simpleyaml.configuration.implementation.snakeyaml.lib.DumperOptions;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.DatabaseBackupInterface;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
 
 @Component
+@Slf4j
 public class InitialSecuritySetup {
 
     @Autowired private UserService userService;
 
     @Autowired private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(InitialSecuritySetup.class);
+    @Autowired private DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper;
 
     @PostConstruct
-    public void init() {
-        if (!userService.hasUsers()) {
+    public void init() throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+        if (databaseBackupHelper.hasBackup() && !userService.hasUsers()) {
+            databaseBackupHelper.importDatabase();
+        } else if (!userService.hasUsers()) {
             initializeAdminUser();
+        } else {
+            databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
         }
         initializeInternalApiUser();
     }
@@ -42,12 +48,11 @@ public class InitialSecuritySetup {
         }
     }
 
-    private void initializeAdminUser() {
+    private void initializeAdminUser() throws IOException {
         String initialUsername =
                 applicationProperties.getSecurity().getInitialLogin().getUsername();
         String initialPassword =
                 applicationProperties.getSecurity().getInitialLogin().getPassword();
-
         if (initialUsername != null
                 && !initialUsername.isEmpty()
                 && initialPassword != null
@@ -55,9 +60,9 @@ public class InitialSecuritySetup {
                 && !userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(initialUsername).isPresent()) {
             try {
                 userService.saveUser(initialUsername, initialPassword, Role.ADMIN.getRoleId());
-                logger.info("Admin user created: " + initialUsername);
+                log.info("Admin user created: " + initialUsername);
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-                logger.error("Failed to initialize security setup", e);
+                log.error("Failed to initialize security setup", e);
                 System.exit(1);
             }
         } else {
@@ -65,54 +70,41 @@ public class InitialSecuritySetup {
         }
     }
 
-    private void createDefaultAdminUser() {
+    private void createDefaultAdminUser() throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         String defaultUsername = "admin";
         String defaultPassword = "stirling";
         if (!userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(defaultUsername).isPresent()) {
             userService.saveUser(defaultUsername, defaultPassword, Role.ADMIN.getRoleId(), true);
-            logger.info("Default admin user created: " + defaultUsername);
+            log.info("Default admin user created: " + defaultUsername);
         }
     }
 
-    private void initializeInternalApiUser() {
+    private void initializeInternalApiUser() throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (!userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId())) {
             userService.saveUser(
                     Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId(),
                     UUID.randomUUID().toString(),
                     Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
             userService.addApiKeyToUser(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
-            logger.info("Internal API user created: " + Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
+            log.info("Internal API user created: " + Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
         }
     }
 
     private void saveKeyToConfig(String key) throws IOException {
         Path path = Paths.get("configs", "settings.yml"); // Target the configs/settings.yml
-        List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(path);
-        boolean keyFound = false;
 
-        // Search for the existing key to replace it or place to add it
-        for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {
-            if (lines.get(i).startsWith("AutomaticallyGenerated:")) {
-                keyFound = true;
-                if (i + 1 < lines.size() && lines.get(i + 1).trim().startsWith("key:")) {
-                    lines.set(i + 1, "  key: " + key);
-                    break;
-                } else {
-                    lines.add(i + 1, "  key: " + key);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        final YamlFile settingsYml = new YamlFile(path.toFile());
+        DumperOptions yamlOptionssettingsYml =
+                ((SimpleYamlImplementation) settingsYml.getImplementation()).getDumperOptions();
+        yamlOptionssettingsYml.setSplitLines(false);
 
-        // If the section doesn't exist, append it
-        if (!keyFound) {
-            lines.add("# Automatically Generated Settings (Do Not Edit Directly)");
-            lines.add("AutomaticallyGenerated:");
-            lines.add("  key: " + key);
-        }
+        settingsYml.loadWithComments();
 
-        // Write back to the file
-        Files.write(path, lines);
+        settingsYml
+                .path("AutomaticallyGenerated.key")
+                .set(key)
+                .comment("# Automatically Generated Settings (Do Not Edit Directly)");
+        settingsYml.save();
     }
 
     private boolean isValidUUID(String uuid) {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/LoginAttemptService.java

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
@@ -17,8 +15,6 @@ public class LoginAttemptService {
 
     @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoginAttemptService.class);
-
     private int MAX_ATTEMPT;
     private long ATTEMPT_INCREMENT_TIME;
     private ConcurrentHashMap<String, AttemptCounter> attemptsCache;

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/SecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy;
 import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping.GrantedAuthoritiesMapper;
-import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistry;
-import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistryImpl;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.registration.ClientRegistration;
@@ -37,17 +35,18 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2AuthenticationF
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2UserService;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.GithubProvider;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.GoogleProvider;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.KeycloakProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2.Client;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GithubProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GoogleProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.KeycloakProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.JPATokenRepositoryImpl;
 
 @Configuration
-@EnableWebSecurity()
+@EnableWebSecurity
 @EnableMethodSecurity
 public class SecurityConfiguration {
 
@@ -73,11 +72,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
     @Autowired private LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
 
     @Autowired private FirstLoginFilter firstLoginFilter;
-
-    @Bean
-    public SessionRegistry sessionRegistry() {
-        return new SessionRegistryImpl();
-    }
+    @Autowired private SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;
 
     @Bean
     public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                     .sessionCreationPolicy(SessionCreationPolicy.IF_REQUIRED)
                                     .maximumSessions(10)
                                     .maxSessionsPreventsLogin(false)
-                                    .sessionRegistry(sessionRegistry())
+                                    .sessionRegistry(sessionRegistry)
                                     .expiredUrl("/login?logout=true"));
 
             http.formLogin(
@@ -103,7 +98,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                             .loginPage("/login")
                                             .successHandler(
                                                     new CustomAuthenticationSuccessHandler(
-                                                            loginAttemptService))
+                                                            loginAttemptService, userService))
                                             .defaultSuccessUrl("/")
                                             .failureHandler(
                                                     new CustomAuthenticationFailureHandler(
@@ -160,7 +155,11 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
 
             // Handle OAUTH2 Logins
             if (applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOAUTH2() != null
-                    && applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOAUTH2().getEnabled()) {
+                    && applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOAUTH2().getEnabled()
+                    && !applicationProperties
+                            .getSecurity()
+                            .getLoginMethod()
+                            .equalsIgnoreCase("normal")) {
 
                 http.oauth2Login(
                                 oauth2 ->
@@ -191,10 +190,8 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                         .logout(
                                 logout ->
                                         logout.logoutSuccessHandler(
-                                                        new CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler(
-                                                                this.applicationProperties,
-                                                                sessionRegistry()))
-                                                .invalidateHttpSession(true));
+                                                new CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler(
+                                                        applicationProperties)));
             }
         } else {
             http.csrf(csrf -> csrf.disable())

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserAuthenticationFilter.java

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
@@ -8,9 +11,11 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
+import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionInformation;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.user.OAuth2User;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
 
@@ -18,15 +23,17 @@ import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApiKeyAuthenticationToken;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
 
 @Component
 public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
-    @Autowired private UserDetailsService userDetailsService;
-
     @Autowired @Lazy private UserService userService;
 
+    @Autowired private SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry;
+
     @Autowired
     @Qualifier("loginEnabled")
     public boolean loginEnabledValue;
@@ -51,15 +58,20 @@ public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
                 try {
                     // Use API key to authenticate. This requires you to have an authentication
                     // provider for API keys.
-                    UserDetails userDetails = userService.loadUserByApiKey(apiKey);
-                    if (userDetails == null) {
+                    Optional<User> user = userService.loadUserByApiKey(apiKey);
+                    if (!user.isPresent()) {
                         response.setStatus(HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED.value());
                         response.getWriter().write("Invalid API Key.");
                         return;
                     }
-                    authentication =
-                            new ApiKeyAuthenticationToken(
-                                    userDetails, apiKey, userDetails.getAuthorities());
+                    List<SimpleGrantedAuthority> authorities =
+                            user.get().getAuthorities().stream()
+                                    .map(
+                                            authority ->
+                                                    new SimpleGrantedAuthority(
+                                                            authority.getAuthority()))
+                                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
+                    authentication = new ApiKeyAuthenticationToken(user.get(), apiKey, authorities);
                     SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authentication);
                 } catch (AuthenticationException e) {
                     // If API key authentication fails, deny the request
@@ -87,6 +99,43 @@ public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
             }
         }
 
+        // Check if the authenticated user is disabled and invalidate their session if so
+        if (authentication != null && authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
+            Object principal = authentication.getPrincipal();
+            String username = null;
+            if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
+                username = ((UserDetails) principal).getUsername();
+            } else if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
+                username = ((OAuth2User) principal).getName();
+            } else if (principal instanceof String) {
+                username = (String) principal;
+            }
+
+            List<SessionInformation> sessionsInformations =
+                    sessionPersistentRegistry.getAllSessions(principal, false);
+
+            if (username != null) {
+                boolean isUserExists = userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username);
+                boolean isUserDisabled = userService.isUserDisabled(username);
+
+                if (!isUserExists || isUserDisabled) {
+                    for (SessionInformation sessionsInformation : sessionsInformations) {
+                        sessionsInformation.expireNow();
+                        sessionPersistentRegistry.expireSession(sessionsInformation.getSessionId());
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!isUserExists) {
+                    response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/logout?badcredentials=true");
+                    return;
+                }
+                if (isUserDisabled) {
+                    response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/logout?userIsDisabled=true");
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
     }
 

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserBasedRateLimitingFilter.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
 import io.github.bucket4j.Bandwidth;
 import io.github.bucket4j.Bucket;
 import io.github.bucket4j.ConsumptionProbe;
-import io.github.bucket4j.Refill;
 import io.github.pixee.security.Newlines;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
@@ -142,7 +141,10 @@ public class UserBasedRateLimitingFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
     private Bucket createUserBucket(int limitPerDay) {
         Bandwidth limit =
-                Bandwidth.classic(limitPerDay, Refill.intervally(limitPerDay, Duration.ofDays(1)));
+                Bandwidth.builder()
+                        .capacity(limitPerDay)
+                        .refillIntervally(limitPerDay, Duration.ofDays(1))
+                        .build();
         return Bucket.builder().addLimit(limit).build();
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserService.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -14,11 +15,16 @@ import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticatio
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
+import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionInformation;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UsernameNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.user.OAuth2User;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.DatabaseBackupInterface;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.pipeline.UserServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.AuthenticationType;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Authority;
@@ -38,12 +44,17 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
 
     @Autowired private MessageSource messageSource;
 
+    @Autowired private SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;
+
+    @Autowired DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper;
+
     // Handle OAUTH2 login and user auto creation.
-    public boolean processOAuth2PostLogin(String username, boolean autoCreateUser) {
+    public boolean processOAuth2PostLogin(String username, boolean autoCreateUser)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
             return false;
         }
-        Optional<User> existingUser = userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+        Optional<User> existingUser = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
         if (existingUser.isPresent()) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -55,8 +66,8 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
     }
 
     public Authentication getAuthentication(String apiKey) {
-        User user = getUserByApiKey(apiKey);
-        if (user == null) {
+        Optional<User> user = getUserByApiKey(apiKey);
+        if (!user.isPresent()) {
             throw new UsernameNotFoundException("API key is not valid");
         }
 
@@ -64,7 +75,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         return new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(
                 user, // principal (typically the user)
                 null, // credentials (we don't expose the password or API key here)
-                getAuthorities(user) // user's authorities (roles/permissions)
+                getAuthorities(user.get()) // user's authorities (roles/permissions)
                 );
     }
 
@@ -79,18 +90,17 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         String apiKey;
         do {
             apiKey = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-        } while (userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey) != null); // Ensure uniqueness
+        } while (userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey).isPresent()); // Ensure uniqueness
         return apiKey;
     }
 
     public User addApiKeyToUser(String username) {
-        User user =
-                userRepository
-                        .findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username)
-                        .orElseThrow(() -> new UsernameNotFoundException("User not found"));
-
-        user.setApiKey(generateApiKey());
-        return userRepository.save(user);
+        Optional<User> user = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+        if (user.isPresent()) {
+            user.get().setApiKey(generateApiKey());
+            return userRepository.save(user.get());
+        }
+        throw new UsernameNotFoundException("User not found");
     }
 
     public User refreshApiKeyForUser(String username) {
@@ -99,39 +109,40 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
 
     public String getApiKeyForUser(String username) {
         User user =
-                userRepository
-                        .findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username)
+                findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username)
                         .orElseThrow(() -> new UsernameNotFoundException("User not found"));
         return user.getApiKey();
     }
 
     public boolean isValidApiKey(String apiKey) {
-        return userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey) != null;
+        return userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey).isPresent();
     }
 
-    public User getUserByApiKey(String apiKey) {
+    public Optional<User> getUserByApiKey(String apiKey) {
         return userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey);
     }
 
-    public UserDetails loadUserByApiKey(String apiKey) {
-        User user = userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey);
-        if (user != null) {
-            // Convert your User entity to a UserDetails object with authorities
-            return new org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User(
-                    user.getUsername(),
-                    user.getPassword(), // you might not need this for API key auth
-                    getAuthorities(user));
+    public Optional<User> loadUserByApiKey(String apiKey) {
+        Optional<User> user = userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey);
+
+        if (user.isPresent()) {
+            return user;
         }
         return null; // or throw an exception
     }
 
     public boolean validateApiKeyForUser(String username, String apiKey) {
-        Optional<User> userOpt = userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+        Optional<User> userOpt = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
         return userOpt.isPresent() && apiKey.equals(userOpt.get().getApiKey());
     }
 
     public void saveUser(String username, AuthenticationType authenticationType)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+        saveUser(username, authenticationType, Role.USER.getRoleId());
+    }
+
+    public void saveUser(String username, AuthenticationType authenticationType, String role)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(getInvalidUsernameMessage());
         }
@@ -139,12 +150,14 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         user.setUsername(username);
         user.setEnabled(true);
         user.setFirstLogin(false);
-        user.addAuthority(new Authority(Role.USER.getRoleId(), user));
+        user.addAuthority(new Authority(role, user));
         user.setAuthenticationType(authenticationType);
         userRepository.save(user);
+        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
     }
 
-    public void saveUser(String username, String password) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    public void saveUser(String username, String password)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(getInvalidUsernameMessage());
         }
@@ -154,10 +167,11 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         user.setEnabled(true);
         user.setAuthenticationType(AuthenticationType.WEB);
         userRepository.save(user);
+        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
     }
 
     public void saveUser(String username, String password, String role, boolean firstLogin)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(getInvalidUsernameMessage());
         }
@@ -169,15 +183,16 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         user.setAuthenticationType(AuthenticationType.WEB);
         user.setFirstLogin(firstLogin);
         userRepository.save(user);
+        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
     }
 
     public void saveUser(String username, String password, String role)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException {
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         saveUser(username, password, role, false);
     }
 
     public void deleteUser(String username) {
-        Optional<User> userOpt = userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+        Optional<User> userOpt = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
         if (userOpt.isPresent()) {
             for (Authority authority : userOpt.get().getAuthorities()) {
                 if (authority.getAuthority().equals(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId())) {
@@ -186,28 +201,28 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
             }
             userRepository.delete(userOpt.get());
         }
+        invalidateUserSessions(username);
     }
 
     public boolean usernameExists(String username) {
-        return userRepository.findByUsername(username).isPresent();
+        return findByUsername(username).isPresent();
     }
 
     public boolean usernameExistsIgnoreCase(String username) {
-        return userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username).isPresent();
+        return findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username).isPresent();
     }
 
     public boolean hasUsers() {
         long userCount = userRepository.count();
-        if (userRepository
-                .findByUsernameIgnoreCase(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId())
-                .isPresent()) {
+        if (findByUsernameIgnoreCase(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId()).isPresent()) {
             userCount -= 1;
         }
         return userCount > 0;
     }
 
-    public void updateUserSettings(String username, Map<String, String> updates) {
-        Optional<User> userOpt = userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+    public void updateUserSettings(String username, Map<String, String> updates)
+            throws IOException {
+        Optional<User> userOpt = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
         if (userOpt.isPresent()) {
             User user = userOpt.get();
             Map<String, String> settingsMap = user.getSettings();
@@ -220,6 +235,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
             user.setSettings(settingsMap);
 
             userRepository.save(user);
+            databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
         }
     }
 
@@ -235,28 +251,39 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         return authorityRepository.findByUserId(user.getId());
     }
 
-    public void changeUsername(User user, String newUsername) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    public void changeUsername(User user, String newUsername)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (!isUsernameValid(newUsername)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(getInvalidUsernameMessage());
         }
         user.setUsername(newUsername);
         userRepository.save(user);
+        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
     }
 
-    public void changePassword(User user, String newPassword) {
+    public void changePassword(User user, String newPassword) throws IOException {
         user.setPassword(passwordEncoder.encode(newPassword));
         userRepository.save(user);
+        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
     }
 
-    public void changeFirstUse(User user, boolean firstUse) {
+    public void changeFirstUse(User user, boolean firstUse) throws IOException {
         user.setFirstLogin(firstUse);
         userRepository.save(user);
+        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
     }
 
-    public void changeRole(User user, String newRole) {
+    public void changeRole(User user, String newRole) throws IOException {
         Authority userAuthority = this.findRole(user);
         userAuthority.setAuthority(newRole);
         authorityRepository.save(userAuthority);
+        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
+    }
+
+    public void changeUserEnabled(User user, Boolean enbeled) throws IOException {
+        user.setEnabled(enbeled);
+        userRepository.save(user);
+        databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
     }
 
     public boolean isPasswordCorrect(User user, String currentPassword) {
@@ -280,14 +307,40 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
     }
 
     public boolean hasPassword(String username) {
-        Optional<User> user = userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+        Optional<User> user = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
         return user.isPresent() && user.get().hasPassword();
     }
 
     public boolean isAuthenticationTypeByUsername(
             String username, AuthenticationType authenticationType) {
-        Optional<User> user = userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+        Optional<User> user = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
         return user.isPresent()
                 && authenticationType.name().equalsIgnoreCase(user.get().getAuthenticationType());
     }
+
+    public boolean isUserDisabled(String username) {
+        Optional<User> userOpt = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+        return userOpt.map(user -> !user.isEnabled()).orElse(false);
+    }
+
+    public void invalidateUserSessions(String username) {
+        String usernameP = "";
+        for (Object principal : sessionRegistry.getAllPrincipals()) {
+            for (SessionInformation sessionsInformation :
+                    sessionRegistry.getAllSessions(principal, false)) {
+                if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
+                    UserDetails userDetails = (UserDetails) principal;
+                    usernameP = userDetails.getUsername();
+                } else if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
+                    OAuth2User oAuth2User = (OAuth2User) principal;
+                    usernameP = oAuth2User.getName();
+                } else if (principal instanceof String) {
+                    usernameP = (String) principal;
+                }
+                if (usernameP.equalsIgnoreCase(username)) {
+                    sessionRegistry.expireSession(sessionsInformation.getSessionId());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/DatabaseBackupHelper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.DatabaseBackupInterface;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Configuration
+public class DatabaseBackupHelper implements DatabaseBackupInterface {
+
+    @Value("${spring.datasource.url}")
+    private String url;
+
+    private Path backupPath = Paths.get("configs/db/backup/");
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasBackup() {
+        // Check if there is at least one backup
+        return !getBackupList().isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<FileInfo> getBackupList() {
+        // Check if the backup directory exists, and create it if it does not
+        ensureBackupDirectoryExists();
+
+        List<FileInfo> backupFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        // Read the backup directory and filter for files with the prefix "backup_" and suffix
+        // ".sql"
+        try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream =
+                Files.newDirectoryStream(
+                        backupPath,
+                        path ->
+                                path.getFileName().toString().startsWith("backup_")
+                                        && path.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".sql"))) {
+            for (Path entry : stream) {
+                BasicFileAttributes attrs = Files.readAttributes(entry, BasicFileAttributes.class);
+                LocalDateTime modificationDate =
+                        LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
+                                attrs.lastModifiedTime().toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
+                LocalDateTime creationDate =
+                        LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
+                                attrs.creationTime().toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
+                long fileSize = attrs.size();
+                backupFiles.add(
+                        new FileInfo(
+                                entry.getFileName().toString(),
+                                entry.toString(),
+                                modificationDate,
+                                fileSize,
+                                creationDate));
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Error reading backup directory: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+        return backupFiles;
+    }
+
+    // Imports a database backup from the specified file.
+    public boolean importDatabaseFromUI(String fileName) throws IOException {
+        return this.importDatabaseFromUI(getBackupFilePath(fileName));
+    }
+
+    // Imports a database backup from the specified path.
+    public boolean importDatabaseFromUI(Path tempTemplatePath) throws IOException {
+        boolean success = executeDatabaseScript(tempTemplatePath);
+        if (success) {
+            LocalDateTime dateNow = LocalDateTime.now();
+            DateTimeFormatter myFormatObj = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmm");
+            Path insertOutputFilePath =
+                    this.getBackupFilePath("backup_user_" + dateNow.format(myFormatObj) + ".sql");
+            Files.copy(tempTemplatePath, insertOutputFilePath);
+            Files.deleteIfExists(tempTemplatePath);
+        }
+        return success;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean importDatabase() {
+        if (!this.hasBackup()) return false;
+
+        List<FileInfo> backupList = this.getBackupList();
+        backupList.sort(Comparator.comparing(FileInfo::getModificationDate).reversed());
+
+        return executeDatabaseScript(Paths.get(backupList.get(0).getFilePath()));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exportDatabase() throws IOException {
+        // Check if the backup directory exists, and create it if it does not
+        ensureBackupDirectoryExists();
+
+        // Filter and delete old backups if there are more than 5
+        List<FileInfo> filteredBackupList =
+                this.getBackupList().stream()
+                        .filter(backup -> !backup.getFileName().startsWith("backup_user_"))
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        if (filteredBackupList.size() > 5) {
+            filteredBackupList.sort(
+                    Comparator.comparing(
+                            p -> p.getFileName().substring(7, p.getFileName().length() - 4)));
+            Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(filteredBackupList.get(0).getFilePath()));
+            log.info("Deleted oldest backup: {}", filteredBackupList.get(0).getFileName());
+        }
+
+        LocalDateTime dateNow = LocalDateTime.now();
+        DateTimeFormatter myFormatObj = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmm");
+        Path insertOutputFilePath =
+                this.getBackupFilePath("backup_" + dateNow.format(myFormatObj) + ".sql");
+        String query = "SCRIPT SIMPLE COLUMNS DROP to ?;";
+
+        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", "");
+                PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(query)) {
+            stmt.setString(1, insertOutputFilePath.toString());
+            stmt.execute();
+            log.info("Database export completed: {}", insertOutputFilePath);
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            log.error("Error during database export: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Retrieves the H2 database version.
+    public String getH2Version() {
+        String version = "Unknown";
+        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", "")) {
+            try (Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+                    ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT H2VERSION() AS version")) {
+                if (rs.next()) {
+                    version = rs.getString("version");
+                    log.info("H2 Database Version: {}", version);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            log.error("Error retrieving H2 version: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    // Deletes a backup file.
+    public boolean deleteBackupFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
+        Path filePath = this.getBackupFilePath(fileName);
+        if (Files.deleteIfExists(filePath)) {
+            log.info("Deleted backup file: {}", fileName);
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            log.error("File not found or could not be deleted: {}", fileName);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Gets the Path object for a given backup file name.
+    public Path getBackupFilePath(String fileName) {
+        return Paths.get(backupPath.toString(), fileName);
+    }
+
+    private boolean executeDatabaseScript(Path scriptPath) {
+        String query = "RUNSCRIPT from ?;";
+
+        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", "");
+                PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(query)) {
+            stmt.setString(1, scriptPath.toString());
+            stmt.execute();
+            log.info("Database import completed: {}", scriptPath);
+            return true;
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            log.error("Error during database import: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void ensureBackupDirectoryExists() {
+        if (Files.notExists(backupPath)) {
+            try {
+                Files.createDirectories(backupPath);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Error creating directories: {}", e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/ScheduledTasks.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class ScheduledTasks {
+
+    @Autowired private DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupService;
+
+    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 0 * * ?")
+    public void performBackup() throws IOException {
+        databaseBackupService.exportDatabase();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/CustomOAuth2AuthenticationFailureHandler.java

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.BadCredentialsException;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.DisabledException;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.LockedException;
 import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.OAuth2AuthenticationException;
@@ -13,19 +13,34 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationFa
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
+@Slf4j
 public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationFailureHandler
         extends SimpleUrlAuthenticationFailureHandler {
 
-    private static final Logger logger =
-            LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomOAuth2AuthenticationFailureHandler.class);
-
     @Override
     public void onAuthenticationFailure(
             HttpServletRequest request,
             HttpServletResponse response,
             AuthenticationException exception)
             throws IOException, ServletException {
+
+        if (exception instanceof BadCredentialsException) {
+            log.error("BadCredentialsException", exception);
+            getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/login?error=badcredentials");
+            return;
+        }
+        if (exception instanceof DisabledException) {
+            log.error("User is deactivated: ", exception);
+            getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/logout?userIsDisabled=true");
+            return;
+        }
+        if (exception instanceof LockedException) {
+            log.error("Account locked: ", exception);
+            getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/logout?error=locked");
+            return;
+        }
         if (exception instanceof OAuth2AuthenticationException) {
             OAuth2Error error = ((OAuth2AuthenticationException) exception).getError();
 
@@ -34,17 +49,13 @@ public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationFailureHandler
             if (error.getErrorCode().equals("Password must not be null")) {
                 errorCode = "userAlreadyExistsWeb";
             }
-            logger.error("OAuth2 Authentication error: " + errorCode);
+            log.error("OAuth2 Authentication error: " + errorCode);
+            log.error("OAuth2AuthenticationException", exception);
             getRedirectStrategy()
                     .sendRedirect(request, response, "/logout?erroroauth=" + errorCode);
             return;
-        } else if (exception instanceof LockedException) {
-            logger.error("Account locked: ", exception);
-            getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, "/logout?error=locked");
-            return;
-        } else {
-            logger.error("Unhandled authentication exception", exception);
-            super.onAuthenticationFailure(request, response, exception);
         }
+        log.error("Unhandled authentication exception", exception);
+        super.onAuthenticationFailure(request, response, exception);
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler.java

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.LockedException;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.user.OAuth2User;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.SavedRequest;
@@ -26,9 +25,6 @@ public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
 
     private LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
 
-    private static final Logger logger =
-            LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler.class);
-
     private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
     private UserService userService;
 
@@ -46,6 +42,17 @@ public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
             HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Authentication authentication)
             throws ServletException, IOException {
 
+        Object principal = authentication.getPrincipal();
+        String username = "";
+
+        if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
+            OAuth2User oauthUser = (OAuth2User) principal;
+            username = oauthUser.getName();
+        } else if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
+            UserDetails oauthUser = (UserDetails) principal;
+            username = oauthUser.getUsername();
+        }
+
         // Get the saved request
         HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
         String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
@@ -59,11 +66,8 @@ public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
             // Redirect to the original destination
             super.onAuthenticationSuccess(request, response, authentication);
         } else {
-            OAuth2User oauthUser = (OAuth2User) authentication.getPrincipal();
             OAUTH2 oAuth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOAUTH2();
 
-            String username = oauthUser.getName();
-
             if (loginAttemptService.isBlocked(username)) {
                 if (session != null) {
                     session.removeAttribute("SPRING_SECURITY_SAVED_REQUEST");
@@ -78,15 +82,21 @@ public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
                     && oAuth.getAutoCreateUser()) {
                 response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/logout?oauth2AuthenticationErrorWeb=true");
                 return;
-            } else {
-                try {
-                    userService.processOAuth2PostLogin(username, oAuth.getAutoCreateUser());
-                    response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/");
-                    return;
-                } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-                    response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/logout?invalidUsername=true");
+            }
+            try {
+                if (oAuth.getBlockRegistration()
+                        && !userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username)) {
+                    response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/logout?oauth2_admin_blocked_user=true");
                     return;
                 }
+                if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
+                    userService.processOAuth2PostLogin(username, oAuth.getAutoCreateUser());
+                }
+                response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/");
+                return;
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/logout?invalidUsername=true");
+                return;
             }
         }
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler.java

@@ -2,33 +2,26 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
-import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.authentication.OAuth2AuthenticationToken;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHandler;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Provider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.UrlUtils;
 
+@Slf4j
 public class CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHandler {
 
-    private static final Logger logger =
-            LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler.class);
-
-    private final SessionRegistry sessionRegistry;
     private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
-    public CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler(
-            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties, SessionRegistry sessionRegistry) {
-        this.sessionRegistry = sessionRegistry;
+    public CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
         this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
     }
 
@@ -41,6 +34,15 @@ public class CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHand
         String issuer = null;
         String clientId = null;
 
+        if (authentication == null) {
+            if (request.getParameter("userIsDisabled") != null) {
+                response.sendRedirect(
+                        request.getContextPath() + "/login?erroroauth=userIsDisabled");
+            } else {
+                super.onLogoutSuccess(request, response, authentication);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
         OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOAUTH2();
 
         if (authentication instanceof OAuth2AuthenticationToken) {
@@ -51,10 +53,9 @@ public class CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHand
                 Provider provider = oauth.getClient().get(registrationId);
                 issuer = provider.getIssuer();
                 clientId = provider.getClientId();
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                logger.error("exception", e);
+            } catch (UnsupportedProviderException e) {
+                log.error(e.getMessage());
             }
-
         } else {
             registrationId = oauth.getProvider() != null ? oauth.getProvider() : "";
             issuer = oauth.getIssuer();
@@ -69,18 +70,16 @@ public class CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHand
             param = "erroroauth=" + sanitizeInput(errorMessage);
         } else if (request.getParameter("oauth2AutoCreateDisabled") != null) {
             param = "error=oauth2AutoCreateDisabled";
+        } else if (request.getParameter("oauth2_admin_blocked_user") != null) {
+            param = "erroroauth=oauth2_admin_blocked_user";
+        } else if (request.getParameter("userIsDisabled") != null) {
+            param = "erroroauth=userIsDisabled";
+        } else if (request.getParameter("badcredentials") != null) {
+            param = "error=badcredentials";
         }
 
         String redirect_url = UrlUtils.getOrigin(request) + "/login?" + param;
 
-        HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
-        if (session != null) {
-            String sessionId = session.getId();
-            sessionRegistry.removeSessionInformation(sessionId);
-            session.invalidate();
-            logger.info("Session invalidated: " + sessionId);
-        }
-
         switch (registrationId.toLowerCase()) {
             case "keycloak":
                 // Add Keycloak specific logout URL if needed
@@ -91,13 +90,13 @@ public class CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHand
                                 + clientId
                                 + "&post_logout_redirect_uri="
                                 + response.encodeRedirectURL(redirect_url);
-                logger.info("Redirecting to Keycloak logout URL: " + logoutUrl);
+                log.info("Redirecting to Keycloak logout URL: " + logoutUrl);
                 response.sendRedirect(logoutUrl);
                 break;
             case "github":
                 // Add GitHub specific logout URL if needed
                 String githubLogoutUrl = "https://github.com/logout";
-                logger.info("Redirecting to GitHub logout URL: " + githubLogoutUrl);
+                log.info("Redirecting to GitHub logout URL: " + githubLogoutUrl);
                 response.sendRedirect(githubLogoutUrl);
                 break;
             case "google":
@@ -105,13 +104,14 @@ public class CustomOAuth2LogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHand
                 // String googleLogoutUrl =
                 // "https://accounts.google.com/Logout?continue=https://appengine.google.com/_ah/logout?continue="
                 //                 + response.encodeRedirectURL(redirect_url);
-                // logger.info("Redirecting to Google logout URL: " + googleLogoutUrl);
+                log.info("Google does not have a specific logout URL");
+                // log.info("Redirecting to Google logout URL: " + googleLogoutUrl);
                 // response.sendRedirect(googleLogoutUrl);
                 // break;
             default:
-                String redirectUrl = request.getContextPath() + "/login?" + param;
-                logger.info("Redirecting to default logout URL: " + redirectUrl);
-                response.sendRedirect(redirectUrl);
+                String defaultRedirectUrl = request.getContextPath() + "/login?" + param;
+                log.info("Redirecting to default logout URL: " + defaultRedirectUrl);
+                response.sendRedirect(defaultRedirectUrl);
                 break;
         }
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/session/CustomHttpSessionListener.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSessionEvent;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSessionListener;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Component
+@Slf4j
+public class CustomHttpSessionListener implements HttpSessionListener {
+
+    @Autowired private SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry;
+
+    @Override
+    public void sessionCreated(HttpSessionEvent se) {
+        log.info("Session created: " + se.getSession().getId());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void sessionDestroyed(HttpSessionEvent se) {
+        log.info("Session destroyed: " + se.getSession().getId());
+        sessionPersistentRegistry.expireSession(se.getSession().getId());
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/session/SessionPersistentRegistry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionInformation;
+import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.user.OAuth2User;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.SessionEntity;
+
+@Component
+public class SessionPersistentRegistry implements SessionRegistry {
+
+    private final SessionRepository sessionRepository;
+
+    @Value("${server.servlet.session.timeout:30m}")
+    private Duration defaultMaxInactiveInterval;
+
+    public SessionPersistentRegistry(SessionRepository sessionRepository) {
+        this.sessionRepository = sessionRepository;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Object> getAllPrincipals() {
+        List<SessionEntity> sessions = sessionRepository.findAll();
+        List<Object> principals = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (SessionEntity session : sessions) {
+            principals.add(session.getPrincipalName());
+        }
+        return principals;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<SessionInformation> getAllSessions(
+            Object principal, boolean includeExpiredSessions) {
+        List<SessionInformation> sessionInformations = new ArrayList<>();
+        String principalName = null;
+
+        if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
+            principalName = ((UserDetails) principal).getUsername();
+        } else if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
+            principalName = ((OAuth2User) principal).getName();
+        } else if (principal instanceof String) {
+            principalName = (String) principal;
+        }
+
+        if (principalName != null) {
+            List<SessionEntity> sessionEntities =
+                    sessionRepository.findByPrincipalName(principalName);
+            for (SessionEntity sessionEntity : sessionEntities) {
+                if (includeExpiredSessions || !sessionEntity.isExpired()) {
+                    sessionInformations.add(
+                            new SessionInformation(
+                                    sessionEntity.getPrincipalName(),
+                                    sessionEntity.getSessionId(),
+                                    sessionEntity.getLastRequest()));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return sessionInformations;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void registerNewSession(String sessionId, Object principal) {
+        String principalName = null;
+
+        if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
+            principalName = ((UserDetails) principal).getUsername();
+        } else if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
+            principalName = ((OAuth2User) principal).getName();
+        } else if (principal instanceof String) {
+            principalName = (String) principal;
+        }
+
+        if (principalName != null) {
+            SessionEntity sessionEntity = new SessionEntity();
+            sessionEntity.setSessionId(sessionId);
+            sessionEntity.setPrincipalName(principalName);
+            sessionEntity.setLastRequest(new Date()); // Set lastRequest to the current date
+            sessionEntity.setExpired(false);
+            sessionRepository.save(sessionEntity);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void removeSessionInformation(String sessionId) {
+        sessionRepository.deleteById(sessionId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void refreshLastRequest(String sessionId) {
+        Optional<SessionEntity> sessionEntityOpt = sessionRepository.findById(sessionId);
+        if (sessionEntityOpt.isPresent()) {
+            SessionEntity sessionEntity = sessionEntityOpt.get();
+            sessionEntity.setLastRequest(new Date()); // Update lastRequest to the current date
+            sessionRepository.save(sessionEntity);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SessionInformation getSessionInformation(String sessionId) {
+        Optional<SessionEntity> sessionEntityOpt = sessionRepository.findById(sessionId);
+        if (sessionEntityOpt.isPresent()) {
+            SessionEntity sessionEntity = sessionEntityOpt.get();
+            return new SessionInformation(
+                    sessionEntity.getPrincipalName(),
+                    sessionEntity.getSessionId(),
+                    sessionEntity.getLastRequest());
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    // Retrieve all non-expired sessions
+    public List<SessionEntity> getAllSessionsNotExpired() {
+        return sessionRepository.findByExpired(false);
+    }
+
+    // Retrieve all sessions
+    public List<SessionEntity> getAllSessions() {
+        return sessionRepository.findAll();
+    }
+
+    // Mark a session as expired
+    public void expireSession(String sessionId) {
+        Optional<SessionEntity> sessionEntityOpt = sessionRepository.findById(sessionId);
+        if (sessionEntityOpt.isPresent()) {
+            SessionEntity sessionEntity = sessionEntityOpt.get();
+            sessionEntity.setExpired(true); // Set expired to true
+            sessionRepository.save(sessionEntity);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Get the maximum inactive interval for sessions
+    public int getMaxInactiveInterval() {
+        return (int) defaultMaxInactiveInterval.getSeconds();
+    }
+
+    // Retrieve a session entity by session ID
+    public SessionEntity getSessionEntity(String sessionId) {
+        return sessionRepository.findBySessionId(sessionId);
+    }
+
+    // Update session details by principal name
+    public void updateSessionByPrincipalName(
+            String principalName, boolean expired, Date lastRequest) {
+        sessionRepository.saveByPrincipalName(expired, lastRequest, principalName);
+    }
+
+    // Find the latest session for a given principal name
+    public Optional<SessionEntity> findLatestSession(String principalName) {
+        List<SessionEntity> allSessions = sessionRepository.findByPrincipalName(principalName);
+        if (allSessions.isEmpty()) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+
+        // Sort sessions by lastRequest in descending order
+        Collections.sort(
+                allSessions,
+                new Comparator<SessionEntity>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public int compare(SessionEntity s1, SessionEntity s2) {
+                        // Sort by lastRequest in descending order
+                        return s2.getLastRequest().compareTo(s1.getLastRequest());
+                    }
+                });
+
+        // The first session in the list is the latest session for the given principal name
+        return Optional.of(allSessions.get(0));
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/session/SessionRegistryConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistryImpl;
+
+@Configuration
+public class SessionRegistryConfig {
+
+    @Bean
+    public SessionRegistryImpl sessionRegistry() {
+        return new SessionRegistryImpl();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry(
+            SessionRepository sessionRepository) {
+        return new SessionPersistentRegistry(sessionRepository);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/session/SessionRepository.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Modifying;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.SessionEntity;
+
+@Repository
+public interface SessionRepository extends JpaRepository<SessionEntity, String> {
+    List<SessionEntity> findByPrincipalName(String principalName);
+
+    List<SessionEntity> findByExpired(boolean expired);
+
+    SessionEntity findBySessionId(String sessionId);
+
+    @Modifying
+    @Transactional
+    @Query(
+            "UPDATE SessionEntity s SET s.expired = :expired, s.lastRequest = :lastRequest WHERE s.principalName = :principalName")
+    void saveByPrincipalName(
+            @Param("expired") boolean expired,
+            @Param("lastRequest") Date lastRequest,
+            @Param("principalName") String principalName);
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/session/SessionScheduled.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
+import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionInformation;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class SessionScheduled {
+    @Autowired private SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry;
+
+    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0/5 * * * ?")
+    public void expireSessions() {
+        Instant now = Instant.now();
+
+        for (Object principal : sessionPersistentRegistry.getAllPrincipals()) {
+            List<SessionInformation> sessionInformations =
+                    sessionPersistentRegistry.getAllSessions(principal, false);
+            for (SessionInformation sessionInformation : sessionInformations) {
+                Date lastRequest = sessionInformation.getLastRequest();
+                int maxInactiveInterval = sessionPersistentRegistry.getMaxInactiveInterval();
+                Instant expirationTime =
+                        lastRequest.toInstant().plus(maxInactiveInterval, ChronoUnit.SECONDS);
+                if (now.isAfter(expirationTime)) {
+                    sessionPersistentRegistry.expireSession(sessionInformation.getSessionId());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/DatabaseController.java

@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamResource;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.RedirectAttributes;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database.DatabaseBackupHelper;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Controller
+@RequestMapping("/api/v1/database")
+@PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
+@Tag(name = "Database", description = "Database APIs")
+public class DatabaseController {
+
+    @Autowired DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper;
+
+    @Hidden
+    @PostMapping(consumes = "multipart/form-data", value = "import-database")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Import database backup",
+            description = "This endpoint imports a database backup from a SQL file.")
+    public String importDatabase(
+            @RequestParam("fileInput") MultipartFile file, RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+        if (file == null || file.isEmpty()) {
+            redirectAttributes.addAttribute("error", "fileNullOrEmpty");
+            return "redirect:/database";
+        }
+        log.info("Received file: {}", file.getOriginalFilename());
+        Path tempTemplatePath = Files.createTempFile("backup_", ".sql");
+        try (InputStream in = file.getInputStream()) {
+            Files.copy(in, tempTemplatePath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+            boolean importSuccess = databaseBackupHelper.importDatabaseFromUI(tempTemplatePath);
+            if (importSuccess) {
+                redirectAttributes.addAttribute("infoMessage", "importIntoDatabaseSuccessed");
+            } else {
+                redirectAttributes.addAttribute("error", "failedImportFile");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Error importing database: {}", e.getMessage());
+            redirectAttributes.addAttribute("error", "failedImportFile");
+        }
+        return "redirect:/database";
+    }
+
+    @Hidden
+    @GetMapping("/import-database-file/{fileName}")
+    public String importDatabaseFromBackupUI(@PathVariable String fileName)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
+        if (fileName == null || fileName.isEmpty()) {
+            return "redirect:/database?error=fileNullOrEmpty";
+        }
+
+        // Check if the file exists in the backup list
+        boolean fileExists =
+                databaseBackupHelper.getBackupList().stream()
+                        .anyMatch(backup -> backup.getFileName().equals(fileName));
+        if (!fileExists) {
+            log.error("File {} not found in backup list", fileName);
+            return "redirect:/database?error=fileNotFound";
+        }
+        log.info("Received file: {}", fileName);
+        if (databaseBackupHelper.importDatabaseFromUI(fileName)) {
+            log.info("File {} imported to database", fileName);
+            return "redirect:/database?infoMessage=importIntoDatabaseSuccessed";
+        }
+        return "redirect:/database?error=failedImportFile";
+    }
+
+    @Hidden
+    @GetMapping("/delete/{fileName}")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Delete a database backup file",
+            description =
+                    "This endpoint deletes a database backup file with the specified file name.")
+    public String deleteFile(@PathVariable String fileName) {
+        if (fileName == null || fileName.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File must not be null or empty");
+        }
+        try {
+            if (databaseBackupHelper.deleteBackupFile(fileName)) {
+                log.info("Deleted file: {}", fileName);
+            } else {
+                log.error("Failed to delete file: {}", fileName);
+                return "redirect:/database?error=failedToDeleteFile";
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Error deleting file: {}", e.getMessage());
+            return "redirect:/database?error=" + e.getMessage();
+        }
+        return "redirect:/database";
+    }
+
+    @Hidden
+    @GetMapping("/download/{fileName}")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Download a database backup file",
+            description =
+                    "This endpoint downloads a database backup file with the specified file name.")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> downloadFile(@PathVariable String fileName) {
+        if (fileName == null || fileName.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File must not be null or empty");
+        }
+        try {
+            Path filePath = databaseBackupHelper.getBackupFilePath(fileName);
+            InputStreamResource resource = new InputStreamResource(Files.newInputStream(filePath));
+            return ResponseEntity.ok()
+                    .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION, "attachment;filename=" + fileName)
+                    .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM)
+                    .contentLength(Files.size(filePath))
+                    .body(resource);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Error downloading file: {}", e.getMessage());
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.SEE_OTHER_303)
+                    .location(URI.create("/database?error=downloadFailed"))
+                    .build();
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/PdfImageRemovalController.java

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
+
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.PDFFile;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.service.PdfImageRemovalService;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Controller class for handling PDF image removal requests. Provides an endpoint to remove images
+ * from a PDF file to reduce its size.
+ */
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/api/v1/general")
+public class PdfImageRemovalController {
+
+    // Service for removing images from PDFs
+    @Autowired private PdfImageRemovalService pdfImageRemovalService;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for dependency injection of PdfImageRemovalService.
+     *
+     * @param pdfImageRemovalService The service used for removing images from PDFs.
+     */
+    public PdfImageRemovalController(PdfImageRemovalService pdfImageRemovalService) {
+        this.pdfImageRemovalService = pdfImageRemovalService;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Endpoint to remove images from a PDF file.
+     *
+     * <p>This method processes the uploaded PDF file, removes all images, and returns the modified
+     * PDF file with a new name indicating that images were removed.
+     *
+     * @param file The PDF file with images to be removed.
+     * @return ResponseEntity containing the modified PDF file as byte array with appropriate
+     *     content type and filename.
+     * @throws IOException If an error occurs while processing the PDF file.
+     */
+    @PostMapping(consumes = "multipart/form-data", value = "/remove-image-pdf")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Remove images from file to reduce the file size.",
+            description =
+                    "This endpoint remove images from file to reduce the file size.Input:PDF Output:PDF Type:MISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> removeImages(@ModelAttribute PDFFile file) throws IOException {
+
+        MultipartFile pdf = file.getFileInput();
+
+        // Convert the MultipartFile to a byte array
+        byte[] pdfBytes = pdf.getBytes();
+
+        // Load the PDF document from the byte array
+        PDDocument document = Loader.loadPDF(pdfBytes);
+
+        // Remove images from the PDF document using the service
+        PDDocument modifiedDocument = pdfImageRemovalService.removeImagesFromPdf(document);
+
+        // Create a ByteArrayOutputStream to hold the modified PDF data
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        // Save the modified PDF document to the output stream
+        modifiedDocument.save(outputStream);
+        modifiedDocument.close();
+
+        // Generate a new filename for the modified PDF
+        String mergedFileName =
+                pdf.getOriginalFilename().replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "") + "_removed_images.pdf";
+
+        // Convert the byte array to a web response and return it
+        return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(outputStream.toByteArray(), mergedFileName);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/UserController.java

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.Principal;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
@@ -11,8 +13,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionInformation;
-import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.user.OAuth2User;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.SecurityContextLogoutHandler;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.UserService;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.AuthenticationType;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.user.UsernameAndPass;
@@ -40,9 +44,12 @@ public class UserController {
 
     @Autowired private UserService userService;
 
+    @Autowired SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;
+
     @PreAuthorize("!hasAuthority('ROLE_DEMO_USER')")
     @PostMapping("/register")
-    public String register(@ModelAttribute UsernameAndPass requestModel, Model model) {
+    public String register(@ModelAttribute UsernameAndPass requestModel, Model model)
+            throws IOException {
         if (userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(requestModel.getUsername())) {
             model.addAttribute("error", "Username already exists");
             return "register";
@@ -63,7 +70,8 @@ public class UserController {
             @RequestParam(name = "newUsername") String newUsername,
             HttpServletRequest request,
             HttpServletResponse response,
-            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes) {
+            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
+            throws IOException {
 
         if (!userService.isUsernameValid(newUsername)) {
             return new RedirectView("/account?messageType=invalidUsername", true);
@@ -116,7 +124,8 @@ public class UserController {
             @RequestParam(name = "newPassword") String newPassword,
             HttpServletRequest request,
             HttpServletResponse response,
-            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes) {
+            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
+            throws IOException {
         if (principal == null) {
             return new RedirectView("/change-creds?messageType=notAuthenticated", true);
         }
@@ -149,7 +158,8 @@ public class UserController {
             @RequestParam(name = "newPassword") String newPassword,
             HttpServletRequest request,
             HttpServletResponse response,
-            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes) {
+            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
+            throws IOException {
         if (principal == null) {
             return new RedirectView("/account?messageType=notAuthenticated", true);
         }
@@ -176,7 +186,8 @@ public class UserController {
 
     @PreAuthorize("!hasAuthority('ROLE_DEMO_USER')")
     @PostMapping("/updateUserSettings")
-    public String updateUserSettings(HttpServletRequest request, Principal principal) {
+    public String updateUserSettings(HttpServletRequest request, Principal principal)
+            throws IOException {
         Map<String, String[]> paramMap = request.getParameterMap();
         Map<String, String> updates = new HashMap<>();
 
@@ -197,11 +208,13 @@ public class UserController {
     @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
     @PostMapping("/admin/saveUser")
     public RedirectView saveUser(
-            @RequestParam(name = "username") String username,
-            @RequestParam(name = "password") String password,
+            @RequestParam String username,
+            @RequestParam(name = "password", required = false) String password,
             @RequestParam(name = "role") String role,
+            @RequestParam(name = "authType") String authType,
             @RequestParam(name = "forceChange", required = false, defaultValue = "false")
-                    boolean forceChange) {
+                    boolean forceChange)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
 
         if (!userService.isUsernameValid(username)) {
             return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=invalidUsername", true);
@@ -230,7 +243,15 @@ public class UserController {
             return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=invalidRole", true);
         }
 
-        userService.saveUser(username, password, role, forceChange);
+        if (authType.equalsIgnoreCase(AuthenticationType.OAUTH2.toString())) {
+            userService.saveUser(username, AuthenticationType.OAUTH2, role);
+        } else {
+            if (password.isBlank()) {
+                return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=invalidPassword", true);
+            }
+            userService.saveUser(username, password, role, forceChange);
+        }
+
         return new RedirectView(
                 "/addUsers", true); // Redirect to account page after adding the user
     }
@@ -240,7 +261,8 @@ public class UserController {
     public RedirectView changeRole(
             @RequestParam(name = "username") String username,
             @RequestParam(name = "role") String role,
-            Authentication authentication) {
+            Authentication authentication)
+            throws IOException {
 
         Optional<User> userOpt = userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
 
@@ -271,6 +293,60 @@ public class UserController {
         User user = userOpt.get();
 
         userService.changeRole(user, role);
+
+        return new RedirectView(
+                "/addUsers", true); // Redirect to account page after adding the user
+    }
+
+    @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
+    @PostMapping("/admin/changeUserEnabled/{username}")
+    public RedirectView changeUserEnabled(
+            @PathVariable("username") String username,
+            @RequestParam("enabled") boolean enabled,
+            Authentication authentication)
+            throws IOException {
+
+        Optional<User> userOpt = userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
+
+        if (!userOpt.isPresent()) {
+            return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=userNotFound", true);
+        }
+        if (!userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username)) {
+            return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=userNotFound", true);
+        }
+        // Get the currently authenticated username
+        String currentUsername = authentication.getName();
+
+        // Check if the provided username matches the current session's username
+        if (currentUsername.equalsIgnoreCase(username)) {
+            return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=disabledCurrentUser", true);
+        }
+        User user = userOpt.get();
+
+        userService.changeUserEnabled(user, enabled);
+
+        if (!enabled) {
+            // Invalidate all sessions if the user is being disabled
+            List<Object> principals = sessionRegistry.getAllPrincipals();
+            String userNameP = "";
+            for (Object principal : principals) {
+                List<SessionInformation> sessionsInformations =
+                        sessionRegistry.getAllSessions(principal, false);
+                if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
+                    userNameP = ((UserDetails) principal).getUsername();
+                } else if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
+                    userNameP = ((OAuth2User) principal).getName();
+                } else if (principal instanceof String) {
+                    userNameP = (String) principal;
+                }
+                if (userNameP.equalsIgnoreCase(username)) {
+                    for (SessionInformation sessionsInformation : sessionsInformations) {
+                        sessionRegistry.expireSession(sessionsInformation.getSessionId());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         return new RedirectView(
                 "/addUsers", true); // Redirect to account page after adding the user
     }
@@ -278,7 +354,7 @@ public class UserController {
     @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
     @PostMapping("/admin/deleteUser/{username}")
     public RedirectView deleteUser(
-            @PathVariable(name = "username") String username, Authentication authentication) {
+            @PathVariable("username") String username, Authentication authentication) {
 
         if (!userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username)) {
             return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=deleteUsernameExists", true);
@@ -291,27 +367,18 @@ public class UserController {
         if (currentUsername.equalsIgnoreCase(username)) {
             return new RedirectView("/addUsers?messageType=deleteCurrentUser", true);
         }
-        invalidateUserSessions(username);
+
+        // Invalidate all sessions before deleting the user
+        List<SessionInformation> sessionsInformations =
+                sessionRegistry.getAllSessions(authentication.getPrincipal(), false);
+        for (SessionInformation sessionsInformation : sessionsInformations) {
+            sessionRegistry.expireSession(sessionsInformation.getSessionId());
+            sessionRegistry.removeSessionInformation(sessionsInformation.getSessionId());
+        }
         userService.deleteUser(username);
         return new RedirectView("/addUsers", true);
     }
 
-    @Autowired private SessionRegistry sessionRegistry;
-
-    private void invalidateUserSessions(String username) {
-        for (Object principal : sessionRegistry.getAllPrincipals()) {
-            if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
-                UserDetails userDetails = (UserDetails) principal;
-                if (userDetails.getUsername().equals(username)) {
-                    for (SessionInformation session :
-                            sessionRegistry.getAllSessions(principal, false)) {
-                        session.expireNow();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     @PreAuthorize("!hasAuthority('ROLE_DEMO_USER')")
     @PostMapping("/get-api-key")
     public ResponseEntity<String> getApiKey(Principal principal) {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertImgPDFController.java

@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.converters;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.rendering.ImageType;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
@@ -21,6 +33,8 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.converters.ConvertToImageRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.converters.ConvertToPdfRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.PdfUtils;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor.ProcessExecutorResult;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 
 @RestController
@@ -60,15 +74,92 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
         result =
                 PdfUtils.convertFromPdf(
                         pdfBytes,
-                        imageFormat.toUpperCase(),
+                        imageFormat.equalsIgnoreCase("webp") ? "png" : imageFormat.toUpperCase(),
                         colorTypeResult,
                         singleImage,
                         Integer.valueOf(dpi),
                         filename);
-
         if (result == null || result.length == 0) {
             logger.error("resultant bytes for {} is null, error converting ", filename);
         }
+        if (imageFormat.equalsIgnoreCase("webp")) {
+            // Write the output stream to a temp file
+            Path tempFile = Files.createTempFile("temp_png", ".png");
+            try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempFile.toFile())) {
+                fos.write(result);
+                fos.flush();
+            }
+
+            String pythonVersion = "python3";
+            try {
+                ProcessExecutor.getInstance(ProcessExecutor.Processes.PYTHON_OPENCV)
+                        .runCommandWithOutputHandling(Arrays.asList("python3", "--version"));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                ProcessExecutor.getInstance(ProcessExecutor.Processes.PYTHON_OPENCV)
+                        .runCommandWithOutputHandling(Arrays.asList("python", "--version"));
+                pythonVersion = "python";
+            }
+
+            List<String> command = new ArrayList<>();
+            command.add(pythonVersion);
+            command.add("./scripts/png_to_webp.py"); // Python script to handle the conversion
+
+                // Create a temporary directory for the output WebP files
+            Path tempOutputDir = Files.createTempDirectory("webp_output");
+            if (singleImage) {
+                // Run the Python script to convert PNG to WebP
+                command.add(tempFile.toString());
+                command.add(tempOutputDir.toString());
+                command.add("--single");
+            } else {
+                // Save the uploaded PDF to a temporary file
+                Path tempPdfPath = Files.createTempFile("temp_pdf", ".pdf");
+                file.transferTo(tempPdfPath.toFile());
+                // Run the Python script to convert PDF to WebP
+                command.add(tempPdfPath.toString());
+                command.add(tempOutputDir.toString());
+            }
+            command.add("--dpi");
+            command.add(dpi);
+            ProcessExecutorResult resultProcess =
+                    ProcessExecutor.getInstance(ProcessExecutor.Processes.PYTHON_OPENCV)
+                            .runCommandWithOutputHandling(command);
+
+            // Find all WebP files in the output directory
+            List<Path> webpFiles =
+                    Files.walk(tempOutputDir)
+                            .filter(path -> path.toString().endsWith(".webp"))
+                            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+            if (webpFiles.isEmpty()) {
+                logger.error("No WebP files were created in: {}", tempOutputDir.toString());
+                throw new IOException("No WebP files were created. " + resultProcess.getMessages());
+            }
+
+            byte[] bodyBytes = new byte[0];
+
+            if (webpFiles.size() == 1) {
+                // Return the single WebP file directly
+                Path webpFilePath = webpFiles.get(0);
+                bodyBytes = Files.readAllBytes(webpFilePath);
+            } else {
+                // Create a ZIP file containing all WebP images
+                ByteArrayOutputStream zipOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                try (ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(zipOutputStream)) {
+                    for (Path webpFile : webpFiles) {
+                        zos.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(webpFile.getFileName().toString()));
+                        Files.copy(webpFile, zos);
+                        zos.closeEntry();
+                    }
+                }
+                bodyBytes = zipOutputStream.toByteArray();
+            }
+            // Clean up the temporary files
+            Files.deleteIfExists(tempFile);
+            if (tempOutputDir != null) FileUtils.deleteDirectory(tempOutputDir.toFile());
+            result = bodyBytes;
+        }
+
         if (singleImage) {
             String docName = filename + "." + imageFormat;
             MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parseMediaType(getMediaType(imageFormat));

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertWebsiteToPDF.java

@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ public class ConvertWebsiteToPDF {
         if (!URL.matches("^https?://.*") || !GeneralUtils.isValidURL(URL)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid URL format provided.");
         }
+
+        // validate the URL is reachable
+        if (!GeneralUtils.isURLReachable(URL)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("URL is not reachable, please provide a valid URL.");
+        }
+
         Path tempOutputFile = null;
         byte[] pdfBytes;
         try {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/BlankPageController.java

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.misc;
 
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.text.PDFTextStripper;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
@@ -50,31 +51,31 @@ public class BlankPageController {
         int threshold = request.getThreshold();
         float whitePercent = request.getWhitePercent();
 
-        PDDocument document = null;
-        try {
-            document = Loader.loadPDF(inputFile.getBytes());
+        try (PDDocument document = Loader.loadPDF(inputFile.getBytes())) {
             PDPageTree pages = document.getDocumentCatalog().getPages();
             PDFTextStripper textStripper = new PDFTextStripper();
 
-            List<Integer> pagesToKeepIndex = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<PDPage> nonBlankPages = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<PDPage> blankPages = new ArrayList<>();
             int pageIndex = 0;
+
             PDFRenderer pdfRenderer = new PDFRenderer(document);
             pdfRenderer.setSubsamplingAllowed(true);
             for (PDPage page : pages) {
-                logger.info("checking page " + pageIndex);
+                logger.info("checking page {}", pageIndex);
                 textStripper.setStartPage(pageIndex + 1);
                 textStripper.setEndPage(pageIndex + 1);
                 String pageText = textStripper.getText(document);
                 boolean hasText = !pageText.trim().isEmpty();
 
-                Boolean blank = true;
+                boolean blank = true;
                 if (hasText) {
-                    logger.info("page " + pageIndex + " has text, not blank");
+                    logger.info("page {} has text, not blank", pageIndex);
                     blank = false;
                 } else {
                     boolean hasImages = PdfUtils.hasImagesOnPage(page);
                     if (hasImages) {
-                        logger.info("page " + pageIndex + " has image, running blank detection");
+                        logger.info("page {} has image, running blank detection", pageIndex);
                         // Render image and save as temp file
                         BufferedImage image = pdfRenderer.renderImageWithDPI(pageIndex, 30);
                         blank = isBlankImage(image, threshold, whitePercent, threshold);
@@ -82,34 +83,57 @@ public class BlankPageController {
                 }
 
                 if (blank) {
-                    logger.info("Skipping, Image was  blank for page #" + pageIndex);
+                    logger.info("Skipping, Image was  blank for page #{}", pageIndex);
+                    blankPages.add(page);
                 } else {
-                    logger.info("page " + pageIndex + " has image which is not blank");
-                    pagesToKeepIndex.add(pageIndex);
+                    logger.info("page {} has image which is not blank", pageIndex);
+                    nonBlankPages.add(page);
                 }
 
                 pageIndex++;
             }
-            // Remove pages not present in pagesToKeepIndex
-            List<Integer> pageIndices =
-                    IntStream.range(0, pages.getCount()).boxed().collect(Collectors.toList());
-            Collections.reverse(pageIndices); // Reverse to prevent index shifting during removal
-            for (Integer i : pageIndices) {
-                if (!pagesToKeepIndex.contains(i)) {
-                    pages.remove(i);
-                }
+
+            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(baos);
+
+            String filename =
+                    Filenames.toSimpleFileName(inputFile.getOriginalFilename())
+                            .replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "");
+
+            if (!nonBlankPages.isEmpty()) {
+                createZipEntry(zos, nonBlankPages, filename + "_nonBlankPages.pdf");
+            } else {
+                createZipEntry(zos, blankPages, filename + "_allBlankPages.pdf");
             }
 
-            return WebResponseUtils.pdfDocToWebResponse(
-                    document,
-                    Filenames.toSimpleFileName(inputFile.getOriginalFilename())
-                                    .replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "")
-                            + "_blanksRemoved.pdf");
+            if (!nonBlankPages.isEmpty() && !blankPages.isEmpty()) {
+                createZipEntry(zos, blankPages, filename + "_blankPages.pdf");
+            }
+
+            zos.close();
+
+            logger.info("Returning ZIP file: {}", filename + "_processed.zip");
+            return WebResponseUtils.boasToWebResponse(
+                    baos, filename + "_processed.zip", MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
+
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.error("exception", e);
             return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-        } finally {
-            if (document != null) document.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void createZipEntry(ZipOutputStream zos, List<PDPage> pages, String entryName)
+            throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument document = new PDDocument()) {
+
+            for (PDPage page : pages) {
+                document.addPage(page);
+            }
+
+            ZipEntry zipEntry = new ZipEntry(entryName);
+            zos.putNextEntry(zipEntry);
+            document.save(zos);
+            zos.closeEntry();
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/CompressController.java

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class CompressController {
                 List<String> command = new ArrayList<>();
                 command.add("gs");
                 command.add("-sDEVICE=pdfwrite");
-                command.add("-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4");
+                command.add("-dCompatibilityLevel=1.5");
 
                 switch (optimizeLevel) {
                     case 1:

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/ExtractImagesController.java

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.misc;
 
-import java.awt.Graphics2D;
-import java.awt.Image;
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
@@ -47,16 +50,19 @@ public class ExtractImagesController {
     @Operation(
             summary = "Extract images from a PDF file",
             description =
-                    "This endpoint extracts images from a given PDF file and returns them in a zip file. Users can specify the output image format. Input:PDF Output:IMAGE/ZIP Type:SIMO")
+                    "This endpoint extracts images from a given PDF file and returns them in a zip file. Users can specify the output image format. Input: PDF Output: IMAGE/ZIP Type: SIMO")
     public ResponseEntity<byte[]> extractImages(@ModelAttribute PDFWithImageFormatRequest request)
-            throws IOException {
+            throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
         MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
         String format = request.getFormat();
 
         System.out.println(
-                System.currentTimeMillis() + "file=" + file.getName() + ", format=" + format);
+                System.currentTimeMillis() + " file=" + file.getName() + ", format=" + format);
         PDDocument document = Loader.loadPDF(file.getBytes());
 
+        // Determine if multithreading should be used based on PDF size or number of pages
+        boolean useMultithreading = shouldUseMultithreading(file, document);
+
         // Create ByteArrayOutputStream to write zip file to byte array
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
@@ -66,71 +72,51 @@ public class ExtractImagesController {
         // Set compression level
         zos.setLevel(Deflater.BEST_COMPRESSION);
 
-        int imageIndex = 1;
         String filename =
                 Filenames.toSimpleFileName(file.getOriginalFilename())
                         .replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "");
-        int pageNum = 0;
         Set<Integer> processedImages = new HashSet<>();
-        // Iterate over each page
-        for (PDPage page : document.getPages()) {
-            ++pageNum;
-            // Extract images from page
-            for (COSName name : page.getResources().getXObjectNames()) {
-                if (page.getResources().isImageXObject(name)) {
-                    PDImageXObject image = (PDImageXObject) page.getResources().getXObject(name);
-                    int imageHash = image.hashCode();
-                    if (processedImages.contains(imageHash)) {
-                        continue; // Skip already processed images
-                    }
-                    processedImages.add(imageHash);
 
-                    // Convert image to desired format
-                    RenderedImage renderedImage = image.getImage();
-                    BufferedImage bufferedImage = null;
-                    if ("png".equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
-                        bufferedImage =
-                                new BufferedImage(
-                                        renderedImage.getWidth(),
-                                        renderedImage.getHeight(),
-                                        BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
-                    } else if ("jpeg".equalsIgnoreCase(format) || "jpg".equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
-                        bufferedImage =
-                                new BufferedImage(
-                                        renderedImage.getWidth(),
-                                        renderedImage.getHeight(),
-                                        BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
-                    } else if ("gif".equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
-                        bufferedImage =
-                                new BufferedImage(
-                                        renderedImage.getWidth(),
-                                        renderedImage.getHeight(),
-                                        BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_INDEXED);
-                    }
+        if (useMultithreading) {
+            // Executor service to handle multithreading
+            ExecutorService executor =
+                    Executors.newFixedThreadPool(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors());
+            Set<Future<Void>> futures = new HashSet<>();
 
-                    // Write image to zip file
-                    String imageName =
-                            filename + "_" + imageIndex + " (Page " + pageNum + ")." + format;
-                    ZipEntry zipEntry = new ZipEntry(imageName);
-                    zos.putNextEntry(zipEntry);
+            // Iterate over each page
+            for (int pgNum = 0; pgNum < document.getPages().getCount(); pgNum++) {
+                PDPage page = document.getPage(pgNum);
+                int pageNum = document.getPages().indexOf(page) + 1;
+                // Submit a task for processing each page
+                Future<Void> future =
+                        executor.submit(
+                                () -> {
+                                    extractImagesFromPage(
+                                            page, format, filename, pageNum, processedImages, zos);
+                                    return null;
+                                });
 
-                    Graphics2D g = bufferedImage.createGraphics();
-                    g.drawImage((Image) renderedImage, 0, 0, null);
-                    g.dispose();
-                    // Write image bytes to zip file
-                    ByteArrayOutputStream imageBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                    ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, format, imageBaos);
-                    zos.write(imageBaos.toByteArray());
+                futures.add(future);
+            }
 
-                    zos.closeEntry();
-                    imageIndex++;
-                }
+            // Wait for all tasks to complete
+            for (Future<Void> future : futures) {
+                future.get();
+            }
+
+            // Close executor service
+            executor.shutdown();
+        } else {
+            // Single-threaded extraction
+            for (int pgNum = 0; pgNum < document.getPages().getCount(); pgNum++) {
+                PDPage page = document.getPage(pgNum);
+                extractImagesFromPage(page, format, filename, pgNum + 1, processedImages, zos);
             }
         }
 
-        // Close ZipOutputStream and PDDocument
-        zos.close();
+        // Close PDDocument and ZipOutputStream
         document.close();
+        zos.close();
 
         // Create ByteArrayResource from byte array
         byte[] zipContents = baos.toByteArray();
@@ -138,4 +124,72 @@ public class ExtractImagesController {
         return WebResponseUtils.boasToWebResponse(
                 baos, filename + "_extracted-images.zip", MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
     }
+
+    private boolean shouldUseMultithreading(MultipartFile file, PDDocument document) {
+        // Criteria: Use multithreading if file size > 10MB or number of pages > 20
+        long fileSizeInMB = file.getSize() / (1024 * 1024);
+        int numberOfPages = document.getPages().getCount();
+        return fileSizeInMB > 10 || numberOfPages > 20;
+    }
+
+    private void extractImagesFromPage(
+            PDPage page,
+            String format,
+            String filename,
+            int pageNum,
+            Set<Integer> processedImages,
+            ZipOutputStream zos)
+            throws IOException {
+        if(page.getResources() == null || page.getResources().getXObjectNames() == null) {
+    		return;
+    	}
+        for (COSName name : page.getResources().getXObjectNames()) {
+            if (page.getResources().isImageXObject(name)) {
+                PDImageXObject image = (PDImageXObject) page.getResources().getXObject(name);
+                int imageHash = image.hashCode();
+                synchronized (processedImages) {
+                    if (processedImages.contains(imageHash)) {
+                        continue; // Skip already processed images
+                    }
+                    processedImages.add(imageHash);
+                }
+
+                RenderedImage renderedImage = image.getImage();
+
+                // Convert to standard RGB colorspace if needed
+                BufferedImage bufferedImage = convertToRGB(renderedImage, format);
+
+                // Write image to zip file
+                String imageName = filename + "_" + imageHash + " (Page " + pageNum + ")." + format;
+                synchronized (zos) {
+                    zos.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(imageName));
+                    ByteArrayOutputStream imageBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                    ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, format, imageBaos);
+                    zos.write(imageBaos.toByteArray());
+                    zos.closeEntry();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private BufferedImage convertToRGB(RenderedImage renderedImage, String format) {
+        int width = renderedImage.getWidth();
+        int height = renderedImage.getHeight();
+        BufferedImage rgbImage;
+
+        if ("png".equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
+            rgbImage = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+        } else if ("jpeg".equalsIgnoreCase(format) || "jpg".equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
+            rgbImage = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        } else if ("gif".equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
+            rgbImage = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_INDEXED);
+        } else {
+            rgbImage = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        }
+
+        Graphics2D g = rgbImage.createGraphics();
+        g.drawImage((Image) renderedImage, 0, 0, null);
+        g.dispose();
+        return rgbImage;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/OCRController.java

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ import io.github.pixee.security.Filenames;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.misc.ProcessPdfWithOcrRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor.ProcessExecutorResult;
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 @Tag(name = "Misc", description = "Miscellaneous APIs")
 public class OCRController {
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OCRController.class);
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     public List<String> getAvailableTesseractLanguages() {
-        String tessdataDir = "/usr/share/tessdata";
+        String tessdataDir = applicationProperties.getSystem().getTessdataDir();
         File[] files = new File(tessdataDir).listFiles();
         if (files == null) {
             return Collections.emptyList();

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/security/RedactController.java

@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.security;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
-import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.AppendMode;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.image.LosslessFactory;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.image.PDImageXObject;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.rendering.ImageType;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.rendering.PDFRenderer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -32,6 +25,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PDFText;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.security.RedactPdfRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.pdf.TextFinder;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.PdfUtils;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 
 @RestController
@@ -81,22 +75,9 @@ public class RedactController {
         }
 
         if (convertPDFToImage) {
-            PDDocument imageDocument = new PDDocument();
-            PDFRenderer pdfRenderer = new PDFRenderer(document);
-            pdfRenderer.setSubsamplingAllowed(true);
-            for (int page = 0; page < document.getNumberOfPages(); ++page) {
-                BufferedImage bim = pdfRenderer.renderImageWithDPI(page, 300, ImageType.RGB);
-                PDPage newPage = new PDPage(new PDRectangle(bim.getWidth(), bim.getHeight()));
-                imageDocument.addPage(newPage);
-                PDImageXObject pdImage = LosslessFactory.createFromImage(imageDocument, bim);
-                PDPageContentStream contentStream =
-                        new PDPageContentStream(
-                                imageDocument, newPage, AppendMode.APPEND, true, true);
-                contentStream.drawImage(pdImage, 0, 0);
-                contentStream.close();
-            }
+            PDDocument convertedPdf = PdfUtils.convertPdfToPdfImage(document);
             document.close();
-            document = imageDocument;
+            document = convertedPdf;
         }
 
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/security/WatermarkController.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.security.AddWatermarkRequest;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.PdfUtils;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 
 @RestController
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ public class WatermarkController {
         float opacity = request.getOpacity();
         int widthSpacer = request.getWidthSpacer();
         int heightSpacer = request.getHeightSpacer();
+        boolean convertPdfToImage = request.isConvertPDFToImage();
 
         // Load the input PDF
         PDDocument document = Loader.loadPDF(pdfFile.getBytes());
@@ -104,6 +106,12 @@ public class WatermarkController {
             contentStream.close();
         }
 
+        if (convertPdfToImage) {
+            PDDocument convertedPdf = PdfUtils.convertPdfToPdfImage(document);
+            document.close();
+            document = convertedPdf;
+        }
+
         return WebResponseUtils.pdfDocToWebResponse(
                 document,
                 Filenames.toSimpleFileName(pdfFile.getOriginalFilename())

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/AccountWebController.java

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.web;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
@@ -23,26 +25,35 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.GithubProvider;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.GoogleProvider;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.KeycloakProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2.Client;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Authority;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.SessionEntity;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GithubProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GoogleProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.KeycloakProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.UserRepository;
 
 @Controller
+@Slf4j
 @Tag(name = "Account Security", description = "Account Security APIs")
 public class AccountWebController {
 
     @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AccountWebController.class);
+    @Autowired SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private UserRepository userRepository; // Assuming you have a repository for user operations
 
     @GetMapping("/login")
     public String login(HttpServletRequest request, Model model, Authentication authentication) {
+
+        // If the user is already authenticated, redirect them to the home page.
         if (authentication != null && authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
             return "redirect:/";
         }
@@ -72,8 +83,13 @@ public class AccountWebController {
                 }
             }
         }
+        // Remove any null keys/values from the providerList
+        providerList
+                .entrySet()
+                .removeIf(entry -> entry.getKey() == null || entry.getValue() == null);
         model.addAttribute("providerlist", providerList);
 
+        model.addAttribute("loginMethod", applicationProperties.getSecurity().getLoginMethod());
         model.addAttribute(
                 "oAuth2Enabled", applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOAUTH2().getEnabled());
 
@@ -131,6 +147,13 @@ public class AccountWebController {
                     break;
                 case "invalid_id_token":
                     erroroauth = "login.oauth2InvalidIdToken";
+                    break;
+                case "oauth2_admin_blocked_user":
+                    erroroauth = "login.oauth2AdminBlockedUser";
+                    break;
+                case "userIsDisabled":
+                    erroroauth = "login.userIsDisabled";
+                    break;
                 default:
                     break;
             }
@@ -149,9 +172,6 @@ public class AccountWebController {
         return "login";
     }
 
-    @Autowired
-    private UserRepository userRepository; // Assuming you have a repository for user operations
-
     @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
     @GetMapping("/addUsers")
     public String showAddUserForm(
@@ -160,6 +180,13 @@ public class AccountWebController {
         Iterator<User> iterator = allUsers.iterator();
         Map<String, String> roleDetails = Role.getAllRoleDetails();
 
+        // Map to store session information and user activity status
+        Map<String, Boolean> userSessions = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, Date> userLastRequest = new HashMap<>();
+
+        int activeUsers = 0;
+        int disabledUsers = 0;
+
         while (iterator.hasNext()) {
             User user = iterator.next();
             if (user != null) {
@@ -170,9 +197,73 @@ public class AccountWebController {
                         break; // Break out of the inner loop once the user is removed
                     }
                 }
+
+                // Determine the user's session status and last request time
+                int maxInactiveInterval = sessionPersistentRegistry.getMaxInactiveInterval();
+                boolean hasActiveSession = false;
+                Date lastRequest = null;
+
+                Optional<SessionEntity> latestSession =
+                        sessionPersistentRegistry.findLatestSession(user.getUsername());
+                if (latestSession.isPresent()) {
+                    SessionEntity sessionEntity = latestSession.get();
+                    Date lastAccessedTime = sessionEntity.getLastRequest();
+                    Instant now = Instant.now();
+
+                    // Calculate session expiration and update session status accordingly
+                    Instant expirationTime =
+                            lastAccessedTime
+                                    .toInstant()
+                                    .plus(maxInactiveInterval, ChronoUnit.SECONDS);
+                    if (now.isAfter(expirationTime)) {
+                        sessionPersistentRegistry.expireSession(sessionEntity.getSessionId());
+                        hasActiveSession = false;
+                    } else {
+                        hasActiveSession = !sessionEntity.isExpired();
+                    }
+
+                    lastRequest = sessionEntity.getLastRequest();
+                } else {
+                    hasActiveSession = false;
+                    lastRequest = new Date(0); // No session, set default last request time
+                }
+
+                userSessions.put(user.getUsername(), hasActiveSession);
+                userLastRequest.put(user.getUsername(), lastRequest);
+
+                if (hasActiveSession) {
+                    activeUsers++;
+                }
+                if (!user.isEnabled()) {
+                    disabledUsers++;
+                }
             }
         }
 
+        // Sort users by active status and last request date
+        List<User> sortedUsers =
+                allUsers.stream()
+                        .sorted(
+                                (u1, u2) -> {
+                                    boolean u1Active = userSessions.get(u1.getUsername());
+                                    boolean u2Active = userSessions.get(u2.getUsername());
+
+                                    if (u1Active && !u2Active) {
+                                        return -1;
+                                    } else if (!u1Active && u2Active) {
+                                        return 1;
+                                    } else {
+                                        Date u1LastRequest =
+                                                userLastRequest.getOrDefault(
+                                                        u1.getUsername(), new Date(0));
+                                        Date u2LastRequest =
+                                                userLastRequest.getOrDefault(
+                                                        u2.getUsername(), new Date(0));
+                                        return u2LastRequest.compareTo(u1LastRequest);
+                                    }
+                                })
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
         String messageType = request.getParameter("messageType");
 
         String deleteMessage = null;
@@ -197,6 +288,9 @@ public class AccountWebController {
                 case "invalidUsername":
                     addMessage = "invalidUsernameMessage";
                     break;
+                case "invalidPassword":
+                    addMessage = "invalidPasswordMessage";
+                    break;
                 default:
                     break;
             }
@@ -212,16 +306,24 @@ public class AccountWebController {
                 case "downgradeCurrentUser":
                     changeMessage = "downgradeCurrentUserMessage";
                     break;
-
+                case "disabledCurrentUser":
+                    changeMessage = "disabledCurrentUserMessage";
+                    break;
                 default:
+                    changeMessage = messageType;
                     break;
             }
             model.addAttribute("changeMessage", changeMessage);
         }
 
-        model.addAttribute("users", allUsers);
+        model.addAttribute("users", sortedUsers);
         model.addAttribute("currentUsername", authentication.getName());
         model.addAttribute("roleDetails", roleDetails);
+        model.addAttribute("userSessions", userSessions);
+        model.addAttribute("userLastRequest", userLastRequest);
+        model.addAttribute("totalUsers", allUsers.size());
+        model.addAttribute("activeUsers", activeUsers);
+        model.addAttribute("disabledUsers", disabledUsers);
         return "addUsers";
     }
 
@@ -272,7 +374,7 @@ public class AccountWebController {
                     settingsJson = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(user.get().getSettings());
                 } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
                     // Handle JSON conversion error
-                    logger.error("exception", e);
+                    log.error("exception", e);
                     return "redirect:/error";
                 }
 

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/ConverterWebController.java

@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ public class ConverterWebController {
         return "convert/book-to-pdf";
     }
 
-    @ConditionalOnExpression("#{bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled}")
-    @GetMapping("/pdf-to-book")
-    @Hidden
-    public String convertPdfToBookForm(Model model) {
-        model.addAttribute("currentPage", "pdf-to-book");
-        return "convert/pdf-to-book";
-    }
-
     @GetMapping("/img-to-pdf")
     @Hidden
     public String convertImgToPdfForm(Model model) {
@@ -57,13 +49,6 @@ public class ConverterWebController {
         return "convert/url-to-pdf";
     }
 
-    @GetMapping("/pdf-to-img")
-    @Hidden
-    public String pdfToimgForm(Model model) {
-        model.addAttribute("currentPage", "pdf-to-img");
-        return "convert/pdf-to-img";
-    }
-
     @GetMapping("/file-to-pdf")
     @Hidden
     public String convertToPdfForm(Model model) {
@@ -73,6 +58,21 @@ public class ConverterWebController {
 
     // PDF TO......
 
+    @ConditionalOnExpression("#{bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled}")
+    @GetMapping("/pdf-to-book")
+    @Hidden
+    public String convertPdfToBookForm(Model model) {
+        model.addAttribute("currentPage", "pdf-to-book");
+        return "convert/pdf-to-book";
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/pdf-to-img")
+    @Hidden
+    public String pdfToimgForm(Model model) {
+        model.addAttribute("currentPage", "pdf-to-img");
+        return "convert/pdf-to-img";
+    }
+
     @GetMapping("/pdf-to-html")
     @Hidden
     public ModelAndView pdfToHTML() {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/DatabaseWebController.java

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.web;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database.DatabaseBackupHelper;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;
+
+@Controller
+@Tag(name = "Database Management", description = "Database management and security APIs")
+public class DatabaseWebController {
+
+    @Autowired private DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper;
+
+    @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
+    @GetMapping("/database")
+    public String database(HttpServletRequest request, Model model, Authentication authentication) {
+        String error = request.getParameter("error");
+        String confirmed = request.getParameter("infoMessage");
+
+        if (error != null) {
+            model.addAttribute("error", error);
+        } else if (confirmed != null) {
+            model.addAttribute("infoMessage", confirmed);
+        }
+
+        List<FileInfo> backupList = databaseBackupHelper.getBackupList();
+        model.addAttribute("systemUpdate", backupList);
+
+        return "database";
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/GeneralWebController.java

@@ -310,4 +310,11 @@ public class GeneralWebController {
         model.addAttribute("currentPage", "auto-split-pdf");
         return "auto-split-pdf";
     }
+
+    @GetMapping("/remove-image-pdf")
+    @Hidden
+    public String removeImagePdfForm(Model model) {
+        model.addAttribute("currentPage", "remove-image-pdf");
+        return "remove-image-pdf";
+    }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/OtherWebController.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
@@ -14,10 +15,14 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
+
 @Controller
 @Tag(name = "Misc", description = "Miscellaneous APIs")
 public class OtherWebController {
 
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
     @GetMapping("/compress-pdf")
     @Hidden
     public String compressPdfForm(Model model) {
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ public class OtherWebController {
     }
 
     public List<String> getAvailableTesseractLanguages() {
-        String tessdataDir = "/usr/share/tessdata";
+        String tessdataDir = applicationProperties.getSystem().getTessdataDir();
         File[] files = new File(tessdataDir).listFiles();
         if (files == null) {
             return Collections.emptyList();

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.YamlPropertySourceFactory;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GithubProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GoogleProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.KeycloakProvider;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.UnsupportedProviderException;
 
 @Configuration
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "")
@@ -128,6 +132,15 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
         private OAUTH2 oauth2;
         private int loginAttemptCount;
         private long loginResetTimeMinutes;
+        private String loginMethod = "all";
+
+        public String getLoginMethod() {
+            return loginMethod;
+        }
+
+        public void setLoginMethod(String loginMethod) {
+            this.loginMethod = loginMethod;
+        }
 
         public int getLoginAttemptCount() {
             return loginAttemptCount;
@@ -187,6 +200,8 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
                     + initialLogin
                     + ", csrfDisabled="
                     + csrfDisabled
+                    + ", loginMethod="
+                    + loginMethod
                     + "]";
         }
 
@@ -226,6 +241,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
             private String clientId;
             private String clientSecret;
             private Boolean autoCreateUser = false;
+            private Boolean blockRegistration = false;
             private String useAsUsername;
             private Collection<String> scopes = new ArrayList<>();
             private String provider;
@@ -271,6 +287,14 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
                 this.autoCreateUser = autoCreateUser;
             }
 
+            public Boolean getBlockRegistration() {
+                return blockRegistration;
+            }
+
+            public void setBlockRegistration(Boolean blockRegistration) {
+                this.blockRegistration = blockRegistration;
+            }
+
             public String getUseAsUsername() {
                 return useAsUsername;
             }
@@ -341,10 +365,14 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
                         + (clientSecret != null && !clientSecret.isEmpty() ? "MASKED" : "NULL")
                         + ", autoCreateUser="
                         + autoCreateUser
+                        + ", blockRegistration="
+                        + blockRegistration
                         + ", useAsUsername="
                         + useAsUsername
                         + ", provider="
                         + provider
+                        + ", client="
+                        + client
                         + ", scopes="
                         + scopes
                         + "]";
@@ -355,7 +383,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
                 private GithubProvider github = new GithubProvider();
                 private KeycloakProvider keycloak = new KeycloakProvider();
 
-                public Provider get(String registrationId) throws Exception {
+                public Provider get(String registrationId) throws UnsupportedProviderException {
                     switch (registrationId.toLowerCase()) {
                         case "google":
                             return getGoogle();
@@ -366,7 +394,8 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
                         default:
                             break;
                     }
-                    throw new Exception("Provider not supported, use custom setting.");
+                    throw new UnsupportedProviderException(
+                            "Logout from the provider is not supported? Report it at https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/issues");
                 }
 
                 public GoogleProvider getGoogle() {
@@ -407,317 +436,21 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
         }
     }
 
-    public static class GoogleProvider extends Provider {
-
-        private static final String authorizationUri =
-                "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth";
-        private static final String tokenUri = "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token";
-        private static final String userInfoUri =
-                "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/userinfo?alt=json";
-
-        public String getAuthorizationuri() {
-            return authorizationUri;
-        }
-
-        public String getTokenuri() {
-            return tokenUri;
-        }
-
-        public String getUserinfouri() {
-            return userInfoUri;
-        }
-
-        private String clientId;
-        private String clientSecret;
-        private Collection<String> scopes = new ArrayList<>();
-        private String useAsUsername = "email";
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientId() {
-            return this.clientId;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setClientId(String clientId) {
-            this.clientId = clientId;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientSecret() {
-            return this.clientSecret;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setClientSecret(String clientSecret) {
-            this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Collection<String> getScopes() {
-            if (scopes == null || scopes.isEmpty()) {
-                scopes = new ArrayList<>();
-                scopes.add("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email");
-                scopes.add("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile");
-            }
-            return scopes;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setScopes(String scopes) {
-            this.scopes =
-                    Arrays.stream(scopes.split(",")).map(String::trim).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getUseAsUsername() {
-            return this.useAsUsername;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setUseAsUsername(String useAsUsername) {
-            this.useAsUsername = useAsUsername;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-            return "Google [clientId="
-                    + clientId
-                    + ", clientSecret="
-                    + (clientSecret != null && !clientSecret.isEmpty() ? "MASKED" : "NULL")
-                    + ", scopes="
-                    + scopes
-                    + ", useAsUsername="
-                    + useAsUsername
-                    + "]";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getName() {
-            return "google";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientName() {
-            return "Google";
-        }
-
-        public boolean isSettingsValid() {
-            return super.isValid(this.getClientId(), "clientId")
-                    && super.isValid(this.getClientSecret(), "clientSecret")
-                    && super.isValid(this.getScopes(), "scopes")
-                    && isValid(this.getUseAsUsername(), "useAsUsername");
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class GithubProvider extends Provider {
-        private static final String authorizationUri = "https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize";
-        private static final String tokenUri = "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token";
-        private static final String userInfoUri = "https://api.github.com/user";
-
-        public String getAuthorizationuri() {
-            return authorizationUri;
-        }
-
-        public String getTokenuri() {
-            return tokenUri;
-        }
-
-        public String getUserinfouri() {
-            return userInfoUri;
-        }
-
-        private String clientId;
-        private String clientSecret;
-        private Collection<String> scopes = new ArrayList<>();
-        private String useAsUsername = "login";
-
-        @Override
-        public String getIssuer() {
-            return new String();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setIssuer(String issuer) {}
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientId() {
-            return this.clientId;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setClientId(String clientId) {
-            this.clientId = clientId;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientSecret() {
-            return this.clientSecret;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setClientSecret(String clientSecret) {
-            this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Collection<String> getScopes() {
-            if (scopes == null || scopes.isEmpty()) {
-                scopes = new ArrayList<>();
-                scopes.add("read:user");
-            }
-            return scopes;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setScopes(String scopes) {
-            this.scopes =
-                    Arrays.stream(scopes.split(",")).map(String::trim).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getUseAsUsername() {
-            return this.useAsUsername;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setUseAsUsername(String useAsUsername) {
-            this.useAsUsername = useAsUsername;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-            return "GitHub [clientId="
-                    + clientId
-                    + ", clientSecret="
-                    + (clientSecret != null && !clientSecret.isEmpty() ? "MASKED" : "NULL")
-                    + ", scopes="
-                    + scopes
-                    + ", useAsUsername="
-                    + useAsUsername
-                    + "]";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getName() {
-            return "github";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientName() {
-            return "GitHub";
-        }
-
-        public boolean isSettingsValid() {
-            return super.isValid(this.getClientId(), "clientId")
-                    && super.isValid(this.getClientSecret(), "clientSecret")
-                    && super.isValid(this.getScopes(), "scopes")
-                    && isValid(this.getUseAsUsername(), "useAsUsername");
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class KeycloakProvider extends Provider {
-        private String issuer;
-        private String clientId;
-        private String clientSecret;
-        private Collection<String> scopes = new ArrayList<>();
-        private String useAsUsername = "email";
-
-        @Override
-        public String getIssuer() {
-            return this.issuer;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setIssuer(String issuer) {
-            this.issuer = issuer;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientId() {
-            return this.clientId;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setClientId(String clientId) {
-            this.clientId = clientId;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientSecret() {
-            return this.clientSecret;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setClientSecret(String clientSecret) {
-            this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Collection<String> getScopes() {
-            if (scopes == null || scopes.isEmpty()) {
-                scopes = new ArrayList<>();
-                scopes.add("profile");
-                scopes.add("email");
-            }
-            return scopes;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setScopes(String scopes) {
-            this.scopes =
-                    Arrays.stream(scopes.split(",")).map(String::trim).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getUseAsUsername() {
-            return this.useAsUsername;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setUseAsUsername(String useAsUsername) {
-            this.useAsUsername = useAsUsername;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-            return "Keycloak [issuer="
-                    + issuer
-                    + ", clientId="
-                    + clientId
-                    + ", clientSecret="
-                    + (clientSecret != null && !clientSecret.isEmpty() ? "MASKED" : "NULL")
-                    + ", scopes="
-                    + scopes
-                    + ", useAsUsername="
-                    + useAsUsername
-                    + "]";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getName() {
-            return "keycloak";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getClientName() {
-            return "Keycloak";
-        }
-
-        public boolean isSettingsValid() {
-            return isValid(this.getIssuer(), "issuer")
-                    && isValid(this.getClientId(), "clientId")
-                    && isValid(this.getClientSecret(), "clientSecret")
-                    && isValid(this.getScopes(), "scopes")
-                    && isValid(this.getUseAsUsername(), "useAsUsername");
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class System {
         private String defaultLocale;
         private Boolean googlevisibility;
         private boolean showUpdate;
         private Boolean showUpdateOnlyAdmin;
         private boolean customHTMLFiles;
+        private String tessdataDir;
+
+        public String getTessdataDir() {
+            return tessdataDir;
+        }
+
+        public void setTessdataDir(String tessdataDir) {
+            this.tessdataDir = tessdataDir;
+        }
 
         public boolean isCustomHTMLFiles() {
             return customHTMLFiles;

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/Authority.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.model;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
 import jakarta.persistence.Column;
 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
 import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
@@ -11,7 +13,9 @@ import jakarta.persistence.Table;
 
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "authorities")
-public class Authority {
+public class Authority implements Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public Authority() {}
 

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/SessionEntity.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Lob;
+import jakarta.persistence.Table;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Entity
+@Data
+@Table(name = "sessions")
+public class SessionEntity implements Serializable {
+    @Id private String sessionId;
+
+    @Lob private String principalName;
+
+    private Date lastRequest;
+
+    private boolean expired;
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/User.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.model;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -16,13 +17,16 @@ import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
 import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
 import jakarta.persistence.Id;
 import jakarta.persistence.JoinColumn;
+import jakarta.persistence.Lob;
 import jakarta.persistence.MapKeyColumn;
 import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany;
 import jakarta.persistence.Table;
 
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "users")
-public class User {
+public class User implements Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     @Id
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
@@ -55,7 +59,8 @@ public class User {
 
     @ElementCollection
     @MapKeyColumn(name = "setting_key")
-    @Column(name = "setting_value")
+    @Lob
+    @Column(name = "setting_value", columnDefinition = "CLOB")
     @CollectionTable(name = "user_settings", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "user_id"))
     private Map<String, String> settings = new HashMap<>(); // Key-value pairs of settings.
 

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertToImageRequest.java

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class ConvertToImageRequest extends PDFFile {
 
     @Schema(
             description = "The output image format",
-            allowableValues = {"png", "jpeg", "jpg", "gif"})
+            allowableValues = {"png", "jpeg", "jpg", "gif", "webp"})
     private String imageFormat;
 
     @Schema(

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/security/AddWatermarkRequest.java

@@ -44,4 +44,7 @@ public class AddWatermarkRequest extends PDFFile {
 
     @Schema(description = "The height spacer between watermark elements", example = "50")
     private int heightSpacer;
+
+    @Schema(description = "Convert the redacted PDF to an image", defaultValue = "false")
+    private boolean convertPDFToImage;
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/provider/GithubProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Provider;
+
+public class GithubProvider extends Provider {
+
+    private static final String authorizationUri = "https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize";
+    private static final String tokenUri = "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token";
+    private static final String userInfoUri = "https://api.github.com/user";
+
+    public String getAuthorizationuri() {
+        return authorizationUri;
+    }
+
+    public String getTokenuri() {
+        return tokenUri;
+    }
+
+    public String getUserinfouri() {
+        return userInfoUri;
+    }
+
+    private String clientId;
+    private String clientSecret;
+    private Collection<String> scopes = new ArrayList<>();
+    private String useAsUsername = "login";
+
+    @Override
+    public String getIssuer() {
+        return new String();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setIssuer(String issuer) {}
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientId() {
+        return this.clientId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClientId(String clientId) {
+        this.clientId = clientId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientSecret() {
+        return this.clientSecret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClientSecret(String clientSecret) {
+        this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<String> getScopes() {
+        if (scopes == null || scopes.isEmpty()) {
+            scopes = new ArrayList<>();
+            scopes.add("read:user");
+        }
+        return scopes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setScopes(String scopes) {
+        this.scopes =
+                Arrays.stream(scopes.split(",")).map(String::trim).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getUseAsUsername() {
+        return this.useAsUsername;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUseAsUsername(String useAsUsername) {
+        this.useAsUsername = useAsUsername;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "GitHub [clientId="
+                + clientId
+                + ", clientSecret="
+                + (clientSecret != null && !clientSecret.isEmpty() ? "MASKED" : "NULL")
+                + ", scopes="
+                + scopes
+                + ", useAsUsername="
+                + useAsUsername
+                + "]";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "github";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientName() {
+        return "GitHub";
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSettingsValid() {
+        return super.isValid(this.getClientId(), "clientId")
+                && super.isValid(this.getClientSecret(), "clientSecret")
+                && super.isValid(this.getScopes(), "scopes")
+                && isValid(this.getUseAsUsername(), "useAsUsername");
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/provider/GoogleProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Provider;
+
+public class GoogleProvider extends Provider {
+
+    private static final String authorizationUri = "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth";
+    private static final String tokenUri = "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token";
+    private static final String userInfoUri =
+            "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/userinfo?alt=json";
+
+    public String getAuthorizationuri() {
+        return authorizationUri;
+    }
+
+    public String getTokenuri() {
+        return tokenUri;
+    }
+
+    public String getUserinfouri() {
+        return userInfoUri;
+    }
+
+    private String clientId;
+    private String clientSecret;
+    private Collection<String> scopes = new ArrayList<>();
+    private String useAsUsername = "email";
+
+    @Override
+    public String getIssuer() {
+        return new String();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setIssuer(String issuer) {}
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientId() {
+        return this.clientId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClientId(String clientId) {
+        this.clientId = clientId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientSecret() {
+        return this.clientSecret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClientSecret(String clientSecret) {
+        this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<String> getScopes() {
+        if (scopes == null || scopes.isEmpty()) {
+            scopes = new ArrayList<>();
+            scopes.add("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email");
+            scopes.add("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile");
+        }
+        return scopes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setScopes(String scopes) {
+        this.scopes =
+                Arrays.stream(scopes.split(",")).map(String::trim).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getUseAsUsername() {
+        return this.useAsUsername;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUseAsUsername(String useAsUsername) {
+        this.useAsUsername = useAsUsername;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Google [clientId="
+                + clientId
+                + ", clientSecret="
+                + (clientSecret != null && !clientSecret.isEmpty() ? "MASKED" : "NULL")
+                + ", scopes="
+                + scopes
+                + ", useAsUsername="
+                + useAsUsername
+                + "]";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "google";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientName() {
+        return "Google";
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSettingsValid() {
+        return super.isValid(this.getClientId(), "clientId")
+                && super.isValid(this.getClientSecret(), "clientSecret")
+                && super.isValid(this.getScopes(), "scopes")
+                && isValid(this.getUseAsUsername(), "useAsUsername");
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/provider/KeycloakProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Provider;
+
+public class KeycloakProvider extends Provider {
+
+    private String issuer;
+    private String clientId;
+    private String clientSecret;
+    private Collection<String> scopes = new ArrayList<>();
+    private String useAsUsername = "email";
+
+    @Override
+    public String getIssuer() {
+        return this.issuer;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setIssuer(String issuer) {
+        this.issuer = issuer;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientId() {
+        return this.clientId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClientId(String clientId) {
+        this.clientId = clientId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientSecret() {
+        return this.clientSecret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClientSecret(String clientSecret) {
+        this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<String> getScopes() {
+        if (scopes == null || scopes.isEmpty()) {
+            scopes = new ArrayList<>();
+            scopes.add("profile");
+            scopes.add("email");
+        }
+        return scopes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setScopes(String scopes) {
+        this.scopes =
+                Arrays.stream(scopes.split(",")).map(String::trim).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getUseAsUsername() {
+        return this.useAsUsername;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUseAsUsername(String useAsUsername) {
+        this.useAsUsername = useAsUsername;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Keycloak [issuer="
+                + issuer
+                + ", clientId="
+                + clientId
+                + ", clientSecret="
+                + (clientSecret != null && !clientSecret.isEmpty() ? "MASKED" : "NULL")
+                + ", scopes="
+                + scopes
+                + ", useAsUsername="
+                + useAsUsername
+                + "]";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "keycloak";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getClientName() {
+        return "Keycloak";
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSettingsValid() {
+        return isValid(this.getIssuer(), "issuer")
+                && isValid(this.getClientId(), "clientId")
+                && isValid(this.getClientSecret(), "clientSecret")
+                && isValid(this.getScopes(), "scopes")
+                && isValid(this.getUseAsUsername(), "useAsUsername");
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/provider/UnsupportedProviderException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider;
+
+public class UnsupportedProviderException extends Exception {
+    public UnsupportedProviderException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/repository/AuthorityRepository.java

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.repository;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Authority;
 
+@Repository
 public interface AuthorityRepository extends JpaRepository<Authority, Long> {
     // Set<Authority> findByUsername(String username);
     Set<Authority> findByUser_Username(String username);

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/repository/PersistentLoginRepository.java

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.repository;
 
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PersistentLogin;
 
+@Repository
 public interface PersistentLoginRepository extends JpaRepository<PersistentLogin, String> {}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/repository/UserRepository.java

@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.repository;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
 
-public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<User, String> {
+@Repository
+public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<User, Long> {
     Optional<User> findByUsernameIgnoreCase(String username);
 
     Optional<User> findByUsername(String username);
 
-    User findByApiKey(String apiKey);
+    Optional<User> findByApiKey(String apiKey);
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/service/PdfImageRemovalService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.service;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDResources;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.PDXObject;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+/** Service class responsible for removing image objects from a PDF document. */
+@Service
+public class PdfImageRemovalService {
+
+    /**
+     * Removes all image objects from the provided PDF document.
+     *
+     * <p>This method iterates over each page in the document and removes any image XObjects found
+     * in the page's resources.
+     *
+     * @param document The PDF document from which images will be removed.
+     * @return The modified PDF document with images removed.
+     * @throws IOException If an error occurs while processing the PDF document.
+     */
+    public PDDocument removeImagesFromPdf(PDDocument document) throws IOException {
+        // Iterate over each page in the PDF document
+        for (PDPage page : document.getPages()) {
+            PDResources resources = page.getResources();
+            // Collect the XObject names to remove
+            List<COSName> namesToRemove = new ArrayList<>();
+
+            // Iterate over all XObject names in the page's resources
+            for (COSName name : resources.getXObjectNames()) {
+                // Check if the XObject is an image
+                if (resources.isImageXObject(name)) {
+                    // Collect the name for removal
+                    namesToRemove.add(name);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Now, modify the resources by removing the collected names
+            for (COSName name : namesToRemove) {
+                resources.put(name, (PDXObject) null);
+            }
+        }
+        return document;
+    }
+}