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- user-manual: Running Asciidoctor Securely: Set the safe mode in the API
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The default safe level in the API is `SECURE`.

In the API, you can set the safe mode using a string, symbol or integer value.
The value must be set in the document constructor using the `:safe` option.

 result = Asciidoctor.convert_file('master.adoc', :safe => 'server')

or

 result = Asciidoctor.convert_file('master.adoc', :safe => :server)

or

 result = Asciidoctor.convert_file('master.adoc', :safe => 10)