Remove Background from Images API

About Remove Background from Images API

Background Remover is an API from ApyHub that removes the background from a raster image and returns either a binary PNG download or a JSON response containing a URI to the processed file. It accepts input either as a multipart file upload or as an image_url pointing to a hosted source image, and offers four endpoints covering the combinations of upload/URL input with download/link output. Requests are capped at 100MB total per call, and calls are authenticated with an apy-token header.

The API is intended for workflows that need background-free image cutouts without implementing that logic in-house, such as product photos, profile pictures, and catalog imagery. Output can be placed on a transparent canvas, layered into a design, or passed via signed URL to downstream storage and delivery steps.

It is suited for upload flows, batch image processing pipelines, and internal tools requiring consistent background-removed assets, offering a small API surface consisting of one required input image, an optional output parameter, and a predictable response shape.

Key features

• Removes the background from an uploaded raster image via multipart form upload
• Removes the background from a remotely hosted image via an image_url parameter
• Returns processed images as a binary PNG download or as a signed URL in a JSON response
• Optional output query parameter to name the resulting file
• Small, predictable API surface with 4 POST endpoints for upload/URL and download/link variants
• Suited for product photos, profile pictures, catalog imagery, and batch image pipelines

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