Remove Background API
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What our customers say
We create beautiful digital wardrobes for our clients and Photoroom has the best background removal API that delivers a clean image almost 100% of the time. We’ve tried many other background removal tools and nothing comes close to the Photoroom quality.
The background removal drives more trust in our marketplaces, leading to more sales!
Photoroom has massively improved the experience for buyers and sellers.
Using Photoroom API, we decreased by 15% our Cost-Per-Click on Google Shopping. With the accuracy of the Photoroom API, and the quality of the white background photos, we managed to automate the cropping of our ads and avoid quality problems.
We accelerated our item approval process cutting 1 day for a more efficient service to sellers and, subsequently, got an inventory growth of +127% between 2021 and 2022.
Propel captivating brand activations
Instantly incorporate user generated content into high quality personalised content for your brand campaigns using the #1 background remover. Discover how Hennessy, Netflix, and Barbie, the movie used the Remove Background API to create viral social media campaigns that generated millions of shares.
The best background remover
Transform your product catalogs and ad assets by removing and replacing backgrounds with 2x better accuracy than other background removers. Enjoy the most affordable price in the market at $0.02 per image and our 100% money back guarantee, if we don't accurately remove your backgrounds or if you find a better background remover API.
Build delightful user experiences
Whether you're a gaming or content creation or own a user facing app or website, our AI powered background remover can be integrated in minutes, processes images in seconds, and can handle over 3 million per day, so you can rest easy providing unique and ideal user experiences.
Harmonize your product catalog
Automatically create and extend your brand guidelines by adding depth and dimension to your product images using our AI Shadows. Design appropriate and tailored AI generated backgrounds and automatically relight your images in seconds to drive customer engagement and sales.
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Easy to integrate
curl -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-F 'image_file=@/absolute/path/to/image.jpg' \
-f 'https://sdk.photoroom.com/v1/segment' -o no-bg.pngDiscover our pricing plans
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Frequently asked questions
What programming languages is the Remove Background API available?
The Remove Background API is a standard HTTP call. You can implement it in any programming language that supports HTTP. To implement it correctly to your website or native app, you can find the API documentation here.
Is the Remove Background API free?
Photoroom provides a free plan for which no credit card is required. Ideal for prototyping or testing, you can access 200 free images with this plan. Our Basic plan which includes the Remove Background API is $0.02 per image with monthly plans starting at $20. Learn more
How do I integrate the Background Remove API?
First, get the API key here. The API key is a token that you provide when making API calls, so include the token in a header parameter called x-api-key. Then make your first HTTP call. To implement it correctly to your website or native app, you can find the API documentation here.
What if I have problems with the API?
If you encounter a problem with the set up, reach out to Photoroom engineers on our API Slack community.