Transform product images at scale with one image editing API

The Photoroom API enables you to create high-quality images easily. It allows you to separate subjects from their backgrounds, relights the subject, adds a realistic shadow, generates a new background, resizes to given requirements, and more.

The Photoroom API consists of two API endpoints, which are available in two different plans:

• Use our Remove Background API if you only need to remove the background. (Basic plan)

• Use our Image Editing API to resize, replace backgrounds, adjust lighting, or add shadows (Plus plan)

• Activate the API for your account: This can be done by visiting your account settings on the Photoroom webapp (only accessible on desktop). Make sure that you're logged into your account.

• Copy your API key: Once you've activated the API for your account, you'll be provided with a unique API key. This key is essentially your password to make API calls, so keeping it safe and secure is essential. You can retrieve your API key by following the same link used for the activation.

Photoroom works with the tools you already use. When a new product photo comes in, it cleans the background, applies your brand look, and puts the finished image back where your team needs it, ready for your site, ads, or marketplaces. Result: less manual editing, faster launches, and a more consistent catalog.

The Photoroom API uses standard HTTP calls, making integrating with any programming language or networking framework easy. Please see our documentation for details.

We've created two benchmarks that let you easily compare our results angainst those of our main competitors (and even reproduce the results yourself, if you want).

• Here's the first benchmark that focuses on our Remove Background API:

• And here's the second benchmark centered around our AI Backgrounds feature:

The number of images processed bills API usage. Images are bought through a monthly subscription and consumed on each successful API call. API Pricing details are available here.

For testing and prototyping, you can use sandbox mode on the Image Editing API, which allows you to make free API calls but will produce a result with a watermark. Additionally, you can get 10 free API calls to the Remove Background API when you create your account.

Having trouble with the API? Join our API community to get help from our engineers, or check the troubleshooting page for common issues.

For anything billing-related or with sensitive information, please DM Photoroom directly in the community. We're always happy to help.

Yes, our Background Remover API lets you automatically remove or replace image backgrounds at scale — perfect for integrating clean, ready-to-publish product photos into your workflow. You can upload images, process them in bulk, and get studio-quality results in seconds.

Photoroom's Flat Lay API processes every image through the same AI pipeline, ensuring uniform composition, spacing, and styling across your entire catalogue, no matter the volume. Teams can define their layout parameters once and apply them at scale via API, eliminating the manual variation that comes with traditional studio shoots. The result is a consistent, on-brand look across thousands of SKUs, delivered in a fraction of the time.

An image editing API is a programmatic interface that applies image transformations like background removal, resizing, color correction, AI enhancements. It works automatically and at scale, without a design tool

Businesses integrate it into their product, PIM, DAM, or e‑commerce platform to process thousands or millions of images via API calls instead of editing them manually. Modern APIs like Photoroom's combine traditional processing with AI for advanced use cases: virtual models, ghost mannequin, flat lay generation, and automated QA.

An AI image editing API accepts an image via HTTP request, processes it through machine learning models, and returns the edited result — typically in seconds. The flow is:

• Authenticate with an API key, submit the source image (file, URL, or base64) with your parameters,

• Let the AI process it

• Receive the output in your chosen format and resolution.

Calls can also be chained, for example: remove a background, place the subject into a generated scene, then reposition it for Amazon — through a single integration.