Remove Background API

This API allows users to remove the background from an image using a simple HTTP request. By specifying the desired output type, format, and providing the URL of the image, you can retrieve a cutout version of the image with the background removed.

Remove background from an image

Here, we provide examples using cURL, Node.js, Java, and Python to showcase versatility across programming environments and the command line interface. For further customization, generate your own code to match any programming language or framework with specific parameters.

curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://api.picsart.io/tools/1.0/removebg' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'x-picsart-api-key: <API KEY HERE>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'output_type=cutout' \
  -F 'format=PNG' \
  -F 'image_url=https://cdn140.picsart.com/13902645939997000779.jpg'

const FormData = require('form-data');
const http = require("https");
const form = new FormData();
const fs = require('fs');

form.append('bg_blur', '0');
form.append('scale', 'fit');
form.append('image_url', 'https://cdn140.picsart.com/03328718565819952445.jpeg');
form.append('bg_image_url', 'https://cdn140.picsart.com/22183977156062232333.png');
form.append('format', 'JPG');
form.append('output_type', 'cutout');
const options = {
    "method": "POST",
    "hostname": "api.picsart.io",
    "port": null,
    "path": "/tools/1.0/removebg",
    "headers": {
        "accept": "application/json",
        "X-Picsart-API-Key": "YOURAPIKEYHERE",
        ...form.getHeaders()
    }
};
const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
    const chunks = [];
    res.on("data", function (chunk) {
        chunks.push(chunk);
    });
    res.on("end", function () {
        const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
        console.log(body.toString());
    });
});
req.on("error", (e) => {
    console.error(e);
});
form.pipe(req);

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder().build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("multipart/form-data");
RequestBody body = new MultipartBody.Builder()
  .setType(MultipartBody.FORM)
  .addFormDataPart("bg_blur","0")
  .addFormDataPart("scale","fit")
  .addFormDataPart("image_url", "https://cdn140.picsart.com/03328718565819952445.jpeg")
  .addFormDataPart("bg_image_url", "https://cdn140.picsart.com/22183977156062232333.png")
  .addFormDataPart("format","JPG")
  .addFormDataPart("output_type","cutout")
  .build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.picsart.io/tools/1.0/removebg")
  .method("POST", body)
  .addHeader("accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("X-Picsart-API-Key", "YOURAPIKEYHERE")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

import requests
url = "https://api.picsart.io/tools/1.0/removebg"

payload={
  "bg_blur": "0",
  "scale": "fit",
  "image_url": "https://cdn140.picsart.com/03328718565819952445.jpeg",
  "bg_image_url": "https://cdn140.picsart.com/22183977156062232333.png",
  "format": "JPG",
  "output_type": "cutout"}
files=[]
headers = {"accept": "application/json", "X-Picsart-API-Key": "YOURAPIKEY"}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files)

print(response.text)

To remove the background from an image using the Remove Background API, make a POST request to https://api.picsart.io/tools/1.0/removebg with the following parameters:

accept: Set the value to application/json to indicate the desired response format.
x-picsart-api-key: Replace with your actual API Key obtained from Picsart.
Content-Type: Set the value to multipart/form-data to indicate the request format.
output_type: Specify the desired output type, such as cutout.
format: Specify the desired format for the resulting image, such as PNG.
image_url: Provide the URL of the image you want to process.

To learn all the details, options, parameters on how to use the service at its full capacity, visit Remove Background API documentation.

Remove background from an image

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