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# Remove Background

**Automatically remove the background from images.**

## Request Headers

<ParamField header="Content-Type" type="string" required={true}>
  Enum: `application/json`
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required={true}>
  Bearer authentication format, for example: Bearer \{\{API Key}}.
</ParamField>

## Request Body

<ParamField body="extra" type="object" required={false}>
  Optional extra parameters for the request.

  <Expandable title="properties" defaultOpen={false}>
    <ParamField body="response_image_type" type="string" required={false}>
      The returned image type. Default is png.<br />
      Enum: `png`, `webp`, `jpeg`
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="enterprise_plan" type="object" required={false}>
      Dedicated Endpoints settings, which only take effect for users who have already subscribed to the [Dedicated Endpoints Documentation](/guides/model-apis-dedicated-endpoints).

      <Expandable title="properties" defaultOpen={false}>
        <ParamField body="enabled" type="boolean" required={false}>
          Set to true to schedule this task to use your Dedicated Endpoints's dedicated resources. Default is false.
        </ParamField>
      </Expandable>
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="image_file" type="string" required={true}>
  The base64 original image, with a maximum resolution of 16M and a maximum file size of 30 Mb. Supports PNG and JPEG format images.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="image_file" type="string" required={false}>
  The Base64-encoded content of the returned image.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="image_type" type="string" required={false}>
  The returned image type.<br />
  Enum: `png`, `webp`, `jpeg`
</ResponseField>

## Example

This API automatically removes the background from images.

**Try it in the [playground](https://novita.ai/playground#remove-background).**

`Request:`

```bash theme={"system"}
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.novita.ai/v3/remove-background' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{API Key}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"image_file":"{{Base64 encoded image}}"
}'
```

HTTP status codes in the 2xx range indicate that the request has been successfully accepted. A code of 400 means there is an error with the request parameters, while status codes in the 5xx range indicate internal server errors.

You can obtain the image URL in the `image_file` field of the response in base64 format.

`Response:`

```js theme={"system"}
{
    "image_file": "{{Base64 encoded image}}",
    "image_type": "png"
}
```

<Frame>
  <img height="390" src="https://next-app-static.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/get-started/remove_background_01.png" />
</Frame>

<Frame>
  <img height="390" src="https://next-app-static.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/get-started/remove_background_02.png" />
</Frame>