Photoroom API

by docs.photoroom.com

Speech, image and audio Added on November 3rd, 2026

What it does

The Photoroom API removes backgrounds and edits product photos, for example to put web shop items on a white background. A GET request with an image URL, or a POST upload, returns the edited image; the key goes in the x-api-key header. Free with a free API key in sandbox mode (prefix the key with sandbox_), up to 1,000 calls per month and 100 per day, with a watermark on the result; paid plans for clean images. An official MCP server at https://mcp.photoroom.com/mcp lets AI agents edit images.

API
HTTP-GET
MCP
REST

At a glance

API key: Needed, free · More APIs with a free key
Pricing: Free with a free API key in sandbox mode (prefix the key with sandbox_), up to 1,000 calls per month and 100 per day, with a watermark on the result; paid plans for clean images.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET, MCP
Provider: docs.photoroom.com

More information: https://docs.photoroom.com/image-editing-api-plus-plan/quickstart-guide

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit?imageUrl=https://www.remove.bg/example.jpg&removeBackground=true&background.color=FFFFFF' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit?imageUrl=https://www.remove.bg/example.jpg&removeBackground=true&background.color=FFFFFF", {
  headers: {
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const text = await response.text();
console.log(text);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit?imageUrl=https://www.remove.bg/example.jpg&removeBackground=true&background.color=FFFFFF",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.text)

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your own key. The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.