Open Source API Example for Background Removal

# MIT-licensed open source SDK: https://github.com/pixelapi/pixelapi-python
pip install pixelapi
---
import os
from pixelapi import PixelAPI

client = PixelAPI(api_key=os.environ["PIXELAPI_KEY"])

# Remove background — polling handled automatically
result = client.remove_background(image="product.jpg")
result.save("product_cutout.png") # transparent PNG
print("Done:", result.output_url)

# Optional: webhook instead of polling
result = client.remove_background(
    image="product.jpg",
    webhook_url="https://yourapp.example/webhooks/pixelapi"
)

# Optional: get just the alpha mask
result = client.remove_background(image="product.jpg", return_mask=True)
result.save("product_mask.png")

# MIT-licensed open source SDK: https://github.com/pixelapi/pixelapi-js
npm install pixelapi
---
import { PixelAPI } from "pixelapi";
import { writeFileSync } from "fs";

const client = new PixelAPI({ apiKey: process.env.PIXELAPI_KEY });

// Remove background — polling handled automatically
const result = await client.removeBackground({ image: "./product.jpg" });
await result.save("product_cutout.png"); // transparent PNG
console.log("Done:", result.outputUrl);

// Optional: pass a public URL
const result2 = await client.removeBackground({
  imageUrl: "https://example.com/shoe.jpg",
  outputFormat: "webp" // PNG | JPG | WebP
});
await result2.save("shoe_cutout.webp");

# MIT-licensed open source SDK: https://github.com/pixelapi/pixelapi-php
composer require pixelapi/pixelapi
---
<?php
use PixelAPI\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv("PIXELAPI_KEY"));

// Remove background
$result = $client->removeBackground(["image" => "product.jpg"]);
file_put_contents("product_cutout.png", $result->getBody());

// With a solid white background (JPEG output)
$result2 = $client->removeBackground([
    "image" => "product.jpg",
    "output_format" => "jpeg",
    "bg_color" => "#ffffff"
]);
file_put_contents("product_white_bg.jpg", $result2->getBody());

# MIT-licensed open source SDK: https://github.com/pixelapi/pixelapi-ruby
gem install pixelapi
---
require "pixelapi"

client = PixelAPI::Client.new(api_key: ENV["PIXELAPI_KEY"])

# Remove background — polling handled automatically
result = client.remove_background(image: "product.jpg")
File.binwrite("product_cutout.png", result.body)
puts "Done: #{result.output_url}"

# Return just the mask for compositing
mask = client.remove_background(image: "product.jpg", return_mask: true)
File.binwrite("product_mask.png", mask.body)

# MIT-licensed open source SDK: https://github.com/pixelapi/pixelapi-go
go get github.com/pixelapi/pixelapi-go
---
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    pixelapi "github.com/pixelapi/pixelapi-go"
)

func main() {
    client := pixelapi.New(os.Getenv("PIXELAPI_KEY"))

    // Remove background — polling handled automatically
    result, err := client.RemoveBackground("product.jpg")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    result.Save("product_cutout.png")
    fmt.Println("Done:", result.OutputURL)
}