# Background Removal API API

> Background Removal API API on Apizie: 3 endpoints (Fetch credit balance and free API calls., Submit an image to the remove.bg Improvement program * Contribute an image that remove.bg is currently not…, Remove the background of an image) returned as clean JSON through one API key. Send your own provider key in the x-upstream-key header. Call it over REST at https://zieapi.vercel.app/v1/dev-tools:remove-bg/{endpoint} or from Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor through the Apizie MCP server. Free plan: 1,000 requests a month.

- Project key: `dev-tools:remove-bg`
- Category: Dev Tools
- Status: byok
- Source: https://remove.bg
- Page: https://zieapi.vercel.app/api/dev-tools/remove-bg
- OpenAPI: https://zieapi.vercel.app/api/dev-tools/remove-bg/openapi.json

Remove the background of any image

## Endpoints

### Fetch credit balance and free API calls.
`GET https://zieapi.vercel.app/v1/dev-tools:remove-bg/get-account` (byok)

### Submit an image to the remove.bg Improvement program * Contribute an image that remove.bg is currently not…
`POST https://zieapi.vercel.app/v1/dev-tools:remove-bg/post-improve` (byok)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | object | yes | JSON request body |

### Remove the background of an image
`POST https://zieapi.vercel.app/v1/dev-tools:remove-bg/post-removebg` (byok)

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | object | yes | JSON request body |

## Example
```
curl "https://zieapi.vercel.app/v1/dev-tools:remove-bg/get-account" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APIZIE_KEY" \
  -H "x-upstream-key: $PROVIDER_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I call the Background Removal API API?
Create a free Apizie key, then send GET https://zieapi.vercel.app/v1/dev-tools:remove-bg/get-account with the header x-api-key. Every endpoint returns { project, data, timestamp }.

### Is the Background Removal API API free on Apizie?
Yes. The Free plan includes 1,000 requests a month at 100 requests a minute, no credit card. Background Removal API itself also needs your own key from remove.bg.

### Can AI agents use the Background Removal API API?
Yes. Add the Apizie MCP server (https://zieapi.vercel.app/mcp) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code, then ask in plain language. The agent calls run_scraper with project key dev-tools:remove-bg.

### What is the status of the Background Removal API API?
Needs your own provider key (bring your own key)