Remove Text

Remove Text API

To remove the text that appears on your pictures, you can use the API available at https://clipdrop-api.co/remove-text/v1.

The request must be an http POST and its body must be a multipart/form-data with an image file:

• image_file is the original image to process.
  • The original image should be a JPG or a PNG, with a maximum resolution of 16 megapixels and a max file size of 30 Mb.

In case of success:

• the response mime-type is image/png and the response image is a PNG image with the same dimensions as the image_file.
• the response headers will include a x-remaining-credits property to tell you how many credits you have left and a x-credits-consumed property to tell you how many credits were consumed by your request.

In case of an error:

• the response mime-type is application/json, error type is indicated by the response status code and details are in the json body, ie

{ "error": "No api key provided" }

Authentication

Requests are authenticated with an API key. If you need one, please contact us at contact@clipdrop.co.

If your key has leaked, you can revoke it and request a new one in your account page.

Credits

1 successful API call = 1 credit.

Once logged in, you can claim 100 free Clipdrop APIs credits that you can use for development and debugging purposes. Once the 100 images have been consumed, further calls will be rejected.

If you need more credits, you can purchase more credits via the following link.

Quota / Rate limiting

By default, each API key has a limit of 60 requests per minute for the Remove Text API. Please let us know if you'd like higher values.

Examples

CURL

curl -X POST https://clipdrop-api.co/remove-text/v1 \
     -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
     -F 'image_file=@image.jpg' \
     -o result.png

JavaScript

const form = new FormData()
form.append('image_file', photo)

fetch('https://clipdrop-api.co/remove-text/v1', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': YOUR_API_KEY,
  },
  body: form,
})
  .then(response => response.arrayBuffer())
  .then(buffer => {
    // buffer here is a binary representation of the returned image
  })

Python

import requests

r = requests.post('https://clipdrop-api.co/remove-text/v1',
  files = {
    'image_file': ('image.jpg', image_file_object, 'image/jpeg')
    },
  headers = { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
if (r.ok):
  # r.content contains the bytes of the returned image
else:
  r.raise_for_status()

Swift

import Alamofire;

let imageData = try Data(contentsOf: inputPath)

let headers: HTTPHeaders = [
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
]

AF.upload(
    multipartFormData: { multipartFormData in
      multipartFormData.append(
        imageData,
        withName: "image_file",
        fileName: "image.jpg",
        mimeType: "image/jpeg"
      )
    },
    to: "https://clipdrop-api.co/remove-text/v1",
    headers: headers
  )
  .responseData(queue: .global()) { response in
    switch response.result {
        case .success: do {
          // response.data here is an in memory byte buffer of the returned image
        }
        case let .failure(error): print(error)
    }

Kotlin

// this example uses the OkHttp library
// https://square.github.io/okhttp/
val client = OkHttpClient()

val requestBody =
    MultipartBody.Builder()
        .setType(MultipartBody.FORM)
        .addFormDataPart(
            "image_file",
            "image.jpg",
            File("docs/images/image.jpg").asRequestBody("image/jpeg".toMediaType())
        )
        .build()

val request =
    Request.Builder()
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
        .url("https://clipdrop-api.co/remove-text/v1")
        .post(requestBody)
        .build()

client.newCall(request).execute().use { response ->
    if (!response.isSuccessful) throw IOException("Unexpected code $response")
    // response.body().bytes() here is a byte array of the returned image
}

Responses

200

The result image, e.g. 

400

  Request is malformed or incomplete, non exhaustive causes can be:
    - Missing image_file in request
    - Input image format is not valid
    - Image resolution is too big

401

Missing api key.

402

Your account has no remaining credits, you can buy more in your account page.

403

Invalid or revocated api key.

429

Too many requests, blocked by the rate limiter.
You should space out your requests in time or contact us to increase your quota.

500

This may be a bug on our side.
Please contact us at contact@clipdrop.co so that we can investigate.

Examples of input and outputs

image_file

result

Support

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