remove.bg

remove.bg API wrapper for Node.js

The AWESOME remove.bg API is quite easy to use, but it can always be easier - that's where this package comes in.

Requirements

Get your API key from the remove.bg website. At the moment it's early access, so it may take some time to get yours.

Installation

npm i remove.bg

Examples

Look at the various removeFrom*.ts files in the examples folder, or check out the snippets below.

Curious how to use async/await? That's another reason to check out those examples.

API

The common input parameters of all three currently supported removeBackgroundFrom* functions are:

Property	Mandatory	Type	Description
apiKey	Y	string	The API key you got from the remove.bg website.
size	N	"regular" / "hd"	The returned size of the image. The cheaper "regular" option is default.
outputFile	N	string	The path to save the file returned by the API.

And the output properties are:

Property	Type	Description
base64img	string	Base64 encoded representation of the returned image.

removeBackgroundFromImageFile

Remove the background from a local file.

import { RemoveBgResult, RemoveBgError, removeBackgroundFromImageFile } from "remove.bg";

const localFile = "./local/file/name.jpg";
const outputFile = `${__dirname}/out/img-removed-from-file.png`;

removeBackgroundFromImageFile({
  path: localFile,
  apiKey: "YOUR-API-KEY",
  size: "regular",
  outputFile
}).then((result: RemoveBgResult) => {
 console.log(`File saved to ${outputFile}`);
  const base64img = result.base64img;
}).catch((errors: Array<RemoveBgError>) => {
 console.log(JSON.stringify(errors));
});

removeBackgroundFromImageUrl

Remove the background from a remote file (URL).

import { RemoveBgResult, RemoveBgError, removeBackgroundFromImageUrl } from "remove.bg";

const url = "https://domain.tld/path/file.jpg";
const outputFile = `${__dirname}/out/img-removed-from-file.png`;

removeBackgroundFromImageUrl({
  url,
  apiKey: "YOUR-API-KEY",
  size: "regular",
  outputFile
}).then((result: RemoveBgResult) => {
 console.log(`File saved to ${outputFile}`);
  const base64img = result.base64img;
}).catch((errors: Array<RemoveBgError>) => {
 console.log(JSON.stringify(errors));
});

removeBackgroundFromImageBase64

Remove the background from a base64 encoded file.

import { RemoveBgResult, RemoveBgError, removeBackgroundFromImageBase64 } from "remove.bg";
import * as fs from "fs";

const localFile = "./local/file/name.jpg";
const base64img = fs.readFileSync(localFile, { encoding: "base64" });
const outputFile = `${__dirname}/out/img-removed-from-file.png`;

removeBackgroundFromImageBase64({
  base64img,
  apiKey: "YOUR-API-KEY",
  size: "regular",
  outputFile
}).then((result: RemoveBgResult) => {
 console.log(`File saved to ${outputFile}`);
  const base64img = result.base64img;
}).catch((errors: Array<RemoveBgError>) => {
 console.log(JSON.stringify(errors));
});