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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Stability AI Stable Image Edit Remove Background API
  description: The Stability AI Stable Image Edit API provides image editing capabilities including inpainting, outpainting, object erasing, background removal, and search-and-replace functionality. Developers can use natural language prompts to modify existing images, fill in masked regions, extend image boundaries, or replace specific objects within a scene. These tools enable advanced image manipulation workflows without requiring traditional image editing expertise.
  version: v2beta
  contact:
    name: Stability AI Support
    url: https://platform.stability.ai
  termsOfService: https://stability.ai/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.stability.ai
  description: Production Server
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Remove Background
  description: Automatically detect and remove the background from an image, isolating the foreground subject.
paths:
  /v2beta/stable-image/edit/remove-background:
    post:
      operationId: editImageRemoveBackground
      summary: Remove background from an image
      description: Automatically detects and removes the background from an image, isolating the foreground subject. Returns the image with a transparent background in PNG format or a white background in JPEG format.
      tags:
      - Remove Background
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RemoveBackgroundRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully removed background from image
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            image/webp:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EditImageResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request due to invalid parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized due to missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden due to content moderation or insufficient permissions
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    RemoveBackgroundRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - image
      properties:
        image:
          type: string
          format: binary
          description: The source image from which to remove the background.
        output_format:
          type: string
          enum:
          - png
          - webp
          default: png
          description: The output format of the image. PNG supports transparency for background removal.
    EditImageResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        image:
          type: string
          description: Base64-encoded image data when Accept header is set to application/json.
        finish_reason:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SUCCESS
          - CONTENT_FILTERED
          description: The reason the edit finished.
        seed:
          type: integer
          description: The seed used for generation.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: A unique identifier for the error instance.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The error type name.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable description of the error.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key authentication. Pass your Stability AI API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
externalDocs:
  description: Stability AI API Documentation
  url: https://platform.stability.ai/docs/api-reference