AI Engine: AI APIs for images, faces and text

Remove backgrounds, moderate uploads, compare faces and read documents with one REST call. Every API has a free plan.

A photo of headphones and the same headphones returned with a transparent background
requests.post(
    "https://background-removal-ai.p.rapidapi.com/remove-background",
    headers=HEADERS,
    data={"image_url": photo_url},
).json()["image_url"]  # transparent PNG
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“Great set of APIs with clean documentation and fast response times. The free tier is generous enough to prototype and the paid plans scale well.”

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See what our APIs do

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What teams build with them

Clean up a product catalog

Give thousands of vendor photos the same white background, in batches.

Background removal at scale

Keep unsafe images off your platform

Score each upload by category, then allow, review or block it with your own rules.

Compare NSFW detection APIs

Verify users at signup

Check that a KYC selfie shows the same person as the ID photo.

KYC selfie verification in Python

Build a photo app

Let guests find their event photos with one selfie, or sort a library by person.

Find event photos by selfie
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