Erase text from image

API Reference

Remove text from an image using a text mask. input_mask can come from the Detect Text API and may be manually modified before removal.

Model:remove-text

Credit:4

post/v1/images/remove-text

Authorization — This endpoint requires an API key. Pass it in the api-key header on every request. Learn more

Parameters

Name	Type	Status	Description
`input_image`	file	Required	Image file or URL to erase text from.
`input_mask`	file	Required	Text mask image file or URL. Can be generated by the Detect Text API and modified manually.
`erase_mode`	string	Optional	Erase mode. normalsuperultra (default: `normal`)

Responses

Text erased successfullySingleImageResponse

Field	Type	Description
`created`	integer	Unix timestamp of when the response was created
`data`	object[]
`url`	string	URL to download the result image

curl -X POST "https://api.snapapi.ai/v1/images/remove-text" \
  -H "api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "input_image=@./image.jpg" \
  -F "input_mask=@./image.png" \
  -F "erase_mode=normal"

Response

{
  "created": 1745827200,
  "data": [
    {
      "url": "https://outputs.snapapi.ai/outputs/abc123.png"
    }
  ]
}

Examples (3 examples)

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