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Ideogram Remove Background

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Model id ideogram/remove-background
# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
curl -X POST "https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/ideogram/remove-background?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "image": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
  }'

# Still "queued" or "running"? Poll with the id from the response:
curl "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY"

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•required image_url
Drop a file, or

Supply a JPEG, PNG, or WebP image by URL, no larger than 10 MB, for background removal. Processing replaces the background with transparency while retaining the foreground subject.

POST /run/ideogram/remove-background?wait=20 quote → $0.01
# Run the model; wait up to 20 s for the finished result in the same call
curl -X POST "https://api.doitong.com/v1/run/ideogram/remove-background?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "image": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
  }'

# Still "queued" or "running"? Poll with the id from the response:
curl "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/REQUEST_ID?wait=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOITONG_API_KEY"

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About Ideogram Remove Background

Takes a single image (`image_url`) in JPEG, PNG or WebP format, up to 10MB, and isolates the foreground subject against a transparent background. Has no other parameters, which makes it handy for compositing or preparing product cutouts.

Parameters

Send either the canonical name or the native name, not both. Canonical names

NameType DefaultAllowed Description
image_urlrequired image
Typeurl · image
Supply a JPEG, PNG, or WebP image by URL, no larger than 10 MB, for background removal. Processing replaces the background with transparency while retaining the foreground subject.
required Canonical name, also accepted

File parameters take a public https:// URL, a data: URI up to 10 MB, or the file_url of an upload. Files

Output

GET /requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t
{
  "id": "req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
  "object": "request",
  "model": "ideogram/remove-background",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "created_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:02Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-10-20T12:00:09Z",
  "queue_position": null,
  "cost": {
    "credits": 10,
    "usd": "0.01",
    "charged": 10,
    "refunded": 0
  },
  "input": {
    "image_url": "https://content.doitong.com/images/showcase/v3/gen_fox_cartoon.jpg"
  },
  "output": {
    "image": {
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_name": "0-output.jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200
    }
  },
  "outputs": [
    {
      "type": "image",
      "url": "https://content.doitong.com/dev-api/2026/10/20/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/0-output.jpeg",
      "content_type": "image/jpeg",
      "file_size": 1843200,
      "width": 1024,
      "height": 768,
      "stored": true
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "metrics": {
    "inference_seconds": 6.8
  },
  "urls": {
    "self": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t",
    "cancel": "https://api.doitong.com/v1/requests/req_8k2m4q7x1z9c3v5b6n0p2r4t/cancel"
  }
}
Your files, your choiceEvery outputs[].url is a copy on our storage: kept forever (paid per GB-month) or 7 days for free, by your account setting or ?storage=.
Same shape on every modeltype, url, content_type, width, height and duration, for images, video and audio alike. output is the model’s own result object.
Fields of output
image
object {url, content_type, file_name, file_size}Foreground image on a transparent background after background removal.

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