# Remove Background - Core.Today AI API

> AI-powered background removal tool for images. Clean, accurate cutouts for any subject with professional-quality edge detection.

- **Provider**: Bria AI
- **Model ID**: bria/remove-background
- **Category**: Image Generation
- **Credits**: 32 per image
- **Speed**: Fast
- **Quality**: High

## Features
- Precise edge detection
- Clean background removal
- Works with any subject type
- Fast processing speed

## Use Cases
- E-commerce product photo editing
- Profile photo background removal
- Design asset preparation
- Photo compositing workflows

## API Endpoint

Base URL: https://api.core.today/v1
Create Prediction: POST /predictions
Get Status: GET /predictions/{job_id}

## Authentication
Header: X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

## Input Parameters

### Optional
- **image**: string - Image file
- **image_url**: string - URL of the image to remove background from
- **preserve_alpha**: boolean (default: true) - Preserve alpha channel in output. When true, maintains original transparency. When false, output is fully opaque.
- **content_moderation**: boolean (default: false) - Enable content moderation
- **preserve_partial_alpha**: boolean (default: true) - [DEPRECATED] Preserve partial alpha. No longer used in V2 API - use preserve_alpha instead.

## Examples

### Product Cutout
Remove background from a product photo
```json
{
  "model": "bria/remove-background",
  "input": {
    "image_url": "https://example.com/product-photo.jpg"
  }
}
```

## Response Format
```json
{
  "job_id": "abc123",
  "status": "pending | processing | completed | failed",
  "result": "URL or data (when completed)"
}
```

## Usage Flow
1. POST /predictions with model and input -> receive job_id
2. GET /predictions/{job_id} -> poll until status is completed or failed
3. Result contains output URL(s)

## Tips
- Works best with clear subjects and well-lit images
- Upload high-resolution images for cleaner edge detection
- Great as a preprocessing step before compositing
- Ideal for batch processing e-commerce product catalogs