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# Image Remove Background

This is an async API that only returns the async task\_id. Use the task\_id to call the Get Async Task Result API to retrieve the background removal result.

<Tip>
  This is an **async** API that only returns the task\_id of the async task. Use the task\_id to call the [Get Async Task Result API](/docs/models/reference-get-async-task-result) to retrieve the generated result.
</Tip>

## Request Headers

<ParamField header="Content-Type" type="string" required={true}>
  Enum: `application/json`
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required={true}>
  Bearer authentication format: Bearer \{\{API Key}}.
</ParamField>

## Request Body

<ParamField body="image" type="string" required={true}>
  URL of the image to remove the background from.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="task_id" type="string" required={true}>
  Use the task\_id to call the [Get Async Task Result API](/docs/models/reference-get-async-task-result) to retrieve the generated output.
</ResponseField>