# Arch Tools — Image Background Remover

> Arch Tools — Image Background Remover is a paid API for AI agents from archtools.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.35/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Removes the background from an image, returning a transparent or clean cutout, given a public URL or base64-encoded image.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://archtools.dev/v1/tools/image-remove-bg
- Price: $0.35/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/arch-tools-image-background-remover-17898256
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_SvdEd1wWuucpOtx9-GDEQ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability arch-tools-image-background-remover-17898256 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you remove the background from this product photo for me? Here's the image URL: https://example.com/product.jpg — output size auto is fine.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a simple, pay-per-call background removal API without a subscription, especially when integrating into an agentic workflow that uses x402/USDC micropayments on Base. Ideal for one-off or low-volume use cases where setting up a full account with a dedicated background removal SaaS is unnecessary.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible image URL returns an error
- Image format not supported (e.g. SVG or TIFF) may fail
- Both image_url and image_base64 omitted causes a validation error
- Large or high-resolution images may time out
- Payment not included or insufficient USDC results in a 402 response
- Malformed base64 string causes a decoding error

## How this service works

Arch Tools — image-remove-bg

## Output

A JSON response containing the processed image with the background removed, typically as a base64-encoded transparent PNG or a URL to the resulting image, depending on the service's output format.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "size": {
   "enum": [
    "preview",
    "full",
    "auto"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "default": "auto",
   "description": "Output size"
  },
  "image_url": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Public URL of the image"
  },
  "image_base64": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Base64-encoded image (alternative to image_url)"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/arch-tools-image-background-remover-17898256/health.json
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