# KiteEndpoints.ai - Background Removal API

> KiteEndpoints.ai - Background Removal API is a paid API for AI agents from kite-endpoints.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.17/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Removes the background from an image, returning a cutout of the subject

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-endpoints.vercel.app/api/bg-removal
- Price: $0.17/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-background-removal-api-bce7a6bd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jTNqtZXBt8xar5R3wz_hW

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 kiteendpoints-ai-background-removal-api-bce7a6bd -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you remove the background from this product photo and give me a transparent PNG cutout of just the item?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, pay-per-use background removal without a subscription commitment — useful for agents handling occasional or bursty image processing tasks, or when integrating into workflows that already use the x402 USDC payment protocol on Base chain.

## Known failure modes

- Image URL is inaccessible or returns a non-image response
- Image format is unsupported
- Subject detection fails on complex or abstract images
- Low-contrast images where background and subject blend together result in poor cutouts
- Payment failure via x402/USDC prevents the request from being processed
- Large images may timeout or be rejected

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

A background-removed image returned as image data (likely PNG with transparency), containing only the foreground subject with the background replaced by transparency.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-background-removal-api-bce7a6bd/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-endpoints.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-endpoints.vercel.app/llms.txt)