# Image Metadata Scrubber (EXIF/XMP/IPTC Remover)

> Image Metadata Scrubber (EXIF/XMP/IPTC Remover) is a paid API for AI agents from utilsforagents.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Strips all embedded metadata (EXIF, XMP, IPTC) from a JPEG or PNG image and returns the cleaned binary, removing GPS coordinates, camera info, and author data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://utilsforagents.com/v1/image/scrub-metadata?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/utilsforagents-com-7878fb44
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rDJO0MXA2ZEjKXb60qTg8

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 utilsforagents-com-7878fb44 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you strip all the metadata from this JPEG photo — GPS coordinates, camera model, author info, everything — before I post it online? Here's the raw image binary.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to privacy-sanitize an image by removing all embedded metadata (GPS, camera, author) before sharing or publishing. Prefer this over manual EXIF editing tools when operating in an automated agent pipeline. Complements the sibling 'Extract EXIF metadata' endpoint when you want to first inspect and then clean metadata.

## Known failure modes

- File exceeds 5 MB limit — server rejects with error response
- Unsupported image format (not JPEG or PNG) — invalid content type error
- Malformed or corrupted image binary — parsing failure
- Missing or incorrect Content-Type header — format detection fails
- Network timeout on large images near the 5 MB threshold

## How this service works

Pay-per-call AI agent utilities plus a free feedback endpoint: JSON diff, EXIF extraction, metadata scrubbing, HTML-to-Markdown, URL fetching, and feature-request collection. $0.003/call for paid utility routes via x402 on Base or Solana.

## Output

Returns the cleaned image as a binary payload with the same Content-Type as the original (image/jpeg or image/png), with all EXIF, XMP, and IPTC metadata removed. The image pixels and visual content are preserved; only embedded metadata is stripped.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "file": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "JPEG or PNG image binary (up to 5 MB). Send as multipart/form-data with field name 'file', or as a raw binary body with Content-Type: image/jpeg or image/png."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "binary",
 "format": "image/jpeg | image/png",
 "example": "raw binary image bytes with all metadata removed; response Content-Type matches the original image format"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/utilsforagents-com-7878fb44/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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