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Call erase from your stack — same model the web editor runs.

HTTP erase for pipelines. Same specialised text erase as All text and Select in the free editor: send an image (and a mask when you have one), get a clean plate back.

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What the API is for

One HTTP call
POST an image and optional mask; receive image bytes (WebP by default, PNG/JPEG available). paste_back and resolution stay aligned with the interactive editor so a local test in the tab matches what your job graph will get.
Fits existing pipelines
Drop it after your OCR: detect boxes, build a mask, erase, then render your own type on the clean plate — or hand a human the free web editor for the odd frame. Built for catalogues, screenshot localisation, and proof cleanup at volume.
Same quality as the tab
All text and Select in the browser already share this specialised text-erase path. Brush erase in the editor is a freehand path for painted regions; for API jobs you supply the mask yourself when you need that control.

Developers

API credits — volume ladder

Buy once, never expires, and the unit price drops as the pack grows. One call spends 1 credit, whatever the image size — so a pack’s credit count is the number of images it erases. These are API credits: your keys spend them first, and they are not used for editor downloads — that is why they cost a fraction of a web plan. Monthly Lite / Pro / Volume+ grants cover both and still reset on your billing date, see Pricing.

Starter

Try the API at volume rates.

$261,200 API credits · never expire

$0.022 / credit

Growth

Steady catalogue pipelines.

$665,000 API credits · never expire

$0.013 / credit

Scale

Product and media teams.

$19920,000 API credits · never expire

$0.010 / credit

Volume pack

Lowest unit price.

$666100,000 API credits · never expire

$0.007 / credit

Running 100,000+ credits a month? Talk to us for a dedicated rate.

Get a key and call erase

Create an API key under Account → Developer and authenticate with X-Api-Key. Your first key unlocks a one-time trial of 50 API credits — no card. There is no SDK to install: anything that can POST multipart works, and agents can call the same path over MCP. Error codes, OpenAPI, and MCP config are in /docs/api/.

curl -X POST \
  -H "X-Api-Key: et_…" \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  "https://api.erasetext.com/v1/erase" \
  -o out.webp

Request shape

Multipart or JSON POST with image_file (or image_url) and optional mask — white marks what to erase. Flags: format, paste_back, resolution, return_boxes, response=json. One model, no engine to pick. Response: raw image bytes plus X-Credits-* and X-RateLimit-* headers.

Rate limits and timing

Requests per minute are counted per key in a sliding 60s window: 6 on Free, 30 on Lite, 120 on Pro, 300 on Volume+. /erase is synchronous and holds the connection until the plate is ready — allow up to 90 seconds, past which you get a 504 and are not charged. Spread a batch across the minute instead of firing it all at once.

When not to write code

Prototype in the free editor at /upload/ — same model, so what you see in the tab is what your job graph gets. And for wiping every word across one folder, Bulk Erase (/bulk/) already does that without an integration.

How it goes

1Create an API key in Account and copy the secret once
2POST image (+ optional mask) to /erase, or call MCP erase_text — see /docs/api/
3Store the clean plate and continue your job graph