Detect text in image

API Reference

Detect text regions and return a mask. The returned mask can be used as input_mask in the Remove Text API, with optional manual modifications.

Model:remove-text

Credit:1

post/v1/images/detect-text

Authorization — This endpoint requires an API key. Pass it in the api-key header on every request. Learn more

Name	Type	Status	Description
`input_image`	file	Required	Image file or URL to detect text in.

Text mask generated successfullySimpleDetectionResponse

Field	Type	Description
`detected`	boolean	Whether the target was detected
`mask`	string	Base64-encoded RGBG mask. Null if nothing is detected. Pass as `input_mask` to the matching remove API.

curl -X POST "https://api.snapedit.app/v1/images/detect-text" \
  -H "api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "input_image=@./image.jpg"

Response

{
  "detected": true,
  "mask": "base64_encoded_data..."
}

Input

Output