This document is the definitive guide to all PixLab API endpoints. It provides a complete overview of more than 150 production-ready APIs, encompassing Computer Vision, Document Scanning, Media Processing, and Vision-LLMs, with ongoing updates and new features added frequently. This is the main resource for developers using PixLab APIs.
To get started, create your API Key in the PixLab Console ↗ and begin integration using your preferred programming language. For a structured approach, explore the API Portal to find the right API for your project, and consult the REST API Reference or the specific API endpoint documentation to learn how to make your first API call using your preferred programming language.
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ID Scan & Extract API ↓
Automate ID scanning & data extraction with PixLab’s ID Scan Platform → . Verify IDs from passports, driver’s licenses, and more with high accuracy. Supports 11,000+ document types from 197+ countries.
- Global ID Support: Scan passports, national IDs, driver’s licenses, and over 11,000+ document types form 197+ countries.
- Programmatic Data Extraction: Convert ID details into structured JSON with high accuracy.

Face Recognition & Authentication
Streamline authentication and access control with FACEIO ↗, a PixLab solution offering secure, cross-browser, Passwordless Authentication via Face Recognition for websites and web applications.
- Age Verification: Instantly verify user age with high accuracy.
- Facial Authentication: Enable seamless, password-free logins.
- Liveness Detection: Prevent spoofing with real-time security checks.

Background Removal API ↓
Instantly remove backgrounds & objects from images with PixLab’s Background Removal API → .
- Lightning-Fast Performance: Process images in seconds with minimal latency and achieve pixel-perfect results without manual adjustments.
- Seamless Integration: Use via API → for automated background removal in apps and websites or via the Bulk Background Removal Online App ↗.

Pixelation & Content Moderation ↓
Ensure a safer user experience by automatically detecting and moderating explicit or harmful content. Use the NSFW API Endpoint → to identify inappropriate images or video frames and apply pixelation or blur filters accordingly.
PixLab's AI-powered moderation APIs ↓ help you maintain compliance and create a safe online environment by filtering adult, violent, and graphic content.

Vision Language Models →
Transform document intelligence with Vision-Language Models (VLMs), seamlessly integrating computer vision and NLP to interpret images & text extraction accurately.
Unlock powerful applications that enhance how visual and textual data interact. Experience the full potential of VLMs with the PixLab Vision Platform →

Rich PDF Generation APIs ↓
Generate professional, media-rich PDFs effortlessly with PixLab’s PDF Generation API. Convert HTML or Markdown into structured PDF invoices and automate bulk document creation to streamline your workflow.
- Programmatically generate customizable PDFs using the PDFGEN API Endpoint →
- Convert PDFs into images for easy previewing using the PDFTOIMG Endpoint →
List of Public API Endpoints
The API endpoints are categorized for efficient navigation and selection based on your integration requirements. Obtain your API Key ↗ to begin integrating the PixLab API.
Background Removal API
Programmatically remove backgrounds and unwanted objects from images and video frames.
- BG-REMOVE Background Removal API Endpoint
Pixelation & Content Moderation APIs
Ensure a safer user experience by automatically detecting and moderating explicit or harmful content.
- nsfw Detect and filter explicit content in images
- sfw Ensure safe-for-work content filtering
- nudity Detect nudity in images
- text-filter Detect & filter explicit text content (Part of Vision Platform)
- mogrify Blur specific image regions, such as faces
- blur Apply blur effects to images
- noise Add or remove noise effect from images
- motionblur Apply motion blur effects
- gaussianblur Apply Gaussian blur to images
- radialblur Apply radial blur effects
Drawing APIs
Create, edit, draw and annotate images programmatically without using tools.
- drawrectangle add rectangular shapes to images
- drawrectangles draw multiple rectangles at once
- drawline create straight lines between points
- drawlines draw multiple connected lines
- drawtext insert custom text into images
- drawpoints mark specific points on an image
- drawtextat position text at precise coordinates
- annotate highlight and label objects in images
- meme generate meme-style text overlays
GIF Manipulation APIs
Create, edit, and process animated GIFs programmatically.
- makegif generate GIFs from images or Али video frames
- cropgif trim or crop specific sections of a GIF
- resizegif adjust the dimensions of a GIF while maintaining quality
- gifcomposite merge multiple GIFs or overlay elements on an existing GIF
Health Check & System Status
Provide system and health status, supported file extension, and general details about the PixLab APIs.
Online Tools & WebApps
Online creativity & productivity applications backed by the PixLab APIs.
- Convert Box ↗ Online File Format Converter
- Vision Workspace ↗ OCR & vLM Office Suite
- AI Photo Editor ↗ AI Powered Photo Editing Suite
- Annotate ↗ Batch Image Annotation & Labeling
- BG-Remove App ↗ Bulk Image Background Removal
- APP UI/UX ↗ Mobile Apps UI Maker
- Tilemap Editor ↗ 2D Tilemap & Level Maker
- Creative Toolbox ↗
ID Scan & Extract API
Scans and extracts information from virtually all officially issued ID documents from over 200 countries & territories.
- docscan Scan & extract structured JSON data from over 11,000 ID documents
Vision & Media Analysis
Analyze, detect, and process images & video frames with advanced vision models.
- describe Generate a natural language description of an image content
- query Receive natural language responses to image-related queries
- tagimg Retrieve a list of tags describing the image content
- altext Generate alternative text (altext) for accessibility
- seotag Generate a search engine optimized description of an image or video frame
- detect Identify and locate objects in images
- coordinates Find the coordinates of specific objects or regions in images
More specialized Vision Language Model (VLM) API endpoints are available on the Vision Platform Endpoints → page.
Capture & Transform API
Extract, capture, and transform images and video frames using advanced vision models.
- screenshot Capture website screenshots
- header Extract image metadata information
- pixelgenerate Generate pixel-based transformations
- captchagenerate Generate CAPTCHA-like images for verification
- colorize Grayscale, black-and-white images colorization using AI models
- imgdiff Detect differences between images
More specialized Vision Language Model (VLM) API endpoints are available on the Vision Platform Endpoints → page.
Image Colorspace Conversion APIs
Transform images between color spaces for diverse processing requirements.
- colorspace_rgb convert image colors to the RGB model
- colorspace_srgb apply the standard sRGB color space
- colorspace_gray convert images to grayscale
- colorspace_ycbcr transform images to the YCbCr color space
- colorspace_hsl convert images to the HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) model
- colorspace_cmyk transform images to CMYK for printing
- colorspace_transparent apply transparency effects to images
- image_colorspace detect and modify image color spaces
Image Encryption & Compression APIs
Secure and optimize images with encryption and compression endpoints.
Face Recognition & Authentication
FACEIO ↗ is a facial recognition platform that allows you to integrate facial authentication into your website or web application enabling secure, passwordless login across all browsers using face recognition.
- authenticate ↗ Identify registered users using facial recognition
- enroll ↗ Enroll a new user using facial recognition in your web application
- face-verify ↗ Verify (Compare) if two faces in different images belong to the same person or not
- age-check ↗ Perform age estimation programmatically on a given face image
- liveness-check ↗ Mitigating Deepfake and Face Spoofing Threats
- facedetect detect faces in images or video frames
- facelandmarks identify facial landmarks and key points
- facemotion analyze facial expressions and emotions
Vision Language Models Showcase
Access state-of-the-art vision language model (VLM) APIs through the PixLab Vision Platform.
- llm-parse LLM-friendly data extraction from various document formats
- vOCR Vision Optical Character Recognition
- text-embed Create a text embedding vector from a given text
- img-embed Generate an image embedding vector for image indexing & similarity search
- chat OpenAI-compatible LLM interaction API endpoint
- summarize Summarize a given text
- coder OpenAI-compatible API endpoint for code generation
The complete list of Vision Language Model (VLM) API endpoints is available on the Vision Platform Endpoints page.
Image Processing APIs
Process, analyze, and enhance images with advanced API endpoints.
- crop crop images to specific dimensions
- thumbnail create image thumbnails
- chop remove sections of images
- grayscale convert images to grayscale
- smartresize resize images with content-aware scaling
- resize adjust image dimensions
- adaptiveresize resize images with adaptive scaling
- newimage create new images from scratch
- scale scale images proportionally
- minify reduce image file size
- magnify enlarge images with detail preservation
- create generate custom image compositions
- ar adjust image aspect ratios
- despeckle reduce speckle noise in images
- deskew correct skewed images
- edge enhance image edges
- remap remap image colors
- resample adjust image resolution
- merge combine multiple images
- composite overlay images with blending
- avatar generate circular avatar images
- webfit optimize images for web use
- emailfit optimize images for email compatibility
- msgfit optimize images for messaging platforms
- favicon create favicon-sized images
- blackthreshold apply black threshold adjustments
- threshold apply general threshold filters
- bth apply binary threshold effects
- border3d add 3D border effects to images
- border add simple borders to images
- charcoal apply charcoal sketch effects
- emboss apply emboss effects to images
- equalize equalize image histograms
- extent extend image canvas size
- flatten flatten layered images
- gamma adjust image gamma levels
- flip flip images vertically
- flop flip images horizontally
- enhance improve image quality
- haldclut apply color lookup table transformations
- implode create implode distortion effects
- linearstretch stretch image contrast linearly
- ls apply linear stretch adjustments
- medianfilter apply median filter for noise reduction
- mf apply median filtering
- setresolution set image resolution
- rotate rotate images by specified angles
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