PixLab Media Analysis APIs

Analyze images, video frames, and documents with REST APIs for detection, moderation, tagging, and extraction. PixLab gives developers, product teams, and media platforms practical analysis endpoints that fit directly into production workflows.

Detect objects, faces, text, and document content from one API stack.
Run moderation, tagging, and frame analysis without building the pipeline in-house.
Integrate with web apps, backends, media platforms, and internal tools.

import requests

# Convert an Image to Grayscale using PixLab API
req = requests.get(
'https://api.pixlab.io/grayscale', 
params={
    'img': 'https://example.com/sample.jpg',
    'key': 'YOUR_PIXLAB_API_KEY'
}
)

reply = req.json()
if reply['status'] != 200:
print("Error: ", reply['error'])
else:
print("Converted Image URL: ", reply['link'])

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Media Analysis Without the Heavy Pipeline

PixLab helps teams inspect media, extract structure, and automate decisions across images, video, and documents with simple HTTP endpoints.

Advanced Media Analysis

Inspect images, frames, and documents for objects, faces, labels, and structured content.

Image Processing Tools

Chain analysis with resize, crop, background removal, or cleanup endpoints.

Video Insights

Inspect frames, classify content, and generate metadata for video libraries.

Document Analysis & Text Extraction

Scan, classify, and extract document content for search, review, and automation flows.

Bulk Media Processing Toolkit

Run large media jobs through consistent REST endpoints and batch-friendly workflows.

Scalable and Developer-Friendly

Get clear responses, sample code, and endpoints that drop into existing stacks.

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TURN RAW MEDIA INTO STRUCTURED SIGNAL

Use PixLab Media Analysis APIs to inspect images, documents, and video frames for metadata, entities, and content signals that your application can act on immediately.

BUILD ANALYSIS WORKFLOWS FASTER

Automate moderation, search preparation, document intake, and media review with documented REST APIs that are easier to ship and maintain than a custom analysis stack.

USE ONE API STACK ACROSS MEDIA TASKS

From face detection and document text extraction to content scoring and asset preparation, PixLab gives teams one place to build analysis-heavy product features.

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import requests
  import json

  # Convert JPEG image to PNG with transparent background.
  # https://pixlab.io/endpoints/convert for more info.

  req = requests.get(
    'https://api.pixlab.io/convert', 
    params={
        'img': 'https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/blue_jay_8.jpg',
        'export': 'png',
        'background': 'tr',
        'key': 'Pix_Key'
    }
  )

  reply = req.json()
  if reply['status'] != 200:
    print(reply['error'])
  else:
    print("Pic Link: " + reply['link'])

Add Custom Text to Your Images in Seconds

Pair analysis with fast image annotation. PixLab lets you overlay text on images for labels, reviews, memes, banners, or automated creative output using a single API call.

Overlay text on images for creative output, quick labeling, or automated campaign assets.
Customize text size, font, and color with a single API call.
Draw text at the top or bottom of an image without adding a separate rendering service.

Learn more Explore API Portal

import requests
import json

# Draw some funny text on top & bottom of the famous Michael Jordan crying face.
req = requests.get(
    'https://api.pixlab.io/drawtext', 
    params={
        'img': 'https://pixlab.io/images/jdr.jpg',
        'top': 'someone bumps the table',
        'bottom': 'right before you win',
        'cap': True, # Capitalize text
        'strokecolor': 'black',
        'key': 'Pix_Key'
    }
)

reply = req.json()
if reply['status'] != 200:
    print(reply['error'])
else:
    print("Meme: " + reply['link'])

Convert PDFs into Shareable Images

Render PDF pages as JPEG or PNG output for previews, archives, moderation queues, or downstream document analysis workflows.

Render PDF pages into high-quality JPEG or PNG assets with PixLab’s API.
Useful for previews, archives, sharing flows, and review tools.
Keep document-to-image conversion inside the same API stack as your other media workflows.

Learn more Get your API Key

import requests

# Convert a PDF document to an image (JPEG/PNG) using PixLab API
req = requests.get(
    'https://api.pixlab.io/pdftoimg', 
    params={
        'src': 'https://www.getharvest.com/downloads/Invoice_Template.pdf', # PDF source URL
        'export': 'jpeg', # Output format (jpeg/png)
        'key': 'YOUR_PIXLAB_API_KEY' # Replace with your PixLab API key
    }
)

reply = req.json()
if reply['status'] != 200:
    print("Error:", reply['error'])
else:
    print("Image URL:", reply['link'])

Simplify Image Format Conversion

Convert images between JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, and related formats while preserving the output quality and dimensions your application expects.

Convert images between common formats such as JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF.
Preserve original dimensions or combine conversion with resizing and cropping.
Simplify asset normalization across products, uploads, and delivery channels.

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import requests
import json

# Convert JPEG image to PNG with transparent background.
# https://pixlab.io/endpoints/convert for more info.

req = requests.get(
    'https://api.pixlab.io/convert', 
    params={
        'img': 'https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/blue_jay_8.jpg',
        'export': 'png',
        'background': 'tr',
        'key': 'Pix_Key'
    }
)

reply = req.json()
if reply['status'] != 200:
    print(reply['error'])
else:
    print("Pic Link: " + reply['link'])

NSFW Detection with Optional Auto-Blurring

Score images or video frames for adult content, then blur or block them automatically based on the returned confidence. It is a practical building block for moderation queues and user-generated content platforms.

Analyze images or video frames for nudity and other adult content signals.
Automatically blur flagged output with adjustable intensity based on the returned score.
Reduce moderation overhead for social apps, communities, and upload workflows.

Learn more Connect to the console

import requests
import json
# Target Image: Change to any link you want (Possibly adult) or switch to POST if you want to upload your image directly, refer to the REST API code samples for more info.
img = 'https://i.redd.it/oetdn9wc13by.jpg'
# Your PixLab key
key = 'PIXLAB_API_KEY'
# Censor an image according to its NSFW score
req = requests.get(
    'https://api.pixlab.io/nsfw', 
    params={
        'img': img,
        'key': key
    }
)

reply = req.json()
if reply['status'] != 200:
    print(reply['error'])
elif reply['score'] < 0.5:
    print("No adult content were detected on this picture")
else:
    # Highly NSFW picture
    print("Censoring NSFW picture...")
    # Call blur with the highest possible radius and sigma
    req = requests.get(
        'https://api.pixlab.io/blur', 
        params={
            'img': img,
            'key': key,
            'rad': 50,
            'sig': 30
        }
    )
    reply = req.json()
    if reply['status'] != 200:
        print(reply['error'])
    else:
        print("Censored image: " + reply['link'])

Where Teams Use PixLab Media Analysis APIs

PixLab fits into commerce, moderation, document review, verification, and internal automation workflows where teams need structured output from media.