Streamlined Media Processing APIs at Your Fingertips

Use PixLab APIs to resize, convert, blur, annotate, and optimize image and video assets in real time. Build media pipelines, delivery workflows, and user-generated content tools with simple URL or upload-based processing.

  • Transform and optimize images or videos in real time with simple REST endpoints.
  • Chain processing steps for delivery, moderation, conversion, and creative workflows.
  • Integrate from any stack that can send HTTP requests.
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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FEATURES

Media Processing APIs Built for Production

From straightforward transformations to delivery-time optimization, PixLab helps teams ship media features without standing up custom infrastructure.

High-Volume Ready

Process large image and video workloads through endpoints built for repeated production use.

Real-Time Results

Return transformed assets quickly enough for live applications, upload flows, and previews.

Secure by Default

Use authenticated API calls over encrypted transport for safer media handling.

Developer-Friendly

Start quickly with straightforward endpoints, documentation, and code samples.

Seamless Integration

Drop PixLab into existing upload flows, storage pipelines, and internal tools.

Flexible Workflows

Combine conversion, resizing, annotation, moderation, and cleanup in one API stack.

Reliable Image Resizing
with PixLab APIs

Resize images to match product requirements, layout rules, and delivery targets with a single endpoint. PixLab lets you control dimensions, scaling behavior, and output without adding custom image infrastructure.

  • Adjust width and height dynamically for different product surfaces.
  • Preserve proportions automatically when your workflow requires it.
  • Resize assets in real time with one API call.
# Resize the following image to 640x400 px.
import requests
import json

req = requests.get(
    'https://api.pixlab.io/smartresize',
    params={
        'img': 'http://7-themes.com/data_images/out/3/6777986-blue-bird-pictures.jpg',
        'key': 'My_Pix_Key',
        'width': 640
    }
)

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

Works with Your Existing Storage Layer

PixLab Media Processing APIs work with major cloud storage providers and standard HTTP file sources. If your assets live across multiple buckets, origins, or delivery layers, you can still keep transformation and optimization inside one consistent API workflow.

NSFW Detection with Optional Auto-Blurring

Score images or video frames for adult content, then blur flagged assets automatically based on the returned confidence. It is a practical way to add moderation safeguards to upload-driven products.

  • Analyze images or video frames for nudity and related adult content signals.
  • Apply blur automatically with adjustable intensity based on the returned score.
  • Reduce moderation overhead for communities, creator platforms, and user uploads.
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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'])

Add Custom Text to Your Images

Use the DrawText API to place text on images for banners, memes, watermarks, review labels, or automated creative output. Control placement, font, color, and sizing without running a separate rendering service.

  • Overlay text on images with a single API call.
  • Control placement, font, color, and size for predictable output.
  • Create banners, memes, labels, or watermarked assets in real time.
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'])

Simplify Image Format Conversion

Convert image assets between JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, and related formats while keeping output predictable across upload, storage, and delivery workflows.

  • Convert images between common formats such as JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF.
  • Preserve original dimensions or combine conversion with resizing and cropping.
  • Standardize assets across products, uploads, and delivery channels.
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'])

Tools

Common Media Workflows You Can Ship with PixLab APIs

01

Image Blurring

Blur sensitive regions or flagged assets dynamically inside moderation and delivery flows.

02

Image Grayscale Conversion

Convert images to grayscale for creative output, previews, or downstream processing.

03

Image Rotation

Correct orientation or generate alternate rotations programmatically.

04

Face Detection

Detect faces in images for review tools, media analysis, and identity workflows.

05

Text Extraction from Images

Extract text from images for search, document automation, and internal review flows.

06

Smart Image Cropping

Crop around key regions dynamically to keep important content in frame.

07

ID & Passport Scanning

Scan IDs or passports and extract details for onboarding and verification workflows.

08

PDF to High-Resolution Image

Render PDF pages into crisp JPEG or PNG assets for previews, sharing, and archives.

09

Background Removal

Remove image backgrounds automatically for catalog, creative, and marketplace workflows.