How to remove background of image using cloudinary_ai

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Jan Pieters

• January 10, 2022 12:21

Hi there,

I have uploaded an image to cloudinary. https://res.cloudinary.com/jan-pieters-websolutions/image/upload/v1641816380/Attachment_1639428590_69396a2e.jpg

Now I would like to remove the background of this image with the Cloudinary AI Background Removal using the Update Admin API, but how can I do that within Cloudinary?  If I edit the file within cloudinary I can't find the background_removal parameter.  

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  Anthony Datu

  • January 10, 2022 18:17

  Hi Jan, 

  Thank you for reaching out! Using the Cloudinary CLI, I'm able to achieve the background removal with the following command:

  cld admin update flower_base background_removal=cloudinary_ai 

  Here's the result: 

  https://tdatu-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/v1641837316/flower_base.png

  The command above is documented on our Admin API page and gives it an optional parameter background_removal. In addition, there are also other language examples (python, ruby, etc..) in which are equivalent to the command above.  For your use case, the command will be the following: 

  cld admin update Attachment_1639428590_69396a2e background_removal=cloudinary_ai

  You may also want to consider setting up a notification webhook for your Media Library under Settings > Upload so that when the background removal process is done, you will get notified. There are lots of free webhook sites available for use.

  -Anthony

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