API Quick Start

Auto Clip

Upload an image and get a clipped result back:

$ curl https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images \
 -u 123:[secret] \
 -F image=@example.jpeg \
 -F 'format=result' \
 -F 'test=true' -o clipped.png
// Requires: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5-fluent

Request request = Request.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images")
   .addHeader("Authorization", "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd")
   .body(
      MultipartEntityBuilder.create()
         .addBinaryBody("image", new File("example.jpeg")) // TODO: Replace with your image
         .addTextBody("format", "result")
         .addTextBody("test", "true") // TODO: Remove for production
         // TODO: Add more upload parameters here
         .build()
      );
ClassicHttpResponse response = (ClassicHttpResponse) request.execute().returnResponse();

if (response.getCode() == 200) {
   // TODO: Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
   String imageId = response.getHeader("x-amz-meta-id").getValue();
   String imageSecret = response.getHeader("x-amz-meta-secret").getValue();
   System.out.println("ImageId: " + imageId + ", imageSecret: " + imageSecret);

   // Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
   try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("clipped.png")) {
      response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
   }
} else {
   System.out.println("Request Failed: Status: " + response.getCode() + ", Reason: " + response.getReasonPhrase());
}
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var form = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", "MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd");
   form.Add(new ByteArrayContent(File.ReadAllBytes("example.jpeg")), "image", "example.jpeg"); // TODO: Replace with your image
   form.Add(new StringContent("result"), "format");
   form.Add(new StringContent("true"), "test"); // TODO: Remove for production
   // TODO: Add more upload parameters here

   var response = client.PostAsync("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", form).Result;

   if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
   {
      // TODO: Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
      var imageId = response.Headers.GetValues("x-amz-meta-id").ToArray()[0];
      var imageSecret = response.Headers.GetValues("x-amz-meta-secret").ToArray()[0];
      Console.WriteLine("ImageId: " + imageId + ", imageSecret: " + imageSecret);

      // Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
      FileStream outStream = new FileStream("clipped.png", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
      response.Content.CopyToAsync(outStream).ContinueWith((copyTask) => { outStream.Close(); });
   }
   else
   {
       Console.WriteLine("Request Failed: Status: " + response.StatusCode + ", Reason: " + response.ReasonPhrase);
   }
}
// Requires "request" to be installed (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');

request.post({
  url: 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
  formData: {
    image: fs.createReadStream('example.jpeg'), // TODO: Replace with your image
    format: 'result',
    test: 'true', // TODO: Remove for production
    // TODO: Add more upload options here
  },
  auth: {user: '123', pass: '[secret]'},
  followAllRedirects: true,
  encoding: null
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if (error) {
    console.error('Request failed:', error);
  } else if (!response || response.statusCode != 200) {
    console.error('Error:', response && response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  } else {
    // Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
    let imageId = response.caseless.get('x-amz-meta-id');
    let imageSecret = response.caseless.get('x-amz-meta-secret');

    // Save result
    fs.writeFileSync("clipped.png", body);
  }
});
$ch = curl_init('https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
    array('Authorization: Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd'));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    array(
      'image' => curl_file_create('example.jpeg'),
      'format' => 'result',
      'test' => 'true' // TODO: Remove for production
      // TODO: Add more upload options here
    ));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

// Parse the headers to get the image id & secret
$headers = [];
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION,
  function($curl, $header) use (&$headers) {
    $len = strlen($header);
    $header = explode(':', $header, 2);
    if (count($header) < 2) // ignore invalid headers
      return $len;
    $headers[strtolower(trim($header[0]))][] = trim($header[1]);
    return $len;
  });

$data = curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) == 200) {
  // Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
  $imageId = $headers['x-amz-meta-id'][0];
  $imageSecret = $headers['x-amz-meta-secret'][0];

  // Save result
  file_put_contents("clipped.png", $data);
} else {
  echo "Error: " . $data;
}
curl_close($ch);
# Requires "requests" to be installed (see https://pypi.org/project/requests/)
import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
    files={'image': open('example.jpeg', 'rb')},
    data={
        'format': 'result',
        'test': 'true' # TODO: Remove for production
        # TODO: Add more upload options here
    },
    auth=('123', '[secret]')
)
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    # Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
    image_id = response.headers['x-amz-meta-id']
    image_secret = response.headers['x-amz-meta-secret']

    with open('clipped.png', 'wb') as out:
        out.write(response.content)
else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
# Requires: gem install httpclient
require 'httpclient'

client = HTTPClient.new default_header: {
  "Authorization" => "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd"
}

response = client.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", {
  "image" => File.open("example.jpeg", "rb"), # TODO: Replace with your image
  "format" => "result",
  "test" => "true" # TODO: Remove for production
  # TODO: Add more upload parameters here
})

if response.status == 200 then
  # TODO: Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
  image_id = response.header["x-amz-meta-id"][0]
  image_secret = response.header["x-amz-meta-secret"][0]

  puts "Id: " + image_id.to_s
  puts "Secret: " + image_secret.to_s

  # Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
  File.open("clipped.png", 'w') { |file| file.write(response.body) }
else
  puts "Error: Code: " + response.status.to_s + ", Reason: " + response.reason
end
$ curl https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images \
 -u 123:[secret] \
 -F 'image.url=https://example.com/example.jpeg' \
 -F 'format=result' \
 -F 'test=true' -o clipped.png
// Requires: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5-fluent

Request request = Request.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images")
   .addHeader("Authorization", "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd")
   .body(
      MultipartEntityBuilder.create()
         .addTextBody("image.url", "https://example.com/example.jpeg") // TODO: Replace with your image URL
         .addTextBody("format", "result")
         .addTextBody("test", "true") // TODO: Remove for production
         // TODO: Add more upload parameters here
         .build()
      );
ClassicHttpResponse response = (ClassicHttpResponse) request.execute().returnResponse();

if (response.getCode() == 200) {
   // TODO: Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
   String imageId = response.getHeader("x-amz-meta-id").getValue();
   String imageSecret = response.getHeader("x-amz-meta-secret").getValue();
   System.out.println("ImageId: " + imageId + ", imageSecret: " + imageSecret);

   // Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
   try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("clipped.png")) {
      response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
   }
} else {
   System.out.println("Request Failed: Status: " + response.getCode() + ", Reason: " + response.getReasonPhrase());
}
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var form = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", "MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd");
   form.Add(new StringContent("https://example.com/example.jpeg"), "image.url"); // TODO: Replace with your image URL
   form.Add(new StringContent("result"), "format");
   form.Add(new StringContent("true"), "test"); // TODO: Remove for production
   // TODO: Add more upload parameters here

   var response = client.PostAsync("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", form).Result;

   if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
   {
      // TODO: Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
      var imageId = response.Headers.GetValues("x-amz-meta-id").ToArray()[0];
      var imageSecret = response.Headers.GetValues("x-amz-meta-secret").ToArray()[0];
      Console.WriteLine("ImageId: " + imageId + ", imageSecret: " + imageSecret);

      // Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
      FileStream outStream = new FileStream("clipped.png", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
      response.Content.CopyToAsync(outStream).ContinueWith((copyTask) => { outStream.Close(); });
   }
   else
   {
       Console.WriteLine("Request Failed: Status: " + response.StatusCode + ", Reason: " + response.ReasonPhrase);
   }
}
// Requires "request" to be installed (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');

request.post({
  url: 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
  formData: {
    'image.url': 'https://example.com/example.jpeg', // TODO: Replace with your image
    format: 'result',
    test: 'true', // TODO: Remove for production
    // TODO: Add more upload options here
  },
  auth: {user: '123', pass: '[secret]'},
  followAllRedirects: true,
  encoding: null
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if (error) {
    console.error('Request failed:', error);
  } else if (!response || response.statusCode != 200) {
    console.error('Error:', response && response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  } else {
    // Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
    let imageId = response.caseless.get('x-amz-meta-id');
    let imageSecret = response.caseless.get('x-amz-meta-secret');

    // Save result
    fs.writeFileSync("clipped.png", body);
  }
});
$ch = curl_init('https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
    array('Authorization: Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd'));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    array(
      'image.url' => 'https://example.com/example.jpeg',
      'format' => 'result',
      'test' => 'true' // TODO: Remove for production
      // TODO: Add more upload options here
    ));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);

// Parse the headers to get the image id & secret
$headers = [];
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION,
  function($curl, $header) use (&$headers) {
    $len = strlen($header);
    $header = explode(':', $header, 2);
    if (count($header) < 2) // ignore invalid headers
      return $len;
    $headers[strtolower(trim($header[0]))][] = trim($header[1]);
    return $len;
  });

$data = curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) == 200) {
  // Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
  $imageId = $headers['x-amz-meta-id'][0];
  $imageSecret = $headers['x-amz-meta-secret'][0];

  // Save result
  file_put_contents("clipped.png", $data);
} else {
  echo "Error: " . $data;
}
curl_close($ch);
# Requires "requests" to be installed (see https://pypi.org/project/requests/)
import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
    data={
        'image.url': 'https://example.com/example.jpeg',
        'format': 'result',
        'test': 'true' # TODO: Remove for production
        # TODO: Add more upload options here
    },
    auth=('123', '[secret]')
)
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    # Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
    image_id = response.headers['x-amz-meta-id']
    image_secret = response.headers['x-amz-meta-secret']

    with open('clipped.png', 'wb') as out:
        out.write(response.content)
else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
# Requires: gem install httpclient
require 'httpclient'

client = HTTPClient.new default_header: {
  "Authorization" => "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd"
}

response = client.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", {
  "image.url" => "https://example.com/example.jpeg", # TODO: Replace with your image URL
  "format" => "result",
  "test" => "true" # TODO: Remove for production
  # TODO: Add more upload parameters here
})

if response.status == 200 then
  # TODO: Store these if you want to be able to use the Smart Editor
  image_id = response.header["x-amz-meta-id"][0]
  image_secret = response.header["x-amz-meta-secret"][0]

  puts "Id: " + image_id.to_s
  puts "Secret: " + image_secret.to_s

  # Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
  File.open("clipped.png", 'w') { |file| file.write(response.body) }
else
  puts "Error: Code: " + response.status.to_s + ", Reason: " + response.reason
end
Your Server Image Background Removed CM API

There are many more upload configuration options giving you complete control over how your image is processed.

If you save the id and secret you can still use the Hosted or White Label Editor after reviewing the result.


Hosted Smart Editor

Theory of operation:

  1. Upload an image and get an id and secret identifying the image.

  2. Create a Return URL endpoint on your site for your human operator to return to when they're done.

  3. Use the id, secret and Return URL to compose a Hosted Smart Editor URL for your human operator to clip the image.

  4. Your human operator navigates to the Hosted Smart Editor URL and clips the image.

  5. When your human operator is done their browser issues an HTTP POST to your Return URL. Parse the clippingMagicJson parameter and download the newly available results.

Removing backgrounds in bulk? Optimize your operator workflow by giving them batches of images. The images in each batch get queued up for super-fast clipping with very little if any downtime between each image.

Upload an image and create a Hosted Smart Editor URL

// Requires: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5-fluent
//      and: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind

Request request = Request.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images")
   .addHeader("Authorization", "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd")
   .body(
      MultipartEntityBuilder.create()
         .addBinaryBody("image", new File("example.jpeg")) // TODO: Replace with your image
         .addTextBody("format", "json")
         .addTextBody("test", "true") // TODO: Remove for production
         // TODO: Add more upload parameters here
         .build()
      );
ClassicHttpResponse response = (ClassicHttpResponse) request.execute().returnResponse();

if (response.getCode() == 200) {
   // Parse body
   String body = "";
   try (BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()))) {
      body = buffer.lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
   }
   System.out.println("Body: " + body);
   JsonNode image = new ObjectMapper().readTree(body).get("image");

   // TODO: Store these
   String imageId = image.get("id").asText();
   String imageSecret = image.get("secret").asText();
   System.out.println("Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);

   // Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
   String returnUrl = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample"; // TODO: Replace with your own
   String hostedEditorUrl = String.format("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123?images=%s:%s&returnUrl=%s",
      imageId, imageSecret, URLEncoder.encode(returnUrl, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name()));
   System.out.println("Hosted Smart Editor URL: " + hostedEditorUrl);
} else {
   System.out.println("Request Failed: Status: " + response.getCode() + ", Reason: " + response.getReasonPhrase());
}
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var form = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", "MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd");
   form.Add(new ByteArrayContent(File.ReadAllBytes("example.jpeg")), "image", "example.jpeg"); // TODO: Replace with your image
   form.Add(new StringContent("json"), "format");
   form.Add(new StringContent("true"), "test"); // TODO: Remove for production
   // TODO: Add more upload parameters here

   var response = client.PostAsync("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", form).Result;

   if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
   {
      // Parse body
      String body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
      var root = (JsonElement) System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Object>(body);
      var image = root.GetProperty("image");

      // TODO: Store these
      var imageId = image.GetProperty("id").GetInt64();
      var imageSecret = image.GetProperty("secret").GetString();
      Console.WriteLine("Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);

      // Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
      String returnUrl = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample"; // TODO: Replace with your own
      String encodedReturnUrl = Uri.EscapeDataString(returnUrl);
      String hostedEditorUrl = $"https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123?images={imageId}:{imageSecret}&returnUrl={encodedReturnUrl}";
      Console.WriteLine("Hosted Smart Editor URL: " + hostedEditorUrl);
   }
   else
   {
       Console.WriteLine("Request Failed: Status: " + response.StatusCode + ", Reason: " + response.ReasonPhrase);
   }
}
// Requires "request" to be installed (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');

request.post({
  url: 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
  formData: {
    image: fs.createReadStream('example.jpeg'), // TODO: Replace with your image
    format: 'json',
    test: 'true', // TODO: Remove for production
    // TODO: Add more upload options here
  },
  auth: {user: '123', pass: '[secret]'},
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if (error) {
    console.error('Request failed:', error);
  } else if (!response || response.statusCode != 200) {
    console.error('Error:', response && response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  } else {
    let r = JSON.parse(body);

    // TODO: Store these
    let imageId = r.image.id;
    let imageSecret = r.image.secret;
    console.log("Result", r, imageId, imageSecret);

    // Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
    let returnUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample'; // TODO: Replace with your own
    let hostedEditorUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123' +
      '?images=' + imageId + ':' + imageSecret +
      '&returnUrl=' + encodeURIComponent(returnUrl);
    console.log("Hosted Smart Editor URL", hostedEditorUrl);

  }
});
$ch = curl_init('https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
    array('Authorization: Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd'));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    array(
      'image' => curl_file_create('example.jpeg'),
      'format' => 'json',
      'test' => 'true' // TODO: Remove for production
      // TODO: Add more upload options here
    ));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$data = curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) == 200) {
  $r = json_decode($data, true);

  // TODO: Store these
  $imageId = $r['image']['id'];
  $imageSecret = $r['image']['secret'];

  print_r($r);
  echo "Id: " . $imageId . ", secret: " . $imageSecret;

  // Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
  $returnUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample'; // TODO: Replace with your own
  $hostedEditorUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123' .
      '?images=' . $imageId . ':' . $imageSecret .
      '&returnUrl=' . urlencode($returnUrl);
  echo "Hosted Smart Editor URL: " . $hostedEditorUrl;
} else {
  echo "Error: " . $data;
}
curl_close($ch);
# Requires "requests" to be installed (see https://pypi.org/project/requests/)
import requests
import json
from urllib.parse import quote # Python 3, urllib.quote for Python 2

response = requests.post(
    'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
    files={'image': open('example.jpeg', 'rb')},
    data={
        'format': 'json',
        'test': 'true' # TODO: Remove for production
        # TODO: Add more upload options here
    },
    auth=('123', '[secret]')
)
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    r = json.loads(response.content)

    # TODO: Store these
    imageId = r["image"]["id"];
    imageSecret = r["image"]["secret"];
    print("Result", r, imageId, imageSecret);

    # Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
    returnUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample' # TODO: Replace with your own
    hostedEditorUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123' + \
      '?images=' + str(imageId) + ':' + imageSecret + \
      '&returnUrl=' + quote(returnUrl)
    print("Hosted Smart Editor URL", hostedEditorUrl)

else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
# Requires: gem install httpclient
require 'httpclient'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

client = HTTPClient.new default_header: {
  "Authorization" => "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd"
}

response = client.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", {
  "image" => File.open("example.jpeg", "rb"), # TODO: Replace with your image
  "format" => "json",
  "test" => "true" # TODO: Remove for production
  # TODO: Add more upload parameters here
})

if response.status == 200 then
  # Parse body
  image = JSON.parse(response.body)["image"]

  # TODO: Store these
  image_id = image["id"]
  image_secret = image["secret"]
  puts "Id: " + image_id.to_s + ", Secret: " + image_secret.to_s

  # Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
  returnUrl = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample" # TODO: Replace with your own
  encodedReturnUrl = URI.encode_www_form_component(returnUrl)
  hostedEditorUrl = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123?images=#{image_id}:#{image_secret}&returnUrl=#{encodedReturnUrl}"
  puts "Hosted Smart Editor URL: " + hostedEditorUrl
else
  puts "Error: Code: " + response.status.to_s + ", Reason: " + response.reason
end
// Requires: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5-fluent
//      and: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind

Request request = Request.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images")
   .addHeader("Authorization", "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd")
   .body(
      MultipartEntityBuilder.create()
         .addTextBody("image.url", "https://example.com/example.jpeg") // TODO: Replace with your image URL
         .addTextBody("format", "json")
         .addTextBody("test", "true") // TODO: Remove for production
         // TODO: Add more upload parameters here
         .build()
      );
ClassicHttpResponse response = (ClassicHttpResponse) request.execute().returnResponse();

if (response.getCode() == 200) {
   // Parse body
   String body = "";
   try (BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()))) {
      body = buffer.lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
   }
   System.out.println("Body: " + body);
   JsonNode image = new ObjectMapper().readTree(body).get("image");

   // TODO: Store these
   String imageId = image.get("id").asText();
   String imageSecret = image.get("secret").asText();
   System.out.println("Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);

   // Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
   String returnUrl = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample"; // TODO: Replace with your own
   String hostedEditorUrl = String.format("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123?images=%s:%s&returnUrl=%s",
      imageId, imageSecret, URLEncoder.encode(returnUrl, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name()));
   System.out.println("Hosted Smart Editor URL: " + hostedEditorUrl);
} else {
   System.out.println("Request Failed: Status: " + response.getCode() + ", Reason: " + response.getReasonPhrase());
}
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var form = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", "MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd");
   form.Add(new StringContent("https://example.com/example.jpeg"), "image.url"); // TODO: Replace with your image URL
   form.Add(new StringContent("json"), "format");
   form.Add(new StringContent("true"), "test"); // TODO: Remove for production
   // TODO: Add more upload parameters here

   var response = client.PostAsync("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", form).Result;

   if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
   {
      // Parse body
      String body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
      var root = (JsonElement) System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Object>(body);
      var image = root.GetProperty("image");

      // TODO: Store these
      var imageId = image.GetProperty("id").GetInt64();
      var imageSecret = image.GetProperty("secret").GetString();
      Console.WriteLine("Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);

      // Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
      String returnUrl = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample"; // TODO: Replace with your own
      String encodedReturnUrl = Uri.EscapeDataString(returnUrl);
      String hostedEditorUrl = $"https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123?images={imageId}:{imageSecret}&returnUrl={encodedReturnUrl}";
      Console.WriteLine("Hosted Smart Editor URL: " + hostedEditorUrl);
   }
   else
   {
       Console.WriteLine("Request Failed: Status: " + response.StatusCode + ", Reason: " + response.ReasonPhrase);
   }
}
// Requires "request" to be installed (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');

request.post({
  url: 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
  formData: {
    'image.url': 'https://example.com/example.jpeg', // TODO: Replace with your image
    format: 'json',
    test: 'true', // TODO: Remove for production
    // TODO: Add more upload options here
  },
  auth: {user: '123', pass: '[secret]'},
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if (error) {
    console.error('Request failed:', error);
  } else if (!response || response.statusCode != 200) {
    console.error('Error:', response && response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  } else {
    let r = JSON.parse(body);

    // TODO: Store these
    let imageId = r.image.id;
    let imageSecret = r.image.secret;
    console.log("Result", r, imageId, imageSecret);

    // Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
    let returnUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample'; // TODO: Replace with your own
    let hostedEditorUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123' +
      '?images=' + imageId + ':' + imageSecret +
      '&returnUrl=' + encodeURIComponent(returnUrl);
    console.log("Hosted Smart Editor URL", hostedEditorUrl);

  }
});
$ch = curl_init('https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
    array('Authorization: Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd'));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    array(
      'image.url' => 'https://example.com/example.jpeg',
      'format' => 'json',
      'test' => 'true' // TODO: Remove for production
      // TODO: Add more upload options here
    ));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$data = curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) == 200) {
  $r = json_decode($data, true);

  // TODO: Store these
  $imageId = $r['image']['id'];
  $imageSecret = $r['image']['secret'];

  print_r($r);
  echo "Id: " . $imageId . ", secret: " . $imageSecret;

  // Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
  $returnUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample'; // TODO: Replace with your own
  $hostedEditorUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123' .
      '?images=' . $imageId . ':' . $imageSecret .
      '&returnUrl=' . urlencode($returnUrl);
  echo "Hosted Smart Editor URL: " . $hostedEditorUrl;
} else {
  echo "Error: " . $data;
}
curl_close($ch);
# Requires "requests" to be installed (see https://pypi.org/project/requests/)
import requests
import json
from urllib.parse import quote # Python 3, urllib.quote for Python 2

response = requests.post(
    'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
    data={
        'image.url': 'https://example.com/example.jpeg',
        'format': 'json',
        'test': 'true' # TODO: Remove for production
        # TODO: Add more upload options here
    },
    auth=('123', '[secret]')
)
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    r = json.loads(response.content)

    # TODO: Store these
    imageId = r["image"]["id"];
    imageSecret = r["image"]["secret"];
    print("Result", r, imageId, imageSecret);

    # Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
    returnUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample' # TODO: Replace with your own
    hostedEditorUrl = 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123' + \
      '?images=' + str(imageId) + ':' + imageSecret + \
      '&returnUrl=' + quote(returnUrl)
    print("Hosted Smart Editor URL", hostedEditorUrl)

else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
# Requires: gem install httpclient
require 'httpclient'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

client = HTTPClient.new default_header: {
  "Authorization" => "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd"
}

response = client.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", {
  "image.url" => "https://example.com/example.jpeg", # TODO: Replace with your image URL
  "format" => "json",
  "test" => "true" # TODO: Remove for production
  # TODO: Add more upload parameters here
})

if response.status == 200 then
  # Parse body
  image = JSON.parse(response.body)["image"]

  # TODO: Store these
  image_id = image["id"]
  image_secret = image["secret"]
  puts "Id: " + image_id.to_s + ", Secret: " + image_secret.to_s

  # Create Hosted Smart Editor URL
  returnUrl = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/returnUrlExample" # TODO: Replace with your own
  encodedReturnUrl = URI.encode_www_form_component(returnUrl)
  hostedEditorUrl = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/hosted/123?images=#{image_id}:#{image_secret}&returnUrl=#{encodedReturnUrl}"
  puts "Hosted Smart Editor URL: " + hostedEditorUrl
else
  puts "Error: Code: " + response.status.to_s + ", Reason: " + response.reason
end
Your Server Image JSON id + secret CM API Clip Image POST Return URL Hosted Editor URL Fetch Image Background Removed Human Operator clippingmagic.com

There are many more upload configuration options giving you complete control over how your image is processed.

See the full Hosted Smart Editor documentation for more in-depth information.

Create a Return URL handler

When your human operator is done their browser issues an HTTP POST to your Return URL. Parse the clippingMagicJson parameter and download the newly available results.

// Requires: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5-fluent
//      and: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind

String json = ""; // TODO: in your web framework: assign this to the POST form field with key 'clippingMagicJson'

JsonNode root = new ObjectMapper().readTree(json);
String event = root.get("event").asText();
if (event.equals("editor-exit")) {
   JsonNode images = root.get("images"); // contains full list of all images (id & secret)
   JsonNode clipped = root.get("clipped"); // contains list of those images that were marked 'Done'
   JsonNode skipped = root.get("skipped"); // contains list of those images that were skipped
   for (int i = 0; i < clipped.size(); i++) {
      JsonNode image = clipped.get(i);
      String imageId = image.get("id").asText();
      String imageSecret = image.get("secret").asText();
      System.out.println("Clipped: Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);

      // Fetch the image itself from the server
      Request request = Request.get("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images/" + imageId)
         .addHeader("Authorization", "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd");
      ClassicHttpResponse response = (ClassicHttpResponse) request.execute().returnResponse();

      if (response.getCode() == 200) {
         // Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
         try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("clipped-" + imageId + ".png")) {
             response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
         }
      } else {
         System.out.println("Request Failed: Status: " + response.getCode() + ", Reason: " + response.getReasonPhrase());
      }
   }
} else if (event.equals("error")) {
   JsonNode error = root.get("error");
   String status = error.get("status").asText();
   String code = error.get("code").asText();
   String message = error.get("message").asText();
   System.out.println("Request Failed: Status: " + status + ", Code: " + code + ", Message: " + message);
}
String json = ""; // TODO: in your web framework: assign this to the POST form field with key 'clippingMagicJson'
JsonElement root = (JsonElement) System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Object>(json);
String eventCode = root.GetProperty("event").GetString();
if (eventCode == "editor-exit")
{
   JsonElement images = root.GetProperty("images"); // contains full list of all images (id & secret)
   JsonElement clipped = root.GetProperty("clipped"); // contains list of those images that were marked 'Done'
   JsonElement skipped = root.GetProperty("skipped"); // contains list of those images that were skipped
   foreach (JsonElement image in clipped.EnumerateArray())
   {
      long imageId = image.GetProperty("id").GetInt64();
      String imageSecret = image.GetProperty("secret").GetString();
      Console.WriteLine("Clipped: Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);

      // Fetch the image itself from the server
      using (var client = new HttpClient())
      {
         client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", "MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd");
         var response = client.GetAsync("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images/" + imageId).Result;
         if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
         {
            // Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
            FileStream outStream = new FileStream("clipped-" + imageId + ".png", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
            response.Content.CopyToAsync(outStream).ContinueWith((copyTask) => { outStream.Close(); });
         }
         else
         {
            Console.WriteLine("Request Failed: Status: " + response.StatusCode + ", Reason: " + response.ReasonPhrase);
         }
      }
   }
}
else if (eventCode == "error")
{
   JsonElement error = root.GetProperty("error");
   int status = error.GetProperty("status").GetInt32();
   int code = error.GetProperty("code").GetInt32();
   String message = error.GetProperty("message").GetString();
   Console.WriteLine("Request Failed: Status: " + status + ", Code: " + code + ", Message: " + message);
}
// Using the ExpressJS framework:
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');
var app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;

app.post('/cmReturnUrl', function(req, res) {
    let cm = JSON.parse(req.body.clippingMagicJson);
    switch (cm.event) {
      case "editor-exit":
        for (let im of cm.clipped) {
          request.get({
            url: 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images/' + im.id,
            auth: {user: '123', pass: '[secret]'},
            encoding: null,
          }, function(error, response, body) {
            if (error) {
              console.error('Request failed:', error);
            } else if (!response || response.statusCode != 200) {
              console.error('Error:', response && response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
            } else {
              // Save result
              fs.writeFileSync("clipped-" + im.id + ".png", body);
            }
          });
        }
        // TODO: Handle cm.skipped images
        break;

      case "error":
        console.error("Error: ", cm.error.code, cm.error.message);
        break;
    }
    res.send(""); // Response is ignored
});

app.listen(port); // start the server
console.log('Server started! At http://localhost:' + port);
# Using Laravel, see laravel.com

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

Route::post('/cmReturnUrl', function (Request $request) {
  $cm = json_decode($request->clippingMagicJson, true);
  if ($cm["event"] == 'editor-exit') {
    $images = $cm["images"];
    $clipped = $cm["clipped"];
    $skipped = $cm["skipped"];
    echo "Image 0, id: " . $images[0]["id"] . ", secret" . $images[0]["secret"];
    // TODO: React to the images getting clipped
  } else if ($cm["event"] == 'error') {
    echo "Error: " . $cm["error"]["code"] . $cm["error"]["message"];
  }
  return "";
});
from flask import Flask, request
import requests
import json

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/cmReturnUrl', methods=['POST'])
def cmReturnUrl():
    cm = json.loads(request.form['clippingMagicJson'])
    if cm["event"] == 'editor-exit':
        for im in cm["clipped"]:
            response = requests.get('https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images/' + str(im["id"]), headers={
                'Authorization': 'Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd'})
            if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
                with open('clipped-' + str(im["id"]) + '.png', 'wb') as out:
                    out.write(response.content)
            else:
                print("Error " + str(im["id"]) + ": ", response.status_code, response.text)
        # TODO: Handle cm["skipped"] images
    elif cm["event"] == 'error':
        print("Error: ", cm["error"]["code"], cm["error"]["message"])
    return ''
# Requires: gem install httpclient
require 'httpclient'
require 'json'

json = "" # TODO: in your web framework: assign this to the POST form field with key 'clippingMagicJson'

root = JSON.parse(json)
event = root["event"]
if event == "editor-exit" then
  images = root["images"] # contains full list of all images (id & secret)
  clipped = root["clipped"] # contains list of those images that were marked 'Done'
  skipped = root["skipped"] # contains list of those images that were skipped

  for image in clipped do
    image_id = image["id"]
    image_secret = image["secret"]
    url = "https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images/" + image_id.to_s
    puts url
    response = client.get(url)
    if response.status == 200 then
      # Write result to disk, TODO: or wherever you'd like
      File.open("output.png", 'w') { |file| file.write(response.body) }
    else
      puts "Error: Code: " + response.status.to_s + ", Reason: " + response.reason
    end
  end
elsif event == "error" then
  error = root["error"]
  status = error["status"]
  code = error["code"]
  message = error["message"]
  puts "Request Failed: Status: " + status.to_s + ", Code: " + code.to_s + ", Message: " + message
end

See the full documentation for the Return URL.

See the full documentation for the Server Download API.

Success Example clippingMagicJson decodes to:
{
  "event" : "editor-exit",
  "images" : [ {
    "id" : 2346,
    "secret" : "image_secret1"
  } ],
  "clipped" : [ {
    "id" : 2346,
    "secret" : "image_secret1"
  } ],
  "skipped" : [ ]
}
Test your Return URL
Error Example clippingMagicJson decodes to:
{
  "event" : "error",
  "error" : {
    "status" : 400,
    "code" : 1234,
    "message" : "Example error"
  },
  "images" : [ {
    "id" : 2346,
    "secret" : "image_secret1"
  } ],
  "clipped" : [ ],
  "skipped" : [ {
    "id" : 2346,
    "secret" : "image_secret1"
  } ]
}
Test your Return URL

White Label Smart Editor

Theory of operation:

  1. Upload an image and get an id and secret identifying the image.

  2. Embed the White Label Smart Editor on your web page where your human operator can clip the image.

  3. Use the callback to get information about the clipping progress and download new results.

Upload an image

// Requires: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5-fluent
//      and: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind

Request request = Request.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images")
   .addHeader("Authorization", "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd")
   .body(
      MultipartEntityBuilder.create()
         .addBinaryBody("image", new File("example.jpeg")) // TODO: Replace with your image
         .addTextBody("format", "json")
         .addTextBody("test", "true") // TODO: Remove for production
         // TODO: Add more upload parameters here
         .build()
      );
ClassicHttpResponse response = (ClassicHttpResponse) request.execute().returnResponse();

if (response.getCode() == 200) {
   // Parse body
   String body = "";
   try (BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()))) {
      body = buffer.lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
   }
   System.out.println("Body: " + body);
   JsonNode image = new ObjectMapper().readTree(body).get("image");

   // TODO: Store these
   String imageId = image.get("id").asText();
   String imageSecret = image.get("secret").asText();
   System.out.println("Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);
} else {
   System.out.println("Request Failed: Status: " + response.getCode() + ", Reason: " + response.getReasonPhrase());
}
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var form = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", "MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd");
   form.Add(new ByteArrayContent(File.ReadAllBytes("example.jpeg")), "image", "example.jpeg"); // TODO: Replace with your image
   form.Add(new StringContent("json"), "format");
   form.Add(new StringContent("true"), "test"); // TODO: Remove for production
   // TODO: Add more upload parameters here

   var response = client.PostAsync("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", form).Result;

   if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
   {
      // Parse body
      String body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
      var root = (JsonElement) System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Object>(body);
      var image = root.GetProperty("image");

      // TODO: Store these
      var imageId = image.GetProperty("id").GetInt64();
      var imageSecret = image.GetProperty("secret").GetString();
      Console.WriteLine("Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);
   }
   else
   {
       Console.WriteLine("Request Failed: Status: " + response.StatusCode + ", Reason: " + response.ReasonPhrase);
   }
}
// Requires "request" to be installed (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');

request.post({
  url: 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
  formData: {
    image: fs.createReadStream('example.jpeg'), // TODO: Replace with your image
    format: 'json',
    test: 'true', // TODO: Remove for production
    // TODO: Add more upload options here
  },
  auth: {user: '123', pass: '[secret]'},
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if (error) {
    console.error('Request failed:', error);
  } else if (!response || response.statusCode != 200) {
    console.error('Error:', response && response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  } else {
    let r = JSON.parse(body);

    // TODO: Store these
    let imageId = r.image.id;
    let imageSecret = r.image.secret;
    console.log("Result", r, imageId, imageSecret);
  }
});
$ch = curl_init('https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
    array('Authorization: Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd'));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    array(
      'image' => curl_file_create('example.jpeg'),
      'format' => 'json',
      'test' => 'true' // TODO: Remove for production
      // TODO: Add more upload options here
    ));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$data = curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) == 200) {
  $r = json_decode($data, true);

  // TODO: Store these
  $imageId = $r['image']['id'];
  $imageSecret = $r['image']['secret'];

  print_r($r);
  echo "Id: " . $imageId . ", secret: " . $imageSecret;
} else {
  echo "Error: " . $data;
}
curl_close($ch);
# Requires "requests" to be installed (see https://pypi.org/project/requests/)
import requests
import json

response = requests.post(
    'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
    files={'image': open('example.jpeg', 'rb')},
    data={
        'format': 'json',
        'test': 'true' # TODO: Remove for production
        # TODO: Add more upload options here
    },
    auth=('123', '[secret]')
)
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    r = json.loads(response.content)

    # TODO: Store these
    imageId = r["image"]["id"];
    imageSecret = r["image"]["secret"];
    print("Result", r, imageId, imageSecret);
else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
# Requires: gem install httpclient
require 'httpclient'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

client = HTTPClient.new default_header: {
  "Authorization" => "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd"
}

response = client.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", {
  "image" => File.open("example.jpeg", "rb"), # TODO: Replace with your image
  "format" => "json",
  "test" => "true" # TODO: Remove for production
  # TODO: Add more upload parameters here
})

if response.status == 200 then
  # Parse body
  image = JSON.parse(response.body)["image"]

  # TODO: Store these
  image_id = image["id"]
  image_secret = image["secret"]
  puts "Id: " + image_id.to_s + ", Secret: " + image_secret.to_s
else
  puts "Error: Code: " + response.status.to_s + ", Reason: " + response.reason
end
// Requires: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5-fluent
//      and: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind

Request request = Request.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images")
   .addHeader("Authorization", "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd")
   .body(
      MultipartEntityBuilder.create()
         .addTextBody("image.url", "https://example.com/example.jpeg") // TODO: Replace with your image URL
         .addTextBody("format", "json")
         .addTextBody("test", "true") // TODO: Remove for production
         // TODO: Add more upload parameters here
         .build()
      );
ClassicHttpResponse response = (ClassicHttpResponse) request.execute().returnResponse();

if (response.getCode() == 200) {
   // Parse body
   String body = "";
   try (BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()))) {
      body = buffer.lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
   }
   System.out.println("Body: " + body);
   JsonNode image = new ObjectMapper().readTree(body).get("image");

   // TODO: Store these
   String imageId = image.get("id").asText();
   String imageSecret = image.get("secret").asText();
   System.out.println("Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);
} else {
   System.out.println("Request Failed: Status: " + response.getCode() + ", Reason: " + response.getReasonPhrase());
}
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var form = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", "MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd");
   form.Add(new StringContent("https://example.com/example.jpeg"), "image.url"); // TODO: Replace with your image URL
   form.Add(new StringContent("json"), "format");
   form.Add(new StringContent("true"), "test"); // TODO: Remove for production
   // TODO: Add more upload parameters here

   var response = client.PostAsync("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", form).Result;

   if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
   {
      // Parse body
      String body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
      var root = (JsonElement) System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Object>(body);
      var image = root.GetProperty("image");

      // TODO: Store these
      var imageId = image.GetProperty("id").GetInt64();
      var imageSecret = image.GetProperty("secret").GetString();
      Console.WriteLine("Id: " + imageId + ", Secret: " + imageSecret);
   }
   else
   {
       Console.WriteLine("Request Failed: Status: " + response.StatusCode + ", Reason: " + response.ReasonPhrase);
   }
}
// Requires "request" to be installed (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');

request.post({
  url: 'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
  formData: {
    'image.url': 'https://example.com/example.jpeg', // TODO: Replace with your image
    format: 'json',
    test: 'true', // TODO: Remove for production
    // TODO: Add more upload options here
  },
  auth: {user: '123', pass: '[secret]'},
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if (error) {
    console.error('Request failed:', error);
  } else if (!response || response.statusCode != 200) {
    console.error('Error:', response && response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  } else {
    let r = JSON.parse(body);

    // TODO: Store these
    let imageId = r.image.id;
    let imageSecret = r.image.secret;
    console.log("Result", r, imageId, imageSecret);
  }
});
$ch = curl_init('https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
    array('Authorization: Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd'));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    array(
      'image.url' => 'https://example.com/example.jpeg',
      'format' => 'json',
      'test' => 'true' // TODO: Remove for production
      // TODO: Add more upload options here
    ));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$data = curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) == 200) {
  $r = json_decode($data, true);

  // TODO: Store these
  $imageId = $r['image']['id'];
  $imageSecret = $r['image']['secret'];

  print_r($r);
  echo "Id: " . $imageId . ", secret: " . $imageSecret;
} else {
  echo "Error: " . $data;
}
curl_close($ch);
# Requires "requests" to be installed (see https://pypi.org/project/requests/)
import requests
import json

response = requests.post(
    'https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images',
    data={
        'image.url': 'https://example.com/example.jpeg',
        'format': 'json',
        'test': 'true' # TODO: Remove for production
        # TODO: Add more upload options here
    },
    auth=('123', '[secret]')
)
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    r = json.loads(response.content)

    # TODO: Store these
    imageId = r["image"]["id"];
    imageSecret = r["image"]["secret"];
    print("Result", r, imageId, imageSecret);
else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
# Requires: gem install httpclient
require 'httpclient'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

client = HTTPClient.new default_header: {
  "Authorization" => "Basic MTIzOltzZWNyZXRd"
}

response = client.post("https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/images", {
  "image.url" => "https://example.com/example.jpeg", # TODO: Replace with your image URL
  "format" => "json",
  "test" => "true" # TODO: Remove for production
  # TODO: Add more upload parameters here
})

if response.status == 200 then
  # Parse body
  image = JSON.parse(response.body)["image"]

  # TODO: Store these
  image_id = image["id"]
  image_secret = image["secret"]
  puts "Id: " + image_id.to_s + ", Secret: " + image_secret.to_s
else
  puts "Error: Code: " + response.status.to_s + ", Reason: " + response.reason
end

There are many more upload configuration options giving you complete control over how your image is processed.

Embed the White Label Smart Editor

Call ClippingMagic.js on your web page, replacing the hardcoded id and secret with the values you got from the upload:

<script src="https://clippingmagic.com/api/v1/ClippingMagic.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  function myCallback(opts) {
    // TODO: Replace this with your own functionality
    switch (opts.event) {
      case "error":
          alert("An error occurred: " + opts.error.status + ", " + opts.error.code + ", " + opts.error.message);
          break;

      case "result-generated":
          alert("Generated a result for " + opts.image.id + ", " + opts.image.secret);
          break;

      case "editor-exit":
          alert("The editor dialog closed");
          break;
    }
  }
  var errorsArray = ClippingMagic.initialize({apiId: 123});
  if (errorsArray.length > 0) alert("Sorry, your browser is missing some required features: \n\n " + errorsArray.join("\n "));
  else ClippingMagic.edit({
    "image" : {
      "id" : 2346,
      "secret" : "image_secret1"
    },
    "useStickySettings" : true,
    "hideBottomToolbar" : false,
    "locale" : "en-US"
  }, myCallback);
</script>

You can then download the newly available results by using the Download Server API.

See the full documentation for the White Label Smart Editor.

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