Showroom-quality car photos via API
Strip watermarks, hide license plates, clean backgrounds, sharpen details — one HTTP call, results in seconds. Built for marketplaces, dealers and listing apps.
No credit card. Free tier included.
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Before · After
Real listings, real results. Drag any divider to compare the original against what the API returns.
What it does
Designed for the messy reality of marketplace photos — taken by phones, uploaded by sellers, full of plate numbers and source watermarks.
Watermark removal
Aggressive but lossless cleanup of source-platform watermarks, banners, and dealer overlays.
License plate masking
Replace plates with custom text or your own brand. GDPR-friendly by default.
Style presets
Showroom, Catalog, Studio — each tuned for a different downstream use case.
Background cleanup
Remove parking-lot clutter, harsh shadows, and uneven lighting in one pass.
Seconds, not minutes
Typical edit completes in under 10 seconds. Async polling endpoint included.
Three input modes
Pass a vehicle ID from our catalog, a public URL, or upload a file directly.
Simple pricing
Start free. Pay only for what you process. No monthly minimums.
Pricing in USD.
One HTTP call
REST API with async polling. Three input modes: vehicle id, public URL, or direct file upload.
curl -X POST https://api.carapis.com/apix/photo_edit/edits/from_url/ \
-H "X-API-Key: car_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"source_url": "https://example.com/car.jpg",
"preset": "showroom",
"subject": "exterior",
"plate_text": "DEALER"
}'