Async API Reference

Async image edit contract

Async endpoint returns a response without waiting for an actual result. The actual result should be queried with another request. So you can request image editing and separately get the result after it's ready.

Request image processing

The request body for async endpoint is the same as for regular image edit operation. See Image edit contract for more info.

Async Image Edit

post

Specifies:

• what image will be processed (input)
• how it will be processed (operations)
• where it will be stored (output)

Authorizations

OAuth2PasswordBearer

Body

inputstring · uri · min: 1 · max: 4096Required

URL of the input image. Should be from 1 to 512 characters. Image must be accessible by our system.

Example: storage://storage_1/path/image.jpg

operationsall ofRequired

Customize the editing workflow so that the output images meet your requirements.

outputany ofOptional

Customize the result output.

Default: {"format":"jpeg"}

or

string · uri · min: 1 · max: 4096Optional

Responses

200

Successful Response

application/json

401

Authorization is required.

application/json

402

No API calls left.

application/json

403

Not enough permissions.

application/json

422

Unprocessable Entity.

application/json

429

Too many requests.

application/json

post

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /v1-beta1/image/edit/async HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_OAUTH2_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 685

{
  "input": "storage://storage_1/path/image.jpg",
  "operations": {
    "restorations": {
      "decompress": "moderate",
      "upscale": "smart_enhance",
      "polish": false
    },
    "adjustments": {
      "hdr": 0,
      "exposure": 0,
      "saturation": 0,
      "contrast": 0,
      "sharpness": 0
    },
    "background": {
      "remove": false,
      "color": "text",
      "blur": false
    },
    "resizing": {
      "width": "auto",
      "height": "auto",
      "fit": "crop"
    },
    "padding": "text",
    "privacy": {
      "blur_car_plate": false,
      "identity_crop": false
    },
    "generative": {
      "style_transfer": {
        "style_reference_image": "text",
        "prompt": "text",
        "depth_strength": 1,
        "denoising_strength": 0.75,
        "style_strength": 0.75
      }
    }
  },
  "output": {
    "format": "jpeg",
    "destination": "storage://storage_1/path/output_image.jpg",
    "metadata": {
      "dpi": 1,
      "color_space": "RGB"
    }
  }
}

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "status": "ACCEPTED",
    "result_url": "https://example.com",
    "created_at": "2025-05-28T16:09:02.100Z",
    "request": {
      "input": "storage://storage_1/input_folder/ | https://image_url.com/example.jpg | [https://image_url.com/example.jpg, https://image_url.com/example.jpg]",
      "operations": {
        "restorations": {
          "decompress": "moderate",
          "upscale": "smart_enhance",
          "polish": false
        },
        "adjustments": {
          "hdr": 0,
          "exposure": 0,
          "saturation": 0,
          "contrast": 0,
          "sharpness": 0
        },
        "background": {
          "remove": false,
          "color": "text",
          "blur": false
        },
        "resizing": {
          "width": "auto",
          "height": "auto",
          "fit": "crop"
        },
        "padding": "text",
        "privacy": {
          "blur_car_plate": false,
          "identity_crop": false
        },
        "generative": {
          "style_transfer": {
            "style_reference_image": "text",
            "prompt": "text",
            "depth_strength": 1,
            "denoising_strength": 0.75,
            "style_strength": 0.75
          }
        }
      },
      "output": "storage://storage_1/output_folder/"
    },
    "errors": [
      {
        "error": "text",
        "created_at": "text",
        "input_object": {
          "ext": "text",
          "mps": 1,
          "mime": "text",
          "format": "text",
          "width": 1,
          "height": 1
        }
      }
    ],
    "result": {
      "input_object": {
        "ext": "text",
        "mps": 1,
        "mime": "text",
        "format": "text",
        "width": 1,
        "height": 1
      },
      "output_object": {
        "ext": "text",
        "mps": 1,
        "mime": "text",
        "format": "text",
        "width": 1,
        "height": 1,
        "tmp_url": "text",
        "object_key": "text",
        "object_bucket": "text",
        "object_uri": "text",
        "claid_storage_uri": "text"
      }
    }
  }
}

Request

HTTP

POST /v1-beta1/image/edit/async HTTP/1.1
Host: api.claid.ai
Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "input": "https://picsum.photos/200.jpg",
  "operations": {
    "resizing": {
      "width": 1000
    },
    "background": {
      "remove": false
    }
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST --location "https://api.claid.ai/v1-beta1/image/edit/async" --http1.1 \
    -H "Host: api.claid.ai" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "{
          \"input\": \"https://picsum.photos/200.jpg\",
          \"operations\": {
            \"resizing\": {
              \"width\": 1000
            },
            \"background\": {
              \"remove\": false
            }
          }
        }"

Read a response

Once you have made the request to https://api.claid.ai/v1-beta1/image/edit/async you will get a response with information about request status and some other details (listed below).

Request information shown in the response:

Parameter	Type	Description
id	integer	Task ID.
status	string	Request processing status. For a valid requst can only have one value: ACCEPTED.
result_url	string	URL of GET endpoint that can be used to get the result manually and get request status while it is still in process.
created_at	string	Exact time when the processing was requested.
request	object	The body of the request that was used for processing.

Response body

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "status": "ACCEPTED",
    "result_url": "https://api.claid.ai/v1-beta1/image/edit/async/1",
    "created_at": "2023-03-13T11:37:09.160554+00:00",
    "request": {
      "input": "https://picsum.photos/200.jpg",
      "operations": {
        "resizing": {
            "width": 1000
        },
        "background": {
            "remove": false
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

See the Request Headers and Response Headers to learn about headers.

Result of request processing contract

To get image editing result, you need to know the ID of the processing request. Or you can take a ready-to-use link from the result_url property of the response body described above.

Async Image Edit Result

get

Authorizations

Path parameters

task_idintegerRequired

Responses

200

Successful Response

application/json

401

Authorization is required.

application/json

403

Not enough permissions.

application/json

404

Batch image edit pipeline not found.

application/json

422

Unprocessable Entity.

application/json

get

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /v1-beta1/image/edit/async/{task_id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_OAUTH2_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "status": "ACCEPTED",
    "result_url": "https://example.com",
    "created_at": "2025-05-28T16:09:02.100Z",
    "request": {
      "input": "storage://storage_1/input_folder/ | https://image_url.com/example.jpg | [https://image_url.com/example.jpg, https://image_url.com/example.jpg]",
      "operations": {
        "restorations": {
          "decompress": "moderate",
          "upscale": "smart_enhance",
          "polish": false
        },
        "adjustments": {
          "hdr": 0,
          "exposure": 0,
          "saturation": 0,
          "contrast": 0,
          "sharpness": 0
        },
        "background": {
          "remove": false,
          "color": "text",
          "blur": false
        },
        "resizing": {
          "width": "auto",
          "height": "auto",
          "fit": "crop"
        },
        "padding": "text",
        "privacy": {
          "blur_car_plate": false,
          "identity_crop": false
        },
        "generative": {
          "style_transfer": {
            "style_reference_image": "text",
            "prompt": "text",
            "depth_strength": 1,
            "denoising_strength": 0.75,
            "style_strength": 0.75
          }
        }
      },
      "output": "storage://storage_1/output_folder/"
    },
    "errors": [
      {
        "error": "text",
        "created_at": "text",
        "input_object": {
          "ext": "text",
          "mps": 1,
          "mime": "text",
          "format": "text",
          "width": 1,
          "height": 1
        }
      }
    ],
    "result": {
      "input_object": {
        "ext": "text",
        "mps": 1,
        "mime": "text",
        "format": "text",
        "width": 1,
        "height": 1
      },
      "output_object": {
        "ext": "text",
        "mps": 1,
        "mime": "text",
        "format": "text",
        "width": 1,
        "height": 1,
        "tmp_url": "text",
        "object_key": "text",
        "object_bucket": "text",
        "object_uri": "text",
        "claid_storage_uri": "text"
      }
    }
  }
}

Request

HTTP

GET /v1-beta1/image/edit/async/1 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.claid.ai
Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}

cURL

curl -X GET --location "https://api.claid.ai/v1-beta1/image/edit/async/1" --http1.1 \
    -H "Host: api.claid.ai" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_API_KEY}"

Read a response

Once you have made the request to https://api.claid.ai/v1-beta1/image/edit/async/<task_id> you will get a response with information about the request, input and output images.

Image information shown in the response:

Parameter	Type	Description
id	integer	Task ID.
status	string	Request processing status. Can have values: ACCEPTED, PROCESSING, ERROR, DONE.
created_at	string	Exact time when the processing was requested.
request	object	The body of the request that was used for processing.
errors	list	List of errors, if any are occurred during image processing (status will have ERROR value), in other cases - will be empty.
result	object	Result object that is contain 2 properties input_object and output_object, in case of processing errors - will be empty. Details are listed below.

Read a input_object and output_object properties of response result property:

Parameter	Type	Description
ext	string	File extension. Can have values: jpg, png, webp, av1.
mps	float	Megapixel count.
mime	string	MIME type (also known as ‘media type’).
width	integer	Image width in pixels.
height	integer	Image height in pixels.
format	string	File format. Can have values: jpeg, png, webp, avif.
tmp_url	string	Temporary URL of a processed image. Is available only for output_object.

Read an item from errors property:

Parameter	Type	Description
error	string	Error message in text.
created_at	integer	Exact time when the error was catched.
input_object	object	Same as input_object from result property. For some errors can be null.

Response body

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "status": "DONE",
    "created_at": "2023-03-13T11:37:09.160554+00:00",
    "request": {
      "input": "https://picsum.photos/200.jpg",
      "operations": {
        "resizing": {
            "width": 1000
        },
        "background": {
            "remove": false
        }
      }
    },
    "errors": [],
    "result": {
      "input_object": {
        "ext": "pnj",
        "mps": 0.016384,
        "mime": "image/jpeg",
        "format": "JPEG",
        "width": 128,
        "height": 128
      },
      "output_object": {
        "ext": "jpeg",
        "mps": 1.0,
        "mime": "image/jpeg",
        "format": "JPEG",
        "width": 1000,
        "height": 1000,
        "tmp_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/production-leapi-tmp-public/000/200.jpeg"
      }
    }
  }
}

See Response headers to learn about headers.