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fal-ai/finegrain-eraser/bbox
Finegrain Eraser removes any object selected with a bounding box—along with its shadows, reflections, and lighting artifacts—seamlessly reconstructing the scene with contextually accurate content.
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Erase content from an image using a bounding box

1. Calling the API#

Install the client#

The client provides a convenient way to interact with the model API.

npm install --save @fal-ai/client

Setup your API Key#

Set FAL_KEY as an environment variable in your runtime.

export FAL_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Submit a request#

The client API handles the API submit protocol. It will handle the request status updates and return the result when the request is completed.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const result = await fal.subscribe("fal-ai/finegrain-eraser/bbox", {
  input: {
    image_url: "https://v3.fal.media/files/elephant/IKqKIxDfRDK8fzeETCveO_erase_example01.jpg",
    box_prompts: [{}]
  },
  logs: true,
  onQueueUpdate: (update) => {
    if (update.status === "IN_PROGRESS") {
      update.logs.map((log) => log.message).forEach(console.log);
    }
  },
});
console.log(result.data);
console.log(result.requestId);

2. Authentication#

The API uses an API Key for authentication. It is recommended you set the FAL_KEY environment variable in your runtime when possible.

API Key#

In case your app is running in an environment where you cannot set environment variables, you can set the API Key manually as a client configuration.
import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

fal.config({
  credentials: "YOUR_FAL_KEY"
});

3. Queue#

Submit a request#

The client API provides a convenient way to submit requests to the model.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const { request_id } = await fal.queue.submit("fal-ai/finegrain-eraser/bbox", {
  input: {
    image_url: "https://v3.fal.media/files/elephant/IKqKIxDfRDK8fzeETCveO_erase_example01.jpg",
    box_prompts: [{}]
  },
  webhookUrl: "https://optional.webhook.url/for/results",
});

Fetch request status#

You can fetch the status of a request to check if it is completed or still in progress.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const status = await fal.queue.status("fal-ai/finegrain-eraser/bbox", {
  requestId: "764cabcf-b745-4b3e-ae38-1200304cf45b",
  logs: true,
});

Get the result#

Once the request is completed, you can fetch the result. See the Output Schema for the expected result format.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const result = await fal.queue.result("fal-ai/finegrain-eraser/bbox", {
  requestId: "764cabcf-b745-4b3e-ae38-1200304cf45b"
});
console.log(result.data);
console.log(result.requestId);

4. Files#

Some attributes in the API accept file URLs as input. Whenever that's the case you can pass your own URL or a Base64 data URI.

Data URI (base64)#

You can pass a Base64 data URI as a file input. The API will handle the file decoding for you. Keep in mind that for large files, this alternative although convenient can impact the request performance.

Hosted files (URL)#

You can also pass your own URLs as long as they are publicly accessible. Be aware that some hosts might block cross-site requests, rate-limit, or consider the request as a bot.

Uploading files#

We provide a convenient file storage that allows you to upload files and use them in your requests. You can upload files using the client API and use the returned URL in your requests.

import { fal } from "@fal-ai/client";

const file = new File(["Hello, World!"], "hello.txt", { type: "text/plain" });
const url = await fal.storage.upload(file);

Read more about file handling in our file upload guide.

5. Schema#

Input#

image_url string* required

URL of the image to edit

box_prompts list<BoxPromptBase>* required

List of bounding box coordinates to erase (only one box prompt is supported)

mode ModeEnum

Erase quality mode Default value: "standard"

Possible enum values: express, standard, premium

seed integer

Random seed for reproducible generation

{
  "image_url": "https://v3.fal.media/files/elephant/IKqKIxDfRDK8fzeETCveO_erase_example01.jpg",
  "box_prompts": [
    {}
  ],
  "mode": "standard"
}

Output#

image File* required

The edited image with content erased

used_seed integer* required

Seed used for generation

{
  "image": {
    "url": "https://v3.fal.media/files/penguin/PpROj5BGoWMj0H6wb11aG_output.jpg"
  }
}

Other types#

BoxPromptBase#

x_min integer

X Min Coordinate of the box

y_min integer

Y Min Coordinate of the box

x_max integer

X Max Coordinate of the prompt

y_max integer

Y Max Coordinate of the prompt

MaskEraseRequest#

image_url string* required

URL of the image to edit

mask_url string* required

URL of the mask image. Should be a binary mask where white (255) indicates areas to erase

mode ModeEnum

Erase quality mode Default value: "standard"

Possible enum values: express, standard, premium

seed integer

Random seed for reproducible generation

PromptEraseRequest#

image_url string* required

URL of the image to edit

prompt string* required

Text description of what to erase

mode ModeEnum

Erase quality mode Default value: "standard"

Possible enum values: express, standard, premium

seed integer

Random seed for reproducible generation

File#

url string* required

The URL where the file can be downloaded from.

content_type string

The mime type of the file.

file_name string

The name of the file. It will be auto-generated if not provided.

file_size integer

The size of the file in bytes.

file_data string

File data

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