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MCP

Give your agent Remove.bg tools

Every Remove.bg action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Remove.bg account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

Pipedream Connect

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "remove_bg",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Remove background:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "remove_bg-remove-background",
  arguments: {
    image_file: "Image file",
    image_file_b64: "Image file b64",
  },
})

# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
    "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
    "x-pd-environment": "production",
    "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    "x-pd-app-slug": "remove_bg",
}

async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
    async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
        await session.initialize()
        tools = await session.list_tools()

        # e.g. run Remove background:
        result = await session.call_tool("remove_bg-remove-background", {
            "image_file": "Image file",
            "image_file_b64": "Image file b64",
        })

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API PROXY

Call the Remove.bg API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Remove.bg API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

Pipedream Connect

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.remove.bg/v1.0/account",
})

// Any allowed Remove.bg endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://api.remove.bg/v1.0/account

curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkucmVtb3ZlLmJnL3YxLjAvYWNjb3VudA?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "x-pd-environment: production"

API proxy guide →

SDK

Run Remove.bg actions from your backend

Connect a user's Remove.bg account once, then run Remove background on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

Pipedream Connect

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "remove_bg-remove-background",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    remove_bg: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    image_file: "Image file",
    image_file_b64: "Image file b64",
  },
})

from pipedream import Pipedream

pd = Pipedream(
    client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
    client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
    project_id="{project_id}",
    project_environment="production",
)

result = pd.actions.run(
    id="remove_bg-remove-background",
    external_user_id="{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    configured_props={
        "remove_bg": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
        "image_file": "Image file",
        "image_file_b64": "Image file b64",
    },
)

curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "remove_bg-remove-background",
    "configured_props": {
      "remove_bg": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "image_file": "Image file",
      "image_file_b64": "Image file b64"
    }
  }'