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HTTP Status: 400 
{
  "code": "missing_image",
  "message": "The request did not contain an image file",
  "details": "Ensure you are sending multipart/form-data with field 'image_file'",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

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Reasons and How to Fix

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No Image File Provided

The /remove endpoint requires an image file in the image_file field. 
# ❌ Wrong - no image
curl -X POST https://api.poof.bg/v1/remove \
  -H "x-api-key: KEY"

# ✅ Correct
curl -X POST https://api.poof.bg/v1/remove \
  -H "x-api-key: KEY" \
  -F "image_file=@photo.jpg"

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Wrong Content-Type

The request must use multipart/form-data encoding. 
# ❌ Wrong - JSON body
curl -X POST https://api.poof.bg/v1/remove \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"image": "..."}'

# ✅ Correct - multipart/form-data
curl -X POST https://api.poof.bg/v1/remove \
  -H "x-api-key: KEY" \
  -F "image_file=@photo.jpg"

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Wrong Field Name

The field must be named exactly image_file. 
# ❌ Wrong field name
-F "image=@photo.jpg"
-F "file=@photo.jpg"

# ✅ Correct
-F "image_file=@photo.jpg"

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SDK Examples

from poofbg import Poof

client = Poof(api_key="YOUR_KEY")
result = client.remove("photo.jpg")  # File path
result = client.remove(image_bytes)  # Bytes

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Need Help?

Contact us at support@poof.bg with your request_id.