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      "slug": "apitemplate-io",
      "name": "APITemplate.io",
      "vendor": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd",
      "vendorUrl": "https://apitemplate.io",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "design-assets",
      "summary": "APITemplate.io generates PDF documents and JPEG or PNG images from reusable templates filled with JSON data, and converts HTML, Markdown or a web page to PDF. Agents call its REST API with an API key.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apitemplate-io.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. The SDK repositories have no licence file, and the Python client's `setup.py` names Apache 2.0",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Calls send an API key in the `X-API-KEY` header, or as `Authorization: Token \u003ckey\u003e`. A browser signup at app.apitemplate.io creates the key, self-serve, and it can be regenerated under API Integration. Each team has its own key, separate from the personal one. No scopes or read-only keys were found. Direct URL image links carry a per-template `auth` code in the query string, with a quota and an expiry.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The free plan gives 50 images or PDFs a month and 3 templates with no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. PDF-only plans run from $24 a month for 3,000 PDFs to $179 for 25,000, and image and PDF plans from $35 for 1,500 files to $179 for 20,000, billed monthly. Annual billing is up to 20 per cent less. Overage billing exists only on Enterprise plans by request, with no rate published (checked 2026-10-09).",
      "priceSummary": "$24 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Monthly subscriptions paid through Stripe. No x402, MPP or L402 in the API description, the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 0,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-09"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://apitemplate.io/docs/",
      "openapi": "https://apitemplateio.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/redoc_apiv2/apitemplateiov2_api.yaml",
      "capabilities": [
        "design.templates",
        "design.render",
        "pdf.generate",
        "pdf.convert",
        "pdf.merge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "openapi",
        "no-card",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "images",
        "pdf",
        "regional-endpoints",
        "status-page",
        "sla"
      ],
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 46.6,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 850,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 7,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 49,
          "maintenance": 11,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 52,
          "security": 53,
          "transparency": 59
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-09. Two vendor documentation pages disagree on regional endpoints. The first-request guide (https://apitemplate.io/docs/getting-started/first-api-request) lists `rest.apitemplate.io` as the US default with `rest-eu` and `rest-sg` hosts. The API reference and REST guide (https://apitemplate.io/docs/integrations/rest-api) list it as the Singapore default with `rest-de` and `rest-us`. The vendor says data is processed and stored in the region of the endpoint, so the conflict affects data residency. We did not test which hostnames resolve. 2 points."
        ],
        "verdict": "A public OpenAPI description covers 12 operations, with rate limits, four regional endpoints and a 99.9 per cent uptime SLA published. Each account or team has one unscoped API key, no changelog or deprecation notices were found, the SDK repositories date from September 2023, and two documentation pages name different regional hostnames.",
        "bestFor": "Owners who need invoices, certificates, reports and social images filled from templates, with HTML, URL and Markdown to PDF on the same key and a choice of storage region.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.0.0 description of 12 operations is linked from the docs, with request samples in cURL, Python, PHP, Node.js and C# on the main operations",
          "Rate limits are published as 100 requests per 10 seconds per IP address and 100 concurrent synchronous PDF requests per account",
          "Regional endpoints in Singapore, Frankfurt, N. Virginia and Sydney process and store requests and output in the region, per the API reference",
          "The SLA page commits to 99.9 per cent monthly availability for the REST API and dashboard, with service credits of 10 to 50 per cent",
          "Free plan of 50 images or PDFs a month with no card, and output can skip vendor storage with `export_type=file` or `cloud_storage=0`"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "One API key per account or team with no scopes or read-only mode, and `GET /v2/delete-object` deletes a file with a GET request",
          "No changelog, release notes or dated deprecation notices were found, and the terms allow the service to change with or without notice",
          "The five SDK repositories each hold a generated client committed on 17 September 2023, with no tags, no licence file and placeholder install commands",
          "The first-request guide names `rest-eu` and `rest-sg` hostnames and a US default, while the API reference names `rest-de` and `rest-us` and a Singapore default",
          "Errors are documented as one `status` and `message` object with no status codes listed, and no idempotency key exists for generation calls",
          "The terms of use forbid any robot or other automatic device accessing the Site or Service, and bar load or vulnerability testing without agreement. This matters before any probe is run"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send the key in the `X-API-KEY` header and pick the regional host first, because requests and output are processed and stored in that region",
          "Call `GET /v2/list-templates` with `with_layer_info=1` before `POST /v2/create-image`, so the `name` values in `overrides` match the template's elements",
          "Set `meta` to your own reference on each generation and check `GET /v2/list-objects` before retrying, since there is no idempotency key",
          "Set `expiration` in minutes (1 to 10080) or `export_type=file` for sensitive output. By default the download URL does not expire",
          "For `async=1` you must pass `webhook_url`. The callback is a GET with the result in the query string, retried three times",
          "On HTTP 429 pause and retry on your own schedule. The docs give no `Retry-After` header or backoff interval"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 46.6
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 49,
          "maintenance": 11,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 52,
          "security": 53,
          "transparency": 58
        },
        "provenanceScore": 59
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2/create-image?template_id=TEMPLATE_ID\" -H \"X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"overrides\": [{\"name\": \"title\", \"text\": \"Hello World\"}]}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/apitemplate-io"
      },
      "area": "design-diagrams",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "PDF Basic",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 24,
          "note": "3,000 PDFs a month, 20 templates. $19 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "PDF Standard",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 89,
          "note": "12,000 PDFs a month, 180 templates. $69 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "PDF Enterprise",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 179,
          "note": "25,000 PDFs a month, unlimited templates, own storage. $139 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Starter (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 35,
          "note": "1,500 images or PDFs a month, 15 templates. $29 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Standard (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 89,
          "note": "9,000 images or PDFs a month, 150 templates. $69 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Enterprise (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 179,
          "note": "20,000 images or PDFs a month, unlimited templates, own storage. $139 a month billed annually"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd",
        "domain": "apitemplate.io",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://apitemplate.io/terms-of-use/",
        "privacy": "https://apitemplate.io/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.apitemplate.io/",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-09",
        "notes": [
          "The terms of use name Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd, a Singapore company. The DPA gives Unique Entity Number 201902224G and an address at 50 Lakeside Drive, Singapore 648315.",
          "The terms of use are dated 8 April 2022. They are the customer contract for the service and its APIs, covering subscriptions, fees, content and termination.",
          "The privacy policy is dated 21 January 2024 and covers the websites, the app and the APIs. It holds the sub-processor list and the storage regions.",
          "A Data Processing Agreement with standard contractual clauses is at apitemplate.io/data-processing-agreement/, and an SLA dated 13 February 2020 at apitemplate.io/service-level-agreement/.",
          "The API answers at rest.apitemplate.io and regional hosts under apitemplate.io, per the API reference. We sent no request to an API host.",
          "apitemplate.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.",
          "The status page is hosted by UptimeRobot. Its figures load by script from a path its robots.txt disallows.",
          "No changelog or release notes page was found on the site, in the docs or in the SDK repositories.",
          "The domain's registration date was not established. rdap.org answered 404 for apitemplate.io."
        ],
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      },
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        "slug": "apitemplate-io",
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          "target": "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:18.830329585Z",
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              "ok": 85
            },
            {
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              "probes": 40,
              "ok": 40
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.apitemplate.io",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:05.907079503Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://apitemplate.io/privacy-policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:36.641195644Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a0f620060789"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://apitemplate.io/terms-of-use/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:39.292785112Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:18.830329585Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Photoroom API scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against APITemplate.io's 46.6 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. APITemplate.io leads on reliability.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "photoroom",
      "name": "Photoroom API",
      "vendor": "Photoroom",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.photoroom.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "design-assets",
      "summary": "Photoroom's API edits product photos over HTTP. One call removes a background, adds a shadow or generated background, relights, expands, resizes or fills a template, and returns the image. A hosted MCP server wraps the same API.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/photoroom.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/PhotoRoom/api-code-samples",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the Photoroom Terms and Conditions. The sample code repository is MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key, sent in the `x-api-key` header. A person creates a Photoroom account and activates the API in the dashboard at app.photoroom.com/api-dashboard. A team can create several keys and revoke each one. No scopes were found. Prefixing the key with `sandbox_` makes free, watermarked calls. The hosted MCP server uses an OAuth authorisation code grant with PKCE and dynamic client registration, and creates its own API key for the connection (https://docs.photoroom.com/getting-started/introduction.md, https://www.photoroom.com/api/claude).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "$0.02 an image on the Remove Background API (Basic plan) and $0.10 a call on the Image Editing API (Plus plan), bought as a monthly subscription of images that do not roll over. Sandbox mode is free for 1,000 watermarked calls a month, and a new account gets 10 free production background removals, with no card. Failed calls are not billed. Enterprise pricing from 200,000 images a year is by sales (https://www.photoroom.com/api/pricing, https://docs.photoroom.com/getting-started/pricing.md).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI description or the pricing pages (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 1,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-09"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.photoroom.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.photoroom.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://image-api.photoroom.com/openapi",
      "capabilities": [
        "image.edit",
        "design.templates",
        "image.generate",
        "image.upscale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "sandbox",
        "background-removal",
        "soc2"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-04-21",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 56,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 642,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 5,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 64,
          "maintenance": 23,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 46,
          "schema": 86,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 68
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "A call costs $0.02 for background removal or $0.10 for any combination of edits, and a sandbox key gives 1,000 free watermarked calls a month without a card. No status page or official SDK was found, and Photoroom's privacy policy and security page disagree on whether API images train its models.",
        "bestFor": "Product-photo work at volume, such as cutouts, white backgrounds, shadows, generated scenes and clothing shots, one image a call.",
        "strengths": [
          "Prices are per image and public, $0.02 for the Remove Background API and $0.10 for an Image Editing call with any number of edits combined",
          "A `sandbox_` key prefix gives 1,000 free watermarked Image Editing calls a month (100 a day) with no card, per the docs and pricing page",
          "Calls that end in an error do not consume an image, per the pricing page of the docs",
          "A public OpenAPI 3.1 file, an `llms.txt` index and a Markdown twin of every docs page, plus a ready-made prompt for coding agents",
          "The security page says images sent to the API are discarded when the response returns and names five sub-processors and US hosting"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No status page was found on the site or in the docs, so there is no public incident history to read",
          "The privacy policy says model improvement does not apply to API images. The security page says self-serve API plans train by default with an opt-out",
          "No official SDK. The vendor publishes MIT sample code for web, Node.js, Python and iOS and tells callers to use a plain HTTP client",
          "The changelog's last dated entry is 21 April 2026, while the docs list Virtual Try-On, which has no changelog entry",
          "The terms forbid any automated system that sends more requests than a person could from a browser. This matters before any probe is run"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send the key in the `x-api-key` header. Prefix it with `sandbox_` while testing, because calls with the plain key consume paid images",
          "Save the response body as a file. A 200 returns image bytes, PNG by default, and any other status returns JSON with `error.message` or `detail`",
          "Send model selectors such as `pr-ai-shadows-model-version: 2026-04-15` as HTTP headers, not form fields. They are not in the OpenAPI file",
          "Stay under 60 images a minute. On 429 back off with an exponential delay, and set a client timeout of at least 60 seconds for AI edits",
          "Use `POST /v2/edit` with `imageFile` for local files and `GET /v2/edit` with `imageUrl` for hosted ones. Each call takes one image"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "history": [
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 56
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
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          "maintenance": 23,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 46,
          "schema": 86,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "provenanceScore": 78
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl --request POST \\\n  --url https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit \\\n  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \\\n  --form imageFile=@/absolute/path/to/image.jpg \\\n  --form removeBackground=true \\\n  --form background.color=FFFFFF \\\n  --form padding=0.15 \\\n  --form shadow.mode=ai.soft \\\n  --output result.png",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http Photoroom https://mcp.photoroom.com/mcp"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.edit",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/photoroom"
      },
      "area": "design-diagrams",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Remove Background API",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "Basic plan, `/v1/segment`"
        },
        {
          "item": "Image Editing API",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.1,
          "note": "Plus plan, `/v2/edit`, any number of edits in the call"
        },
        {
          "item": "Basic plan, 1,000 images",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "example from the pricing page FAQ"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Photoroom SAS",
        "domain": "photoroom.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1998-11-21",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.photoroom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions",
        "privacy": "https://www.photoroom.com/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://docs.photoroom.com/getting-started/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-09",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms and Conditions, effective 29 July 2026, cover the platform, the application programming interface and related services of Photoroom SAS. No separate API terms were found.",
          "The legal notice gives PHOTOROOM, SAS, RCS Paris 853 059 384, 229 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris. The site footer reads Photoroom, Inc.",
          "The privacy policy, updated March 2026, names Photoroom as controller for photoroom.com, app.photoroom.com and the apps, and has one sentence on API images.",
          "The API answers at image-api.photoroom.com and sdk.photoroom.com and the MCP server at mcp.photoroom.com.",
          "https://www.photoroom.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.",
          "RDAP for photoroom.com gives a registration date of 1998-11-21, which predates the company.",
          "No status page was found. status.photoroom.com did not answer one request."
        ],
        "score": 78
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom.json",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.photoroom.com/legal/privacy",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/photoroom.json\n- Best programmatic image and design asset APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design-assets/index.md\n- All 45 assets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/design-assets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### APITemplate.io (D)\n\nGood for: Owners who need invoices, certificates, reports and social images filled from templates, with HTML, URL and Markdown to PDF on the same key and a choice of storage region.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 46\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: One API key per account or team with no scopes or read-only mode, and `GET /v2/delete-object` deletes a file with a GET request\n\n### Photoroom API (C)\n\nGood for: Product-photo work at volume, such as cutouts, white backgrounds, shadows, generated scenes and clothing shots, one image a call.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 52\n- Agent ergonomics, 64 against 49\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 23 against 11\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 59\n\nWatch for: No status page was found on the site or in the docs, so there is no public incident history to read\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | APITemplate.io | Photoroom API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 46 | APITemplate.io +19 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 86 | Photoroom API +34 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 64 | Photoroom API +15 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 53 | 54 | Photoroom API +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Photoroom API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 11 | 23 | Photoroom API +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 68 | Photoroom API +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **46.6 · D** | **56 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | APITemplate.io | Photoroom API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd | Photoroom |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2` | `https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. 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Set `meta` to your own reference on each generation and check `GET /v2/list-objects` before retrying, since there is no idempotency key\n4. Set `expiration` in minutes (1 to 10080) or `export_type=file` for sensitive output. By default the download URL does not expire\n5. For `async=1` you must pass `webhook_url`. The callback is a GET with the result in the query string, retried three times\n6. On HTTP 429 pause and retry on your own schedule. The docs give no `Retry-After` header or backoff interval\n\n### Photoroom API\n\n1. Send the key in the `x-api-key` header. Prefix it with `sandbox_` while testing, because calls with the plain key consume paid images\n2. Save the response body as a file. A 200 returns image bytes, PNG by default, and any other status returns JSON with `error.message` or `detail`\n3. Send model selectors such as `pr-ai-shadows-model-version: 2026-04-15` as HTTP headers, not form fields. They are not in the OpenAPI file\n4. Stay under 60 images a minute. 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