POST /photo/process
Compliant passport / visa photo
951 official specifications across 164 countries. The same pipeline that runs visapics.org.
$0.20 – $0.50
Developer · REST API
Photo processing,
by the call.
A boring, predictable HTTPS API. Background removal, AI face enhance, EXIF tooling, watermarks, and the full 951-spec compliance engine. From $0.05 per request.
◆ Endpoints
Six capabilities, one API.
Base URL https://visapics.org/api/v1. Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer or X-API-Key. Browsing the catalogue — GET /countries and GET /specifications — needs no key and costs nothing.
POST /photo/process/async
The same, non-blocking
Returns a task id straight away. Poll it, or subscribe to the SSE stream for live progress.
Same rate
POST /photo/remove-background
Background removal
White, transparent, or any hex colour, from an ordinary photo.
$0.10
POST /photo/enhance
Face enhancement
GFPGAN-grade restoration, exposure normalisation.
$0.15
POST /photo/watermark
Watermarks
Text or image. Position, opacity, rotation, tile.
$0.05
POST /photo/exif
EXIF read / strip
Camera, GPS, exposure metadata or privacy-strip.
Free
◆ Pricing
Volume discounts.
No subscriptions.
Pay only for successful processings — a rejected photo is never charged. Your tier follows your total deposits, applies itself, and never expires.
BASE
$0.50
/photo
$10 minimum deposit
STARTER
$0.40
/photo
$50+ deposit
— 20% off
PROFESSIONAL
$0.30
/photo
$100+ deposit
— 40% off
ENTERPRISE
$0.20
/photo
$500+ deposit
— 60% off
◆ Built for production
Boring, the good kind.
OpenAPI 3.0
Full spec at /api/v1/openapi.json — generate a client in any language.
Live progress
Poll the task or open the SSE stream: stage and percentage, as it happens.
Detailed errors
Every rejection returns a code and a fix you can show your user verbatim.
White-label output
No watermark, no branding, no redirect. Your customer never leaves your site.
Official sources
Every one of the 951 specifications cites the government document behind it.
Versioned URLs
/api/v1 — no breaking-change parties.
Rate limits you can raise
1,000 requests/hour per key by default. Ask and we lift it.
Pay as you go
Prepaid balance, no subscription, no monthly expiry, no plan to outgrow.
A key in 60 seconds