Image Face Blur API Documentation

Image Face Blur API Documentation

Playground

AI Image Face Blur automatically detects and blurs faces in images for privacy protection. Upload an image and get a result with all faces blurred. Ready-to-use REST inference API, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

Features

AI Image Face Blur automatically detects and blurs all faces in an image in one click. Upload a photo and get back a privacy-protected version with every face smoothly obscured — no manual selection or editing required.

How to Use

1. Upload your image — provide the photo via URL or drag-and-drop.
2. Submit — AI detects and blurs all faces automatically.
3. Download your privacy-protected image.

Pricing

Just $0.001 per image.

Best Use Cases

• Privacy protection — Blur faces before publishing photos of crowds, events, or public spaces.
• Content compliance — Anonymize images for GDPR, research, and data privacy requirements.
• Social media — Share group photos without exposing unintended participants.
• Security & surveillance — Redact faces from footage stills before sharing or reporting.

Notes

• image is the only required field.
• All detected faces in the image are blurred automatically — individual face selection is not supported.
• Ensure image URLs are publicly accessible if using a link rather than a direct upload.
• Please ensure your content complies with WaveSpeed AI’s usage policies.

Authentication

For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.

API Endpoints

Submit Task & Query Result

set -euo pipefail

export WAVESPEED_API_KEY="your-api-key"

REQUEST_BODY=$(cat <<'JSON'
{
  "image": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-images/painted-hand-298-332.jpg"
}
JSON
)

# 1. Submit the prediction.
SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
  -X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/wavespeed-ai/image-face-blur" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "${REQUEST_BODY}")

TASK=$(printf '%s' "${SUBMIT_RESPONSE}" | jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end')
PREDICTION_ID=$(printf '%s' "${TASK}" | jq -r '.id // empty')
if [ -z "${PREDICTION_ID}" ]; then
  printf 'Submission response did not contain a prediction id
' >&2
  exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL=$(printf '%s' "${TASK}" | jq -r '.urls.get // empty')
if [ -z "${RESULT_URL}" ]; then RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${PREDICTION_ID}/result"; fi

# 2. Poll until the prediction finishes.
while true; do
  RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
    "${RESULT_URL}" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}")
  RESULT=$(printf '%s' "${RESPONSE}" | jq 'if type == "object" and has("data") then .data else . end')
  STATUS=$(printf '%s' "${RESULT}" | jq -r '.status // empty')

  case "${STATUS}" in
    completed) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq '.outputs'; break ;;
    failed|cancelled|timeout) printf '%s\n' "${RESULT}" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
    created|processing) sleep 2 ;;
    *) printf 'Unexpected status: %s
' "${STATUS}" >&2; exit 1 ;;
  esac
done

Parameters

Task Submission Parameters

Request Parameters

Response Parameters

Result Request Parameters

Result Response Parameters