---
title: "video-background-remover (budget)"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/video-background-remover"
tags: ["Video: Edit & Effects"]
---

# video-background-remover (budget)

`POST /api/v1/video-background-remover`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.muapi.ai`
- URL: `https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1/video-background-remover`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - OAuth 2 (client credentials, token URL `https://api.muapi.ai/oauth/token`)

Remove the background from a video with frame-accurate matting. Input: video, background_color, output_container_and_codec, preserve_audio. Output: background-removed video (transparent or solid color). Use for: video background removal, transparent video cutout, green-screen-free compositing.

## Query parameters

- `webhook` string
- `team_id` integer, nullable

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string
- `x-embed-code` string, nullable
- `x-agent-embed-code` string, nullable
- `x-whitelabel-studio` string, nullable
- `authorization` string, nullable

## Request body

- VideoBackgroundRemoverRequest
  - `video_url` string, uri, required
  - `background_color` 'Transparent' | 'Black' | 'White' | 'Gray' | 'Red' | 'Green' | 'Blue' | 'Yellow' | 'Cyan' | 'Magenta' | 'Orange'
  - `output_container_and_codec` 'webm_vp9' | 'mp4_h264' | 'mp4_h265' | 'mov_h265' | 'mov_proresks' | 'mkv_h264' | 'mkv_h265' | 'mkv_vp9' | 'gif'
  - `preserve_audio` boolean
  - `webhook_url` string, uri, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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