---
title: "Apply redaction"
method: POST
path: "/job/add/paperoffice_dataripper___redact_image"
tags: ["Document AI — Anonymization"]
---

# Apply redaction

`POST /job/add/paperoffice_dataripper___redact_image`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest`
- URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/job/add/paperoffice_dataripper___redact_image`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

POST /job/add/paperoffice_dataripper___redact_image. After document_anonymize_preview: send page image URLs (files/page_files), OCR bounding_boxes, redact_boxes/boxes_by_page from detected_pii and partial_regions (detected_pii...

This operation has 2 documented variants (same method and path, different fields):
- [Apply redaction](https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/docs/endpoints/po-anonymization-apply-redaction.md) — POST /job/add/paperoffice_dataripper___redact_image. After document_anonymize_preview: send page image URLs (files/page_files), OCR bounding_boxes, redact_boxes/boxes_by_page from detected_pii and partial_regions (detected_pii...
- [Redact image regions](https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/docs/endpoints/po-redact-image-regions.md) — POST /job/add/paperoffice_dataripper___redact_image. Used after PII preview to produce anonymized PDF. Required: files, bounding_boxes, redact_boxes. Also exposed as po_anonymization_apply_redaction.

## Response `200`

Success

- SuccessEnvelope: Success envelope. Payload fields are endpoint-specific (top-level fields, `result`/`job_result` for jobs, `data` on some account endpoints).
  - `status` 'success', required
  - `processing_time` union
    - string
    - number
  - `_billing` object

## Other responses

- `202`: Accepted — job continues in the background
- `4XX`: Error
- `5XX`: Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/paperoffice/apis/paperoffice-ai-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/paperoffice/apis/paperoffice-ai-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/paperoffice/apis/paperoffice-ai-api/revisions/c6a6228a4509?raw)