---
title: "Media · Image · Blur image background"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tools/blur-background"
tags: ["background"]
---

# Media · Image · Blur image background

`POST /api/v1/tools/blur-background`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.simplified.com`
- URL: `https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/tools/blur-background`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Detects the subject and blurs the background. Synchronous — returns image_url directly.

## Request body

- object
  - `image_url` string, required: URL of the source image.
  - `blur_value` integer, required: Blur intensity (1–100).

## Response `200`

Processed image URL (synchronous).

- BackgroundBlurBackgroundResponse200
  - `image_url` string

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/simplified/apis/image-tools.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/simplified/apis/image-tools/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/simplified/apis/image-tools/revisions/7de7bf8f6707?raw)