BackgroundCut-Python-V2.py

import requests
from requests.exceptions import RequestException

# API configuration
API_ENDPOINT = "https://api.backgroundcut.co/v2/cut/"
API_KEY = 'YOUR-API-KEY'

IMAGE_PATH = "/path/to/image.jpg"

REQUEST_PARAMETERS = {
    'quality': 'medium',
    'return_format': 'webp',
    'max_resolution': '12000000',  # 12 MegaPixels (for example 4000 * 3000)
}

TIMEOUT_DURATION = 20  # seconds

LOCAL_OUTPUT_FILENAME = "/path/to/output.webp"

try:
    # Open image file and send POST request to API endpoint
    with open(IMAGE_PATH, 'rb') as image_file:
        image_data = {'image_file': image_file}
        response = requests.post(API_ENDPOINT,
                                 files=image_data,
                                 data=REQUEST_PARAMETERS,
                                 headers={'Authorization': f'{API_KEY}'},
                                 timeout=TIMEOUT_DURATION)

    # Check response status code
    if response.status_code == 200:
        # The API returns the image directly in the response
        with open(LOCAL_OUTPUT_FILENAME, 'wb') as f:
            f.write(response.content)

    elif 400 <= response.status_code < 500:
        try:
            error_message = response.json().get('error', 'No error message provided')
        except:
            error_message = 'No error message provided'
        raise Exception(
            f"Client error. Status Code: {response.status_code}. Error Message: {error_message}"
        )
    elif 500 <= response.status_code < 600:
        raise Exception(f"Server error. Status Code: {response.status_code}")
    else:
        raise Exception(
            f"Unexpected response. Status Code: {response.status_code}")

except RequestException as req_err:
    # Other errors (e.g., network issues, timeouts, etc.)
    raise Exception(f"Request error occurred: {req_err}")
except Exception as e:
    # Fallback for other unforeseen errors
    raise Exception(f"An error occurred: {e}")