Video Background Remover: Veed AI Video-to-Video Backdrop Editing Playground & API | RunComfy
A professional video background remover that generates transparent VP9 or matted H264 videos with advanced edge refinement for creators and developers.
Table of contents
1. Get started
Use RunComfy's API to run veed/video-background-removal/video-to-video. For accepted inputs and outputs, see the model's schema.
curl --request POST \
--url https://model-api.runcomfy.net/v1/models/veed/video-background-removal/video-to-video \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
--data '{
"video_url": "https://playgrounds-storage-public.runcomfy.net/tools/7247/media-files/input-1-1.mp4"
}'2. Authentication
Set the YOUR_API_TOKEN environment variable with your API key (manage keys in your Profile) and include it on every request as a Bearer token via the Authorization header: Authorization: Bearer $YOUR_API_TOKEN.
3. API reference
Submit a request
Submit an asynchronous generation job and immediately receive a request_id plus URLs to check status, fetch results, and cancel.
curl --request POST \
--url https://model-api.runcomfy.net/v1/models/veed/video-background-removal/video-to-video \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
--data '{
"video_url": "https://playgrounds-storage-public.runcomfy.net/tools/7247/media-files/input-1-1.mp4"
}'Monitor request status
Fetch the current state for a request_id ("in_queue", "in_progress", "completed", or "cancelled").
curl --request GET \
--url https://model-api.runcomfy.net/v1/requests/{request_id}/status \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <token>"Retrieve request results
Retrieve the final outputs and metadata for the given request_id; if the job is not complete, the response returns the current state so you can continue polling.
curl --request GET \
--url https://model-api.runcomfy.net/v1/requests/{request_id}/result \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <token>"Cancel a request
Cancel a queued job by request_id, in-progress jobs cannot be cancelled.
curl --request POST \
--url https://model-api.runcomfy.net/v1/requests/{request_id}/cancel \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <token>"4. File inputs
Hosted file (URL)
Provide a publicly reachable HTTPS URL. Ensure the host allows server‑side fetches (no login/cookies required) and isn't rate‑limited or blocking bots. Recommended limits: images ≤ 50 MB (~4K), videos ≤ 100 MB (~2–5 min @ 720p). Prefer stable or pre‑signed URLs for private assets.
5. Schema
Input schema
{
"type": "object",
"title": "Input",
"required": [
"video_url"
],
"properties": {
"video_url": {
"title": "Video URL",
"description": "",
"type": "string",
"default": "https://playgrounds-storage-public.runcomfy.net/tools/7247/media-files/input-1-1.mp4"
},
"output_codec": {
"title": "Output Codec",
"description": "Single VP9 video with alpha channel or two videos (rgb and alpha) in H264 format. H264 is recommended for better RGB quality.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"vp9",
"h264"
],
"default": "h264"
},
"refine_foreground_edges": {
"title": "Refine Foreground Edges",
"description": "Improves the quality of the extracted object's edges.",
"type": "boolean",
"default": true
},
"subject_is_person": {
"title": "Subject Is Person",
"description": "Set to False if the subject is not a person.",
"type": "boolean",
"default": true
}
}
}Output schema
{
"output": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"image": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "single image URL"
},
"video": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "single video URL"
},
"images": {
"type": "array",
"description": "multiple image URLs",
"items": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
},
"videos": {
"type": "array",
"description": "multiple video URLs",
"items": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
}
}
}
}