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EXIF Removal

Strips EXIF, IPTC, XMP and GPS metadata while preserving pixel data, listing every metadata block removed.

POST /v1/image/exif-remove $0.005 per call

Specification

Endpoint

POST /v1/image/exif-remove

Price

$0.005 per call · tier basic_data

Payment

x402 on X Layer (chain 196) · settled in USDG or USDT0 · schemes exact, aggr_deferred

Data source

Local sandboxed processing of the uploaded image

Timeout

60 seconds

Max request

20 MB

Version

1.0.0

Calling it

The first call returns a 402 with the payment challenge. Retry with a signed authorisation in the X-PAYMENT header — see the payment guide for the exact shape.

curl -i -X POST "https://api.dana-edu.pp.ua/v1/image/exif-remove" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{ ... }'

Response

Real output, captured by running this endpoint at build time — not written by hand. Volatile fields such as timestamps are elided. Captured 2026-07-30.

{
  "metadata_removed": false,
  "blocks_removed": [],
  "contained_gps": false,
  "dimensions": {
    "width": 64,
    "height": 64
  },
  "original_size_bytes": 405,
  "output_size_bytes": 537,
  "size_reduction_bytes": -132,
  "output_format": "JPEG",
  "output_base64": "<base64 payload elided from the published example>",
  "method": "the image is rebuilt from raw pixel data rather than re-saved with an empty EXIF block, because re-saving leaves other metadata blocks intact in several formats"
}

Every response is wrapped in the same envelope: data plus warnings, sources, confidence, informational_only and a measured processing_ms. See the envelope reference.

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