"""Background removal using rembg with state-of-the-art BiRefNet models.""" import sys import json def main(): input_path = sys.argv[1] output_path = sys.argv[2] settings = json.loads(sys.argv[3]) if len(sys.argv) > 3 else {} model = settings.get("model", "birefnet-general-lite") bg_color = settings.get("backgroundColor", "") try: from rembg import remove, new_session import io # Progress messages go to stderr (stdout reserved for JSON result) sys.stderr.write(f"Loading model: {model}\n") sys.stderr.flush() session = new_session(model) sys.stderr.write("Processing image...\n") sys.stderr.flush() with open(input_path, "rb") as f: input_data = f.read() # Try with alpha matting for better edges, fall back without try: output_data = remove( input_data, session=session, alpha_matting=True, alpha_matting_foreground_threshold=240, alpha_matting_background_threshold=10, ) except Exception: output_data = remove(input_data, session=session) # If a background color is specified, composite onto it if bg_color and bg_color.startswith("#"): from PIL import Image img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(output_data)).convert("RGBA") hex_color = bg_color.lstrip("#") r = int(hex_color[0:2], 16) g = int(hex_color[2:4], 16) b = int(hex_color[4:6], 16) bg = Image.new("RGBA", img.size, (r, g, b, 255)) bg.paste(img, mask=img.split()[3]) buf = io.BytesIO() bg.save(buf, format="PNG") output_data = buf.getvalue() with open(output_path, "wb") as f: f.write(output_data) print(json.dumps({"success": True, "model": model})) except ImportError: print( json.dumps( { "success": False, "error": "rembg is not installed. Install with: pip install rembg[cpu]", } ) ) sys.exit(1) except Exception as e: print(json.dumps({"success": False, "error": str(e)})) sys.exit(1) if __name__ == "__main__": main()