Image crop
POST /api/image-cropCrop an image to a pixel box, and/or rotate (90/180/270) and flip it - applied in that order. Send POST /api/image-crop with no required fields (11 optional) and pay $0.002 per call over x402 or MPP (there is no free tier). It returns a JSON object with dataUri, width, height and bytes.
Send a public image URL or a base64 image. Returns the result as binary, or as a JSON data URI with dataUri:true. Deterministic.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | no | public http(s) image URL (fetched server-side, 5MB cap) |
image | string | no | alternative: base64 image, optionally a data: URL |
left | number | no | crop box left edge in px (default 0) |
top | number | no | crop box top edge in px (default 0) |
width | number | no | crop box width in px (required with height for a crop) |
height | number | no | crop box height in px |
rotate | number | no | rotate by 90, 180, or 270 degrees |
flip | string | no | horizontal | vertical | both |
format | string | no | output format: png (default), jpeg, bmp |
quality | number | no | jpeg quality 1-100 (default 80) |
dataUri | boolean | no | return JSON {dataUri, width, height, bytes} instead of binary |
Example request
curl -i -X POST https://agent402.tools/api/image-crop \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url":"https://agent402.tools/fixtures/sample-photo.jpg","left":10,"top":10,"width":60,"height":40,"dataUri":true}'
Without payment this returns HTTP 402 Payment Required with the exact price for image-crop; any x402 v2 or MPP client pays it and retries.
Example response
{
"dataUri": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KG…",
"width": 60,
"height": 40,
"bytes": 144
}
| Field | Type | Always present | In the example |
|---|---|---|---|
dataUri | string | yes | data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KG… |
width | number | yes | 60 |
height | number | yes | 40 |
bytes | number | yes | 144 |
From an MCP client
catalog.call {
"slug": "image-crop",
"params": {
"url": "https://agent402.tools/fixtures/sample-photo.jpg",
"left": 10,
"top": 10,
"width": 60,
"height": 40,
"dataUri": true
}
}
The hosted connector at https://agent402.tools/mcp needs a payment for image-crop; the stdio package pays it from a wallet or from AGENT402_CREDITS_KEY. Local install: npx -y agent402-mcp.
Errors and behavior
- Every field is optional. An input the tool rejects returns an HTTP 4xx whose body carries
error,tool,expected,requiredandexample. - A paid call that ends in any status of 400 or above is not charged over x402, MPP or a prepaid credits key: settlement is cancelled when the tool fails. The exception is a Tempo push credential, a transfer the buyer sent before the call: it settles before the tool runs, so if the tool then fails the payment is recorded as a refund owed to the paying wallet.
- Wallet-only: this tool reaches the network or stored state, so it has no proof-of-work tier. A prepaid card-credits key issued earlier (
Authorization: Bearer a402_...) also pays it. - A
GETorHEADto /api/image-crop returns the same 402 quote, so the price can be read without a body. - An
Idempotency-Keyheader makes a retried paid call replay the first 200 instead of charging again (an answer larger than 1 MB is not replayed).
Paid call (JavaScript agent)
import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from "@x402/fetch";
import { x402Client } from "@x402/core/client";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
const client = new x402Client();
client.setSpendControls?.(false); // keep your own spending ceiling in code
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(KEY) });
const payFetch = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
const res = await payFetch("https://agent402.tools/api/image-crop", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"url": "https://agent402.tools/fixtures/sample-photo.jpg",
"left": 10,
"top": 10,
"width": 60,
"height": 40,
"dataUri": true
}),
});
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