The Profanity Filter API detects and censors swear words, bad words, and profanity in any text.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/profanityfilter
Returns the censored version (bad words replaced with asterisks) of any given text and whether the text contains profanity.
text
requiredInput text. Maximum 1000 characters.
X-Api-Key
requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/profanityfilter?text=damn it!
Headers
X-Api-Key
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{
"original": "damn it!",
"censored": "**** it!",
"has_profanity": true
}
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import requests
text = 'Damn it!'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/profanityfilter?text={}'.format(text)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.