Profanity FilterProfanity Filter

Token Usage:1 per call

Profanity Filter is a simple tool for filtering out profanity words from a text. It returns the text with the profanity words replaced by placeholders.

This API provides reliable and fast access to profanity filter data through a simple REST interface. Built for developers who need consistent, high-quality results with minimal setup time.

To use this API, you need an API key. You can get one by creating a free account and visiting your dashboard.

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Endpoint

POST Request
POST https://api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter

Code Examples

Here are examples of how to call this API in different programming languages:

cURL Request
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "text": "Today is so damn hot! Why the hell would anyone go outside?",
  "mask": "*"
}'
JavaScript (Fetch API)
const response = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "text": "Today is so damn hot! Why the hell would anyone go outside?",
    "mask": "*"
})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Python (Requests)
import requests

headers = {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

payload = {
    "text": "Today is so damn hot! Why the hell would anyone go outside?",
    "mask": "*"
}

response = requests.post('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter', headers=headers, json=payload)

data = response.json()
print(data)
Node.js (Native HTTPS)
const https = require('https');
const url = require('url');

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
};

const postData = JSON.stringify({
  "text": "Today is so damn hot! Why the hell would anyone go outside?",
  "mask": "*"
});

const req = https.request('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter', options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => data += chunk);
  res.on('end', () => console.log(JSON.parse(data)));
});

req.write(postData);
req.end();
PHP (cURL)
<?php

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'X-API-Key: your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type: application/json'
]);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode({
    'text': 'Today is so damn hot! Why the hell would anyone go outside?',
    'mask': '*'
}));

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($data);

?>
Go (net/http)
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
)

func main() {
    payload := map[string]interface{}{
        "text": "Today is so damn hot! Why the hell would anyone go outside?",
        "mask": "*"
    }

    jsonPayload, _ := json.Marshal(payload)
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter", bytes.NewBuffer(jsonPayload))

    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "your_api_key_here")
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Ruby (Net::HTTP)
require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/profanityfilter')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

payload = {
  "text": "Today is so damn hot! Why the hell would anyone go outside?",
  "mask": "*"
}

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['X-API-Key'] = 'your_api_key_here'
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'

request.body = payload.to_json

response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response.body))

Authentication

This API requires authentication via API key. Include your API key in the request header:

Required Header
X-API-Key: your_api_key_here

Parameters

The following parameters are available for this API endpoint:

ParameterTypeRequiredLocationDescriptionExample
textstringYesbodyThe text to filter profanity words fromToday is so damn hot! Why the hell would anyone go outside?
maskstringNobodyThe mask to replace the profanity words with. Should be a Single Character (e.g., *)*

Response

The API returns responses in JSON, XML, and YAML formats:

Example Responses

JSON Response
200 OK
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "isProfane": true,
    "filteredText": "Today is so **** hot! Why the **** would anyone go outside?",
    "mask": "*",
    "trimmed": false,
    "profaneWords": 2
  }
}
XML Response
200 OK
<Root>
  <status>ok</status>
  <error />
  <data>
    <isProfane>true</isProfane>
    <filteredText>Today is so **** hot! Why the **** would anyone go outside?</filteredText>
    <mask>*</mask>
    <trimmed>false</trimmed>
    <profaneWords>2</profaneWords>
  </data>
</Root>
YAML Response
200 OK
status: ok
error: 
data:
  isProfane: true
  filteredText: Today is so **** hot! Why the **** would anyone go outside?
  mask: '*'
  trimmed: false
  profaneWords: 2

Response Structure

All API responses follow a consistent structure with the following fields:

FieldTypeDescriptionExample
statusstringIndicates whether the request was successful ("ok") or failed ("error")ok
errorstring | nullContains error message if status is "error", otherwise nullnull
dataobject | nullContains the API response data if successful, otherwise null{...}

Response Data Fields

When the request is successful, the data object contains the following fields:

FieldTypeSample Value
isProfanebooleantrue
filteredTextstring"Today is so **** hot! Why the **** would anyone go outside?"
maskstring"*"
trimmedbooleanfalse
profaneWordsnumber2

Headers

Required and optional headers for API requests:

Header NameRequiredExample ValueDescription
X-API-KeyYesyour_api_key_hereYour APIVerve API key. Found in your dashboard under API Keys.
AcceptNoapplication/jsonSpecify response format: application/json (default), application/xml, or application/yaml
User-AgentNoMyApp/1.0Identifies your application for analytics and debugging purposes
X-Request-IDNoreq_123456789Custom request identifier for tracking and debugging requests
Cache-ControlNono-cacheControl caching behavior for the request and response

Client Libraries

To get started with minimal code, most of our APIs are available through client libraries and clients:

Run in PostmanNPMPyPINuGetSwagger

Error Codes

The API uses standard HTTP status codes to indicate success or failure:

Status CodeMessageDescription
200OKRequest successful, data returned
400Bad RequestInvalid request parameters or malformed request
401UnauthorizedMissing or invalid API key
403ForbiddenAPI key does not have permission for this endpoint
429Too Many RequestsRate limit exceeded, please slow down requests
500Internal Server ErrorServer error, please try again later

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