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Moderations

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Create moderation

ModerationCreateResponse moderations().create(ModerationCreateParamsparams, RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())

POST/moderations

Classifies if text and/or image inputs are potentially harmful. Learn more in the moderation guide.

ParametersExpand Collapse

ModerationCreateParams params

Input input

Input (or inputs) to classify. Can be a single string, an array of strings, or an array of multi-modal input objects similar to other models.

Optional<ModerationModel> model

The content moderation model you would like to use. Learn more in the moderation guide, and learn about available models here.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class ModerationCreateResponse:

Represents if a given text input is potentially harmful.

String id

The unique identifier for the moderation request.

String model

The model used to generate the moderation results.

List<Moderation> results

A list of moderation objects.

Create moderation

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package com.openai.example;

import com.openai.client.OpenAIClient;
import com.openai.client.okhttp.OpenAIOkHttpClient;
import com.openai.models.moderations.ModerationCreateParams;
import com.openai.models.moderations.ModerationCreateResponse;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OpenAIClient client = OpenAIOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

        ModerationCreateParams params = ModerationCreateParams.builder()
            .input("I want to kill them.")
            .build();
        ModerationCreateResponse moderation = client.moderations().create(params);
    }
}

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "model": "model",
  "results": [
    {
      "categories": {
        "harassment": true,
        "harassment/threatening": true,
        "hate": true,
        "hate/threatening": true,
        "illicit": true,
        "illicit/violent": true,
        "self-harm": true,
        "self-harm/instructions": true,
        "self-harm/intent": true,
        "sexual": true,
        "sexual/minors": true,
        "violence": true,
        "violence/graphic": true
      },
      "category_applied_input_types": {
        "harassment": [
          "text"
        ],
        "harassment/threatening": [
          "text"
        ],
        "hate": [
          "text"
        ],
        "hate/threatening": [
          "text"
        ],
        "illicit": [
          "text"
        ],
        "illicit/violent": [
          "text"
        ],
        "self-harm": [
          "text"
        ],
        "self-harm/instructions": [
          "text"
        ],
        "self-harm/intent": [
          "text"
        ],
        "sexual": [
          "text"
        ],
        "sexual/minors": [
          "text"
        ],
        "violence": [
          "text"
        ],
        "violence/graphic": [
          "text"
        ]
      },
      "category_scores": {
        "harassment": 0,
        "harassment/threatening": 0,
        "hate": 0,
        "hate/threatening": 0,
        "illicit": 0,
        "illicit/violent": 0,
        "self-harm": 0,
        "self-harm/instructions": 0,
        "self-harm/intent": 0,
        "sexual": 0,
        "sexual/minors": 0,
        "violence": 0,
        "violence/graphic": 0
      },
      "flagged": true
    }
  ]
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "model": "model",
  "results": [
    {
      "categories": {
        "harassment": true,
        "harassment/threatening": true,
        "hate": true,
        "hate/threatening": true,
        "illicit": true,
        "illicit/violent": true,
        "self-harm": true,
        "self-harm/instructions": true,
        "self-harm/intent": true,
        "sexual": true,
        "sexual/minors": true,
        "violence": true,
        "violence/graphic": true
      },
      "category_applied_input_types": {
        "harassment": [
          "text"
        ],
        "harassment/threatening": [
          "text"
        ],
        "hate": [
          "text"
        ],
        "hate/threatening": [
          "text"
        ],
        "illicit": [
          "text"
        ],
        "illicit/violent": [
          "text"
        ],
        "self-harm": [
          "text"
        ],
        "self-harm/instructions": [
          "text"
        ],
        "self-harm/intent": [
          "text"
        ],
        "sexual": [
          "text"
        ],
        "sexual/minors": [
          "text"
        ],
        "violence": [
          "text"
        ],
        "violence/graphic": [
          "text"
        ]
      },
      "category_scores": {
        "harassment": 0,
        "harassment/threatening": 0,
        "hate": 0,
        "hate/threatening": 0,
        "illicit": 0,
        "illicit/violent": 0,
        "self-harm": 0,
        "self-harm/instructions": 0,
        "self-harm/intent": 0,
        "sexual": 0,
        "sexual/minors": 0,
        "violence": 0,
        "violence/graphic": 0
      },
      "flagged": true
    }
  ]
}