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Create moderation

moderations.create(**kwargs) -> ModerationCreateResponse
POST
/moderations

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

Parameters
input: Union[str, Sequence[str], Iterable[ModerationMultiModalInputParam]]

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.

model: Optional[Union[str, ModerationModel]]

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

Returns
class ModerationCreateResponse: …

Represents if a given text input is potentially harmful.

id: str

The unique identifier for the moderation request.

model: str

The model used to generate the moderation results.

results: List[Moderation]

A list of moderation objects.

Create moderation

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

response = client.moderations.create(
    model="omni-moderation-latest",
    input=[
        {"type": "text", "text": "...text to classify goes here..."},
        {
            "type": "image_url",
            "image_url": {
                "url": "https://example.com/image.png",
                # can also use base64 encoded image URLs
                # "url": "data:image/jpeg;base64,abcdefg..."
            }
        },
    ],
)

print(response)
Response example
{
  "id": "modr-0d9740456c391e43c445bf0f010940c7",
  "model": "omni-moderation-latest",
  "results": [
    {
      "flagged": true,
      "categories": {
        "harassment": true,
        "harassment/threatening": true,
        "sexual": false,
        "hate": false,
        "hate/threatening": false,
        "illicit": false,
        "illicit/violent": false,
        "self-harm/intent": false,
        "self-harm/instructions": false,
        "self-harm": false,
        "sexual/minors": false,
        "violence": true,
        "violence/graphic": true
      },
      "category_scores": {
        "harassment": 0.8189693396524255,
        "harassment/threatening": 0.804985420696006,
        "sexual": 1.573112165348997e-6,
        "hate": 0.007562942636942845,
        "hate/threatening": 0.004208854591835476,
        "illicit": 0.030535955153511665,
        "illicit/violent": 0.008925306722380033,
        "self-harm/intent": 0.00023023930975076432,
        "self-harm/instructions": 0.0002293869201073356,
        "self-harm": 0.012598046106750154,
        "sexual/minors": 2.212566909570261e-8,
        "violence": 0.9999992735124786,
        "violence/graphic": 0.843064871157054
      },
      "category_applied_input_types": {
        "harassment": [
          "text"
        ],
        "harassment/threatening": [
          "text"
        ],
        "sexual": [
          "text",
          "image"
        ],
        "hate": [
          "text"
        ],
        "hate/threatening": [
          "text"
        ],
        "illicit": [
          "text"
        ],
        "illicit/violent": [
          "text"
        ],
        "self-harm/intent": [
          "text",
          "image"
        ],
        "self-harm/instructions": [
          "text",
          "image"
        ],
        "self-harm": [
          "text",
          "image"
        ],
        "sexual/minors": [
          "text"
        ],
        "violence": [
          "text",
          "image"
        ],
        "violence/graphic": [
          "text",
          "image"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
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
    }
  ]
}