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# Classify content against the content policy

POST https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations
Content-Type: application/json

Reference: https://developers.meshapi.ai/api-reference/mesh-api/moderations/create-moderation

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: openapi
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /v1/moderations:
    post:
      operationId: create-moderation
      summary: Classify content against the content policy
      tags:
        - moderations
      parameters:
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: Bearer authentication
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Moderation result(s).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                description: Any type
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                description: Any type
        '403':
          description: API key is suspended
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                description: Any type
        '422':
          description: Request validation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                description: Any type
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded (RPM or RPD)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                description: Any type
        '500':
          description: Upstream provider error or gateway timeout
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                description: Any type
        '503':
          description: OpenAI credentials not configured on this server
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                description: Any type
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationRequest'
servers:
  - url: https://api.meshapi.ai
    description: Production Server
components:
  schemas:
    ModerationInputItemType:
      type: string
      enum:
        - text
        - image_url
      title: ModerationInputItemType
    ModerationImageUrl:
      type: object
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          description: Image URL or base64 data URL (data:image/{fmt};base64,{b64}).
      required:
        - url
      title: ModerationImageUrl
    ModerationInputItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationInputItemType'
        text:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        image_url:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationImageUrl'
            - type: 'null'
      required:
        - type
      description: A single multimodal moderation input object (OpenAI format).
      title: ModerationInputItem
    ModerationRequestInput2:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationInputItem'
      title: ModerationRequestInput2
    ModerationRequestInput:
      oneOf:
        - type: string
        - type: array
          items:
            type: string
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationRequestInput2'
      description: Text, list of texts, or list of multimodal (text/image_url) items.
      title: ModerationRequestInput
    ModerationRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        input:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationRequestInput'
          description: Text, list of texts, or list of multimodal (text/image_url) items.
        model:
          type: string
          default: omni-moderation-latest
          description: Moderation model to use. Defaults to omni-moderation-latest.
      required:
        - input
      description: Request body for ``POST /v1/moderations`` (OpenAI-compatible).
      title: ModerationRequest
  securitySchemes:
    HTTPBearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

```

## Examples

### Moderations_create_moderation_example



**Request**

```json
undefined
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "modr-0123",
  "model": "omni-moderation-latest",
  "results": [
    {
      "flagged": true,
      "categories": {
        "sexual": true,
        "violence": false
      },
      "category_scores": {
        "sexual": 0.97,
        "violence": 0.0007
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Moderations_create_moderation_example
import requests

url = "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Moderations_create_moderation_example
const url = 'https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: undefined
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Moderations_create_moderation_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Moderations_create_moderation_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Moderations_create_moderation_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .asString();
```

```php Moderations_create_moderation_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Moderations_create_moderation_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Moderations_create_moderation_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Example request



**Request**

```json
{
  "input": "I want to build a harmless science project.",
  "model": "omni-moderation-latest"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "modr-0123",
  "model": "omni-moderation-latest",
  "results": [
    {
      "flagged": true,
      "categories": {
        "sexual": true,
        "violence": false
      },
      "category_scores": {
        "sexual": 0.97,
        "violence": 0.0007
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Example request
import requests

url = "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations"

payload = {
    "input": "I want to build a harmless science project.",
    "model": "omni-moderation-latest"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Example request
const url = 'https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"input":"I want to build a harmless science project.","model":"omni-moderation-latest"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Example request
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"input\": \"I want to build a harmless science project.\",\n  \"model\": \"omni-moderation-latest\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Example request
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"input\": \"I want to build a harmless science project.\",\n  \"model\": \"omni-moderation-latest\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Example request
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"input\": \"I want to build a harmless science project.\",\n  \"model\": \"omni-moderation-latest\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Example request
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations', [
  'body' => '{
  "input": "I want to build a harmless science project.",
  "model": "omni-moderation-latest"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Example request
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"input\": \"I want to build a harmless science project.\",\n  \"model\": \"omni-moderation-latest\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Example request
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "input": "I want to build a harmless science project.",
  "model": "omni-moderation-latest"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.meshapi.ai/v1/moderations")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```