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What is PurgoMalum?
PurgoMalum is a data API that performs content validation to detect profanity and obscenity in text.
It is useful for applications and systems that process user-generated content and require basic filtering capabilities.
What you can build with PurgoMalum
Forum comment moderation
Scan user-submitted posts and comments in real time to block or flag messages containing profanity before they appear publicly.
Chat application filtering
Validate incoming chat messages in multiplayer games or live chat rooms and replace or reject obscene terms on the server side.
Form input sanitization
Clean usernames, feedback, or profile text entered on websites and mobile apps to maintain a professional tone across user-generated content.
Get started with PurgoMalum
- 1Locate the PurgoMalum HTTP endpoint in its documentation
- 2Prepare the text string you want to validate
- 3Send a simple GET or POST request over HTTP with the text parameter
- 4Parse the JSON response to see if profanity was detected
- 5Apply your own logic to accept, reject, or sanitize the input
PurgoMalum: pros & cons
Pros
- +No authentication required
- +Simple request-response model
- +Lightweight for quick integration
- +Works without API keys or accounts
Cons
- –HTTP only (no encryption)
- –No documented rate limits or SLAs
- –Language coverage may be limited
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PurgoMalum is a free web service that checks any text input for profane or obscene words and returns the validation result.
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