/moderations

Usage

LiteLLM Python SDK

from litellm import moderation

response = moderation(
    input="hello from litellm",
    model="text-moderation-stable"
)

LiteLLM Proxy Server

For /moderations endpoint, there is no need to specify model in the request or on the litellm config.yaml

Start litellm proxy server

litellm

OpenAI Python SDK

from openai import OpenAI

# set base_url to your proxy server
# set api_key to send to proxy server
client = OpenAI(api_key="<proxy-api-key>", base_url="http://0.0.0.0:4000")

response = client.moderations.create(
    input="hello from litellm",
    model="text-moderation-stable" # optional, defaults to `omni-moderation-latest`
)

print(response)

Curl Request

curl --location 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/moderations' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer sk-1234' \
    --data '{"input": "Sample text goes here", "model": "text-moderation-stable"}'

Input Params

LiteLLM accepts and translates the OpenAI Moderation params across all supported providers.

Required Fields

• input: string or array - 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.
  • If string: A string of text to classify for moderation
  • If array of strings: An array of strings to classify for moderation
  • If array of objects: An array of multi-modal inputs to the moderation model, where each object can be:
    • An object describing an image to classify with:
      • type: string, required - Always image_url
      • image_url: object, required - Contains either an image URL or a data URL for a base64 encoded image
    • An object describing text to classify with:
      • type: string, required - Always text
      • text: string, required - A string of text to classify

Optional Fields

• model: string (optional) - The moderation model to use. Defaults to omni-moderation-latest.

Output Format

Here's the exact json output and type you can expect from all moderation calls:

LiteLLM follows OpenAI's output format

{
  "id": "modr-AB8CjOTu2jiq12hp1AQPfeqFWaORR",
  "model": "text-moderation-007",
  "results": [
    {
      "flagged": true,
      "categories": {
        "sexual": false,
        "hate": false,
        "harassment": true,
        "self-harm": false,
        "sexual/minors": false,
        "hate/threatening": false,
        "violence/graphic": false,
        "self-harm/intent": false,
        "self-harm/instructions": false,
        "harassment/threatening": true,
        "violence": true
      },
      "category_scores": {
        "sexual": 0.000011726012417057063,
        "hate": 0.22706663608551025,
        "harassment": 0.5215635299682617,
        "self-harm": 2.227119921371923e-6,
        "sexual/minors": 7.107352217872176e-8,
        "hate/threatening": 0.023547329008579254,
        "violence/graphic": 0.00003391829886822961,
        "self-harm/intent": 1.646940972932498e-6,
        "self-harm/instructions": 1.1198755256458526e-9,
        "harassment/threatening": 0.5694745779037476,
        "violence": 0.9971134662628174
      }
    }
  ]
}

Supported Providers

⚡️See all supported models and providers at models.litellm.ai

Provider
OpenAI