Regtransfers/azure-ai-contentsafety-ts

@ Azure AI Content Safety REST SDK for TypeScript

Analyze text and images for harmful content with customizable blocklists.

@ Installation

npm install @azure-rest/ai-content-safety @azure/identity @azure/core-auth

@ Environment Variables

CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT=https://<resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
CONTENT_SAFETY_KEY=<api-key>

@ Authentication

Important: This is a REST client. ContentSafetyClient is a function, not a class.

@ API Key

import ContentSafetyClient from "@azure-rest/ai-content-safety";
import { AzureKeyCredential } from "@azure/core-auth";

const client = ContentSafetyClient(
  process.env.CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT!,
  new AzureKeyCredential(process.env.CONTENT_SAFETY_KEY!)
);

@ DefaultAzureCredential

import ContentSafetyClient from "@azure-rest/ai-content-safety";
import { DefaultAzureCredential } from "@azure/identity";

const client = ContentSafetyClient(
  process.env.CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT!,
  new DefaultAzureCredential()
);

@ Analyze Text

import ContentSafetyClient, { isUnexpected } from "@azure-rest/ai-content-safety";

const result = await client.path("/text:analyze").post({
  body: {
    text: "Text content to analyze",
    categories: ["Hate", "Sexual", "Violence", "SelfHarm"],
    outputType: "FourSeverityLevels"  // or "EightSeverityLevels"
  }
});

if (isUnexpected(result)) {
  throw result.body;
}

for (const analysis of result.body.categoriesAnalysis) {
  console.log(`${analysis.category}: severity ${analysis.severity}`);
}

@ Analyze Image

@ Base64 Content

import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";

const imageBuffer = readFileSync("./image.png");
const base64Image = imageBuffer.toString("base64");

const result = await client.path("/image:analyze").post({
  body: {
    image: { content: base64Image }
  }
});

if (isUnexpected(result)) {
  throw result.body;
}

for (const analysis of result.body.categoriesAnalysis) {
  console.log(`${analysis.category}: severity ${analysis.severity}`);
}

@ Blob URL

const result = await client.path("/image:analyze").post({
  body: {
    image: { blobUrl: "https://storage.blob.core.windows.net/container/image.png" }
  }
});

@ Blocklist Management

@ Create Blocklist

const result = await client
  .path("/text/blocklists/{blocklistName}", "my-blocklist")
  .patch({
    contentType: "application/merge-patch+json",
    body: {
      description: "Custom blocklist for prohibited terms"
    }
  });

if (isUnexpected(result)) {
  throw result.body;
}

console.log(`Created: ${result.body.blocklistName}`);

@ Add Items to Blocklist

const result = await client
  .path("/text/blocklists/{blocklistName}:addOrUpdateBlocklistItems", "my-blocklist")
  .post({
    body: {
      blocklistItems: [
        { text: "prohibited-term-1", description: "First blocked term" },
        { text: "prohibited-term-2", description: "Second blocked term" }
      ]
    }
  });

if (isUnexpected(result)) {
  throw result.body;
}

for (const item of result.body.blocklistItems ?? []) {
  console.log(`Added: ${item.blocklistItemId}`);
}

@ Analyze with Blocklist

const result = await client.path("/text:analyze").post({
  body: {
    text: "Text that might contain blocked terms",
    blocklistNames: ["my-blocklist"],
    haltOnBlocklistHit: false
  }
});

if (isUnexpected(result)) {
  throw result.body;
}

// Check blocklist matches
if (result.body.blocklistsMatch) {
  for (const match of result.body.blocklistsMatch) {
    console.log(`Blocked: "${match.blocklistItemText}" from ${match.blocklistName}`);
  }
}

@ List Blocklists

const result = await client.path("/text/blocklists").get();

if (isUnexpected(result)) {
  throw result.body;
}

for (const blocklist of result.body.value ?? []) {
  console.log(`${blocklist.blocklistName}: ${blocklist.description}`);
}

@ Delete Blocklist

await client.path("/text/blocklists/{blocklistName}", "my-blocklist").delete();

@ Harm Categories

Category; API Term; Description

Hate and Fairness; Hate; Discriminatory language targeting identity groups Sexual; Sexual; Sexual content, nudity, pornography Violence; Violence; Physical harm, weapons, terrorism Self-Harm; SelfHarm; Self-injury, suicide, eating disorders

@ Severity Levels

Level; Risk; Recommended Action

0; Safe; Allow 2; Low; Review or allow with warning 4; Medium; Block or require human review 6; High; Block immediately

Output Types:

• FourSeverityLevels (default): Returns 0, 2, 4, 6
• EightSeverityLevels: Returns 0-7

@ Content Moderation Helper

import ContentSafetyClient, {
  isUnexpected,
  TextCategoriesAnalysisOutput
} from "@azure-rest/ai-content-safety";

interface ModerationResult {
  isAllowed: boolean;
  flaggedCategories: string[];
  maxSeverity: number;
  blocklistMatches: string[];
}

async function moderateContent(
  client: ReturnType<typeof ContentSafetyClient>,
  text: string,
  maxAllowedSeverity = 2,
  blocklistNames: string[] = []
): Promise<ModerationResult> {
  const result = await client.path("/text:analyze").post({
    body: { text, blocklistNames, haltOnBlocklistHit: false }
  });

  if (isUnexpected(result)) {
    throw result.body;
  }

  const flaggedCategories = result.body.categoriesAnalysis
    .filter(c => (c.severity ?? 0) > maxAllowedSeverity)
    .map(c => c.category!);

  const maxSeverity = Math.max(
    ...result.body.categoriesAnalysis.map(c => c.severity ?? 0)
  );

  const blocklistMatches = (result.body.blocklistsMatch ?? [])
    .map(m => m.blocklistItemText!);

  return {
    isAllowed: flaggedCategories.length === 0 && blocklistMatches.length === 0,
    flaggedCategories,
    maxSeverity,
    blocklistMatches
  };
}

@ API Endpoints

Operation; Method; Path

Analyze Text; POST; /text:analyze Analyze Image; POST; /image:analyze Create/Update Blocklist; PATCH; /text/blocklists/{blocklistName} List Blocklists; GET; /text/blocklists Delete Blocklist; DELETE; /text/blocklists/{blocklistName} Add Blocklist Items; POST; /text/blocklists/{blocklistName}:addOrUpdateBlocklistItems List Blocklist Items; GET; /text/blocklists/{blocklistName}/blocklistItems Remove Blocklist Items; POST; /text/blocklists/{blocklistName}:removeBlocklistItems

@ Key Types

import ContentSafetyClient, {
  isUnexpected,
  AnalyzeTextParameters,
  AnalyzeImageParameters,
  TextCategoriesAnalysisOutput,
  ImageCategoriesAnalysisOutput,
  TextBlocklist,
  TextBlocklistItem
} from "@azure-rest/ai-content-safety";

@ Best Practices

1. Always use isUnexpected() - Type guard for error handling
2. Set appropriate thresholds - Different categories may need different severity thresholds
3. Use blocklists for domain-specific terms - Supplement AI detection with custom rules
4. Log moderation decisions - Keep audit trail for compliance
5. Handle edge cases - Empty text, very long text, unsupported image formats

@ When to Use This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.

@ Limitations

• Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
• never treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
• Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.