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# Detoxify endpoints

Detoxify is an easy-to-use Python library that detects hateful or offensive language. 

Detoxify is an [open-source tool](https://github.com/unitaryai/detoxify) to help researchers and practitioners identify potential toxic comments.

Detoxify models are trained to predict toxic comments on 3 Jigsaw challenges: Toxic comment classification, Unintended Bias in Toxic comments, and Multilingual toxic comment classification. 

## Detoxify endpoints

Detoxify is offered as a set of two standalone text-only API endpoints so that you can avoid the hassle of hosting open-source models.

Any requests you send should meet the requirements listed on [Features and requirements](/api-references/features-and-requirements.md).

{% hint style="info" %}
Please follow the [API Authentication](/api-references/authentication.md) instructions first. This will generate a token that is valid for 24 hours and must be used in subsequent API requests.
{% endhint %}

### POST endpoint reference

{% openapi src="/files/Qi5eEXKOFsvbyKUL4QLW" path="/detoxify/text/" method="post" %}
[api-worker.autogenerated.openapi.yaml](https://1303016406-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FgkYGyPKqtHGZyEvMl1GP%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1ea297cbed161d2a16d21ca42ffa258cb07caefb%2Fapi-worker.autogenerated.openapi.yaml?alt=media)
{% endopenapi %}

### GET endpoint reference

{% openapi src="/files/Qi5eEXKOFsvbyKUL4QLW" path="/detoxify/text/{job\_id}" method="get" %}
[api-worker.autogenerated.openapi.yaml](https://1303016406-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FgkYGyPKqtHGZyEvMl1GP%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1ea297cbed161d2a16d21ca42ffa258cb07caefb%2Fapi-worker.autogenerated.openapi.yaml?alt=media)
{% endopenapi %}


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