Image content moderation

Detect potentially sensitive visual content and receive category labels and confidence scores for your moderation workflow.

POST/moderationmultipart/form-data

Request

Send an image in the image multipart form-data field. Choose review actions in your application based on the returned categories.

Form field	Type	Required
`image`	Image file	Yes

Set RAPIDAPI_KEY and RAPIDAPI_HOST to the values from this API’s listing. The following example uses a POSIX shell. Replace the local filenames with your images.

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://$RAPIDAPI_HOST/moderation" \
  --header "X-RapidAPI-Key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  --header "X-RapidAPI-Host: $RAPIDAPI_HOST" \
  --form 'image=@./image.jpg'

Response example

JSON

{
  "flagged": false,
  "categories": [],
  "provider": "aws-rekognition"
}

Illustrative response. This is not a live detection result.

Response fields

Field	Type	Meaning
`flagged`	boolean	Whether the image is flagged by the API.
`categories[].name`	string	Detected moderation category.
`categories[].parent`	string	Parent category in the moderation hierarchy.
`categories[].confidence`	number	Confidence associated with the category, from 0 to 100.
`provider`	string	The moderation provider.

Interpreting the result

Flagging is an input to your moderation policy. Your application decides whether to allow, block, or request a human review.

Limits and integration notes

The published image upload limit is 20 MB. Resize files that exceed the limit before sending them.
Keep keys server-side and use the correct host for the API. See authentication.
Handle bad inputs and temporary failures using the error guide.
Vision input images are processed in-request without storage by Tigrate. See data handling.

Try Image content moderation on RapidAPI

Based on the published RapidAPI reference, checked September 2026. Consult the listing for the latest full schema, optional parameters, and plan limits.

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