How to Detect Hate Speech from Text in JavaScript

Maintaining a safe and supportive environment for all users on your platform is not always the easiest accomplishment. To assist in the detection of discriminatory or harmful language that could be categorized as hate speech, the following API can be used in JavaScript to automatically analyze input text by using Natural Language Processing technology. It’s important to note that this function currently only supports English language inputs and will consume 1–2 API calls per sentence.

Our first step in the process is to install the jQuery library:

bower install jquery

Next, we can call the detection function with the following code:

var settings = {
     "url": "https://api.cloudmersive.com/nlp-v2/analytics/hate-speech",
     "method": "POST",
     "timeout": 0,
     "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
          "Apikey": "YOUR-API-KEY-HERE"
     },
     "data": {
          "TextToAnalyze": "<string>"
     }
};
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
     console.log(response);
});

This will assist in providing a secure space for user interactions across your platforms. If you need to obtain an API key for the function, simply head to the Cloudmersive website to register for a free account.