Detect Security Threats from Text in Node.JS

With the ever-changing array of cyber threats, maintaining the security of your applications and databases can occasionally seem like an insurmountable task. However, if you’re looking for a simple, pre-built solution to provide supplemental protection to your systems, you’ve come to the right place. The following API can be run in Node.JS to detect several threat types, such as Cross-Site Scripting, SQL Injection, Server-Side Request Forgeries, and more.

Let’s kick our process off by running this command to install the SDK:

npm install cloudmersive-security-api-client --save

Or, we can add this snippet to our package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "cloudmersive-security-api-client": "^1.2.0"
  }

Now, we are ready to create an instance of the API and call the function with the below example code:

var CloudmersiveSecurityApiClient = require('cloudmersive-security-api-client');
var defaultClient = CloudmersiveSecurityApiClient.ApiClient.instance;
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
var Apikey = defaultClient.authentications['Apikey'];
Apikey.apiKey = 'YOUR API KEY';
var apiInstance = new CloudmersiveSecurityApiClient.ContentThreatDetectionApi();
var value = "value_example"; // String | User-facing text input.
var callback = function(error, data, response) {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
  }
};
apiInstance.contentThreatDetectionAutomaticThreatDetectionString(value, callback);

The result will provide insight into the input text and inform you if any threats are found — easy as that.