Forums & Communities

Forum Moderation API

Keep forum threads productive without burning out volunteer moderators.

Automated decisions, soft-hide flows, and clear audit trails.

What it detects

  • • Hate speech
  • • Off-topic spam
  • • Harassment
  • • Scam links
  • • NSFW media in posts
  • • Custom rules

Why developers choose Vettly

  • • Soft-hide via the review action
  • • Per-category thresholds tuned for community norms
  • • Decision history visible to mods
  • • Integrates with any forum stack
Example request
bash
curl -X POST https://api.vettly.dev/v1/check \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"content": "You are terrible.", "contentType": "text"}'
Example response
json
{
  "flagged": true,
  "action": "block",
  "categories": {
    "harassment": 0.93,
    "hate": 0.02
  },
  "policy": "default",
  "latency_ms": 142
}

Compared to keyword filters

AI category scores reduce false positives and catch novel phrasing that wordlists miss.

Keep exploring

Content Moderation API

One endpoint for text, image, and video moderation.

Image Moderation API

Policy-driven image checks with clear allow, review, and block actions.

Video Moderation API

Async video moderation without stitching together multiple vendors.

AI Chatbot Moderation API

Moderate inputs and LLM outputs in real time. Block prompt injection, NSFW content, and policy violations before users see them.

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