---
title: OpenAI Moderations | RunAPI
description: Send a request through RunAPI's OpenAI-compatible Moderations operation.
url: https://runapi.ai/docs/api/openai/moderations.md
canonical: https://runapi.ai/docs/api/openai/moderations
locale: en
---

> HTML version: https://runapi.ai/docs/api/openai/moderations
> Site index for agents: https://runapi.ai/llms.txt

# OpenAI Moderations

## Overview

Use RunAPI's OpenAI-compatible Moderations operation with a compatible model and the protocol's request and response shapes.

### Quick start

1. Create an API key and set it as RUNAPI_API_KEY.
2. Choose a compatible model, then send the documented path parameters and JSON body.
3. Read the JSON response or server-sent events shown for this operation, and handle protocol errors.

## Endpoint

POST /v1/moderations

Base URL: https://runapi.ai

Contract version: v1

Preferred authentication: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN

## Authentication carriers

RunAPI accepts each carrier listed below. Generated samples use the protocol's preferred header.

- `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN` (Preferred)
- `x-api-key: YOUR_API_TOKEN`

## Compatible models

Open a model page for current pricing, rate limits, and commercial-usage details.

- [omni-moderation-latest](https://runapi.ai/models/openai-moderation)

## Request contract

Only fields with both public protocol and RunAPI support evidence are listed. Additional JSON body fields are passed through.

### JSON body

Required: `input`

```json
{
  "input": {
    "description": "Text or mixed text and image content to classify.",
    "items": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "additionalProperties": true,
          "type": "object"
        }
      ]
    },
    "type": [
      "string",
      "array"
    ]
  },
  "model": {
    "description": "RunAPI moderation model identifier; defaults to omni-moderation-latest.",
    "type": "string"
  }
}
```

### Request example

```json
{
  "input": [
    {
      "text": "A peaceful landscape.",
      "type": "text"
    },
    {
      "image_url": {
        "url": "https://runapi.ai/icon.png"
      },
      "type": "image_url"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Synchronous response

HTTP 200

### Schema

```json
{
  "additionalProperties": true,
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "minLength": 1,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "model": {
      "minLength": 1,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "results": {
      "items": {
        "additionalProperties": true,
        "properties": {
          "categories": {
            "additionalProperties": true,
            "type": "object"
          },
          "category_applied_input_types": {
            "additionalProperties": true,
            "type": "object"
          },
          "category_scores": {
            "additionalProperties": true,
            "type": "object"
          },
          "flagged": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "flagged",
          "categories",
          "category_scores"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "minItems": 1,
      "type": "array"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "model",
    "results"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

### Example

```json
{
  "id": "modr_123",
  "model": "omni-moderation-latest",
  "results": [
    {
      "categories": {
        "sexual": false,
        "violence": false
      },
      "category_applied_input_types": {
        "sexual": [
          "text",
          "image"
        ],
        "violence": [
          "text",
          "image"
        ]
      },
      "category_scores": {
        "sexual": 0.0002,
        "violence": 0.0001
      },
      "flagged": false
    }
  ]
}
```

## Protocol error: invalid_request

HTTP 400

### Schema

```json
{
  "additionalProperties": true,
  "properties": {
    "error": {
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "message": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "param": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "message",
        "type"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "error"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": null,
    "message": "input is required",
    "param": "input",
    "type": "invalid_request_error"
  }
}
```

## Generated Code Samples

Each cURL, JavaScript, and Python sample sends the validated request from this contract without requiring a protocol-specific SDK.

### curl

```curl
curl -X POST https://runapi.ai/v1/moderations \
  -H Authorization:\ Bearer\ YOUR_API_TOKEN \
  -H Content-Type:\ application/json \
  -d \{\"input\":\[\{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"A\ peaceful\ landscape.\"\},\{\"type\":\"image_url\",\"image_url\":\{\"url\":\"https://runapi.ai/icon.png\"\}\}\]\}
```

### javascript

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://runapi.ai/v1/moderations", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
},
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "input": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "A peaceful landscape."
    },
    {
      "type": "image_url",
      "image_url": {
        "url": "https://runapi.ai/icon.png"
      }
    }
  ]
})
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### python

#### Install

```bash
pip install requests
```

```python
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://runapi.ai/v1/moderations",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={"input": [{"type": "text", "text": "A peaceful landscape."}, {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "https://runapi.ai/icon.png"}}]}
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())
```

## Related Guides

- [Authentication](https://runapi.ai/docs/guides/authentication.md)
- [Quickstart](https://runapi.ai/docs/guides/llm-api/quickstart.md)

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