GLIN PROFANITY - Python

ML-Powered Profanity Detection for the Modern Web

Installation

pip install glin-profanity

Quick Start

from glin_profanity import Filter

# Basic usage
filter = Filter()

# Quick check
if filter.is_profane("This is a damn example"):
    print("Profanity detected!")

# Detailed results
result = filter.check_profanity("This is a damn example")
print(result["profane_words"])       # ['damn']
print(result["contains_profanity"])  # True

Configuration

from glin_profanity import Filter, SeverityLevel

filter = Filter({
    "languages": ["english", "spanish"],
    "case_sensitive": False,
    "word_boundaries": True,
    "replace_with": "***",
    "severity_levels": True,
    "custom_words": ["badword"],
    "ignore_words": ["exception"],
    "allow_obfuscated_match": True,
    "fuzzy_tolerance_level": 0.8,
})

result = filter.check_profanity("bad content here")

Features

Feature	Description
Multi-language	24 languages supported
Context-aware	Reduces false positives
Configurable	Custom word lists, severity levels
High performance	Optimized for speed
TypeScript parity	Same API as JS package

API Reference

Filter Class

class Filter:
    def __init__(self, config: Optional[FilterConfig] = None)
    def is_profane(self, text: str) -> bool
    def check_profanity(self, text: str) -> CheckProfanityResult
    def matches(self, word: str) -> bool
    def check_profanity_with_min_severity(self, text: str, min_severity: SeverityLevel) -> dict

Return Type

{
    "contains_profanity": bool,
    "profane_words": List[str],
    "processed_text": Optional[str],      # If replace_with is set
    "severity_map": Optional[Dict],       # If severity_levels is True
    "matches": Optional[List[Match]],
    "context_score": Optional[float],
    "reason": Optional[str]
}

SeverityLevel

SeverityLevel.EXACT  # Exact word match
SeverityLevel.FUZZY  # Fuzzy/approximate match

Supported Languages

24 languages: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Documentation

Resource	Link
Getting Started	docs/getting-started.md
API Reference	docs/api-reference.md
Advanced Features	docs/advanced-features.md
Main README	README.md

Development

# Clone and setup
git clone https://github.com/GLINCKER/glin-profanity
cd glin-profanity/packages/py
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Testing
pytest
pytest --cov=glin_profanity

# Code quality
black glin_profanity tests
isort glin_profanity tests
mypy glin_profanity
ruff check glin_profanity tests

Community

Join the GLINR Discord and drop by the #glin-profanity forum for questions and discussion.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE

_{Built by GLINCKER}

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