pii-masker 0.1.2

A library for detecting and masking PII

PII Masker

A Python library for detecting and masking Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in text using spaCy and Microsoft Presidio.

Features

• Detect and mask various PII types: names, emails, phone numbers, SSNs, credit cards, etc.
• Context-aware detection using NLP
• Custom pattern recognizers
• Easy to use API

Installation

From PyPI (once published)

pip install pii-masker

From source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/pii-masker.git
cd pii-masker
pip install -e .

### Download spaCy model
```bash
python -m spacy download en_core_web_lg

Quick Start

from pii_masker import mask_pii

text = "My name is John Doe and my SSN is 123-45-6789"
masked_text = mask_pii(text)
print(masked_text)
# Output: "My name is <NAME> and my SSN is <SSN>"

Advanced Usage

from pii_masker import CustomPIIMasker

masker = CustomPIIMasker()

# Mask PII
text = "Contact me at [e-mail] or call 555-123-4567"
masked = masker.mask_pii(text)

# Get detected entities
entities = masker.get_detected_entities(text)
for entity in entities:
    print(f"{entity['entity_type']}: {entity['text']}")

Supported PII Types

• Names (PERSON)
• Email addresses
• Phone numbers
• Social Security Numbers (SSN)
• Driver's License numbers
• Passport numbers
• Credit card numbers
• Bank account numbers
• Medical record numbers
• Usernames and passwords
• And more...

License

MIT License