PurgoMalum Client

This is a Python client for the PurgoMalum web service.

Installation

pip install purgomalum

or

python setup.py install

Usage

To use the basic filtering you can call the contains_profanity or the retrieve_filtered_text methods from the client:

>>> from purgo_malum import client
>>> client.contains_profanity('You are an @a$$hole')
True

>>> client.retrieve_filtered_text('You are an @a$$hole')
u'You are an ********'

The client functions also support adding words to the profanity list, setting your own filter text, and setting your own filter characters:

>>> from purgo_malum import client
>>> client.contains_profanity('You are a good friend', add='you')
True

>>> client.retrieve_filtered_text('You are a good friend', add='you,are', fill_text='[filtered]')
u'[filtered]  [filtered] a good friend'

>>> client.retrieve_filtered_text('You are a good friend', add='you,are', fill_char='|')
u'||| ||| a good friend'

You can also get the raw data that the PurgoMalum API returns by calling the raw version of the APIs:

>>> from purgo_malum import client
>>> client.retrieve_filtered_text_raw('You are an @a$$hole', 'json')
{u'result': u'You are an ********'}
>>> client.retrieve_filtered_text_raw('You are an @a$$hole', 'plain')
u'You are an ********'
>>> client.retrieve_filtered_text_raw('You are an @a$$hole', 'xml')
u'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><PurgoMalum xmlns="http://www.purgomalum.com"><result>You are an ********</result></PurgoMalum>'

This can be helpful in the event that the API changes and/or you feel you can use the raw data in some manner.

You can also see the URL that is created for a specific request by using the build_url method (mainly helpful for testing):

>>> client.build_url('test text', 'json', add='test', fill_text='[filtered]')
u'https://www.purgomalum.com/service/json?text=test+text&add=test&fill_text=%5Bfiltered%5D'

Testing

Tests have been for python 2.7 and python 3 using pytest. The unit tests do call the actual PurgoMalum production API in order to test against potential API changes.

Before running tests make sure to install pytest, pytest-cov, pytest-mock, and mock (already included in requirements.txt).

To execute the tests and generate a code coverage report run the following:

pytest --cov-report term-missing --cov=purgo_malum/

You should see:

Name                      Stmts   Miss  Cover   Missing
-------------------------------------------------------
purgo_malum/__init__.py       0      0   100%
purgo_malum/client.py        54      0   100%
-------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                        54      0   100%

Miscellaneous

This is my first offering to the open source community. If you see any issues with this client library and/or potential improvements please let me know and I will make the necessary updates.

Donation

If this is helpful to you in any please consider a small donation.