Azure AI Content Safety SDK for Python

Detect harmful user-generated and AI-generated content in applications.

Installation

pip install azure-ai-contentsafety

Environment Variables

CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT=https://<resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
CONTENT_SAFETY_KEY=<your-api-key>

Authentication

API Key

from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
import os

client = ContentSafetyClient(
    endpoint=os.environ["CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT"],
    credential=AzureKeyCredential(os.environ["CONTENT_SAFETY_KEY"])
)

Entra ID

from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

client = ContentSafetyClient(
    endpoint=os.environ["CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT"],
    credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
)

Analyze Text

from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeTextOptions, TextCategory
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential

client = ContentSafetyClient(endpoint, AzureKeyCredential(key))

request = AnalyzeTextOptions(text="Your text content to analyze")
response = client.analyze_text(request)

# Check each category
for category in [TextCategory.HATE, TextCategory.SELF_HARM, 
                 TextCategory.SEXUAL, TextCategory.VIOLENCE]:
    result = next((r for r in response.categories_analysis 
                   if r.category == category), None)
    if result:
        print(f"{category}: severity {result.severity}")

Analyze Image

from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeImageOptions, ImageData
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
import base64

client = ContentSafetyClient(endpoint, AzureKeyCredential(key))

# From file
with open("image.jpg", "rb") as f:
    image_data = base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode("utf-8")

request = AnalyzeImageOptions(
    image=ImageData(content=image_data)
)

response = client.analyze_image(request)

for result in response.categories_analysis:
    print(f"{result.category}: severity {result.severity}")