Submission + - Profanity Filter API
Jonathan Freger writes: "I have been a Web Developer (perl, php, coldfusion, java) for over 10 years. I have created web applications for various large companies that can't allow profanity to get through to their users. Quite often I have been asked to create "profanity filters" to screen user input. Each time I wrote the code from scratch searching the web for best techniques. Everyone has their own opinion on the best way to search text for profanity. Some more efective thans other.
I realized that this would make a great API and with user collaboration a very effective tool could be create and used by all. I know that no profanity filter can be 100% effective, but I am going to try and get as close as possible. So I announce the release of "WebPurify" http://www.webpurify.com/ a free easy to use Profanity Filter API.
This isn't an advertisement as much as a was to start a dialogue on creating APIs for commonly requested programming task."
I realized that this would make a great API and with user collaboration a very effective tool could be create and used by all. I know that no profanity filter can be 100% effective, but I am going to try and get as close as possible. So I announce the release of "WebPurify" http://www.webpurify.com/ a free easy to use Profanity Filter API.
This isn't an advertisement as much as a was to start a dialogue on creating APIs for commonly requested programming task."