Nightjar Profanity - Swearword detection and replacement library

This library provides a way to detect swearwords and with ability to censor or replace words too.

We try keep the list of swearwords updated, so if you have any suggestions, please email us at info@nightjar.io.

Installation

npm install --save @nightjar-io/nightjar-profanity

Usage

profanity.checkText(text)

Returns true if given text string contains profanity;

var profanity = require('nightjar-profanity');
profanity.checkText('You are a nice person.'); // false
profanity.checkText('You are a bastard.'); // true

profanity.loadWords(name)

Default words list is 'en' English Swearwords. To change this, you can load a different list. If you want to change back to the default, you'll need to load the 'en' words list again.

var profanity = require('nightjar-profanity');
profanity.loadWords('fr');
profanity.checkText('Tu es une bonne personne.'); // false
profanity.checkText('.'); // true

profanity.loadWordsArray(words)

If you want to use your own list of words, you can load in a list of words in an array.

var profanity = require('nightjar-profanity');
profanity.loadWordsArray([ 'nice', 'fun', 'happy', 'cheerful', 'joyful', 'sunny' ]);
profanity.checkText('You are a nice person.'); // true
profanity.checkText('You are a bastard.'); // false

Probably not that useful for words like happy. Useful, if we don't have a list of words in this library.

profanity.censorText(text, replace[string|array])

Censor text with the default * character.

var profanity = require('nightjar-profanity');
profanity.censorText('You are a bastard and sometimes shit. Basically an asshole.'); // 'You are a b*****d and sometimes s**t. Basically an a*****e.'

If you want to use your own chacter, such as a dot, then you add a replace string.

profanity.censorText('You are a bastard and sometimes shit. Basically an asshole.', '.'); // 'You are a b.....d and sometimes s..t. Basically an a.....e.'

If you'd like to use a range of characters, to give that censored swearword feel, you can supply an array instead of a string.

profanity.censorText('You are a bastard and sometimes shit. Basically a motherfucker.', ['@','#','&','$','!']); // 'You are a b@#&$!d and sometimes s@#t. Basically a m@#&$!@#&$!r.'