| Azure AI Content Safety SDK for Python. Use for detecting harmful content in text and images with multi-severity classification.
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill azure-ai-contentsafety-py
Detect harmful user-generated and AI-generated content in applications.
pip install azure-ai-contentsafety
CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT=https://<resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com # Required for all auth methods
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
CONTENT_SAFETY_KEY=<your-api-key> # Only required for the legacy API-key auth path below
> 🔑 Two rules apply to every code sample below:
>
> 1. Prefer DefaultAzureCredential. It works locally (Azure CLI / VS Code / Developer CLI) and in Azure (managed identity, workload identity) with no code change. Avoid connection strings, account/API keys — they bypass Entra audit and rotation.
> - Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential works as-is.
> - Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod (or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>) to constrain the credential chain to production-safe credentials.
> 2. Wrap every client in a context manager so HTTP transports, sockets, and token caches are released deterministically:
> - Sync: with <Client>(...) as client:
> - Async: async with <Client>(...) as client: and async with DefaultAzureCredential() as credential: (from azure.identity.aio)
>
> Snippets may abbreviate this setup, but production code should always follow both rules.
import os
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential, ManagedIdentityCredential
from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeTextOptions
# Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>
credential = DefaultAzureCredential(require_envvar=True)
# Or use a specific credential directly in production:
# See https://learn.microsoft.com/python/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-python#credential-classes
# credential = ManagedIdentityCredential()
with ContentSafetyClient(
endpoint=os.environ["CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT"],
credential=credential,
) as client:
response = client.analyze_text(AnalyzeTextOptions(text="Hello, world!"))
New code should use DefaultAzureCredential above. Use AzureKeyCredential only if you have an existing keyed deployment that hasn't been migrated to Entra ID yet — for example, regulated environments still completing their Entra rollout.
import os
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeTextOptions
with ContentSafetyClient(
endpoint=os.environ["CONTENT_SAFETY_ENDPOINT"],
credential=AzureKeyCredential(os.environ["CONTENT_SAFETY_KEY"]),
) as client:
response = client.analyze_text(AnalyzeTextOptions(text="Hello, world!"))
The BlocklistClient accepts the same AzureKeyCredential if you also need to manage blocklists with a key.
from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeTextOptions, TextCategory
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
with ContentSafetyClient(endpoint, DefaultAzureCredential()) as client:
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}")
from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeImageOptions, ImageData
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
import base64
with ContentSafetyClient(endpoint, DefaultAzureCredential()) as client:
# 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}")
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeImageOptions, ImageData
request = AnalyzeImageOptions(
image=ImageData(blob_url="https://example.com/image.jpg")
)
response = client.analyze_image(request)
from azure.ai.contentsafety import BlocklistClient
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import TextBlocklist
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
with BlocklistClient(endpoint, DefaultAzureCredential()) as blocklist_client:
blocklist = TextBlocklist(
blocklist_name="my-blocklist",
description="Custom terms to block"
)
result = blocklist_client.create_or_update_text_blocklist(
blocklist_name="my-blocklist",
options=blocklist
)
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AddOrUpdateTextBlocklistItemsOptions, TextBlocklistItem
items = AddOrUpdateTextBlocklistItemsOptions(
blocklist_items=[
TextBlocklistItem(text="blocked-term-1"),
TextBlocklistItem(text="blocked-term-2")
]
)
result = blocklist_client.add_or_update_blocklist_items(
blocklist_name="my-blocklist",
options=items
)
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeTextOptions
request = AnalyzeTextOptions(
text="Text containing blocked-term-1",
blocklist_names=["my-blocklist"],
halt_on_blocklist_hit=True
)
response = client.analyze_text(request)
if response.blocklists_match:
for match in response.blocklists_match:
print(f"Blocked: {match.blocklist_item_text}")
Text analysis returns 4 severity levels (0, 2, 4, 6) by default. For 8 levels (0-7):
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeTextOptions, AnalyzeTextOutputType
request = AnalyzeTextOptions(
text="Your text",
output_type=AnalyzeTextOutputType.EIGHT_SEVERITY_LEVELS
)
| Category | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| Hate | Attacks based on identity (race, religion, gender, etc.) |
| Sexual | Sexual content, relationships, anatomy |
| Violence | Physical harm, weapons, injury |
| SelfHarm | Self-injury, suicide, eating disorders |
| Level | Text Range | Image Range | Meaning |
|-------|------------|-------------|---------|
| 0 | Safe | Safe | No harmful content |
| 2 | Low | Low | Mild references |
| 4 | Medium | Medium | Moderate content |
| 6 | High | High | Severe content |
| Client | Purpose |
|--------|---------|
| ContentSafetyClient | Analyze text and images |
| BlocklistClient | Manage custom blocklists |
azure.ai.contentsafety sync clients with azure.ai.contentsafety.aio async clients in the same call path. Choose one mode per module.with ContentSafetyClient(...) as client: (sync) or async with ContentSafetyClient(...) as client: (async). For async DefaultAzureCredential from azure.identity.aio, also use async with credential: so tokens and transports are cleaned up.| File | Contents |
|------|----------|
| references/capabilities.md | Additional non-hero capabilities, operation-group coverage, and production checklists. |
| references/non-hero-scenarios.md | Dedicated non-hero examples for secondary/advanced scenarios. |
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