Update Rule

Update a CometChat moderation rule by ruleId with REST API to change content checks, actions, or rule conditions.

PUT /moderation/rules/{ruleId}

Update Rule

cURL

curl --request PUT \
  --url https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/moderation/rules/{ruleId} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "id": "moderation-test",
  "name": "Video Moderation",
  "enabled": true,
  "description": "AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content.",
  "action": [
    "blockMessage"
  ],
  "filters": [
    {
      "type": "sender",
      "entity": "user",
      "operator": "equals",
      "value": "admin"
    }
  ],
  "conditions": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "entity": "message",
      "operand": "image",
      "operator": "contains",
      "category": "word",
      "isKeywordReferencePresent": false,
      "isMediaPresent": true,
      "value": "violence_greaterThan_30"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/moderation/rules/{ruleId}"

payload = {
    "id": "moderation-test",
    "name": "Video Moderation",
    "enabled": True,
    "description": "AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content.",
    "action": ["blockMessage"],
    "filters": [
        {
            "type": "sender",
            "entity": "user",
            "operator": "equals",
            "value": "admin"
        }
    ],
    "conditions": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "entity": "message",
            "operand": "image",
            "operator": "contains",
            "category": "word",
            "isKeywordReferencePresent": False,
            "isMediaPresent": True,
            "value": "violence_greaterThan_30"
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "apikey": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    id: 'moderation-test',
    name: 'Video Moderation',
    enabled: true,
    description: 'AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content.',
    action: ['blockMessage'],
    filters: [{type: 'sender', entity: 'user', operator: 'equals', value: 'admin'}],
    conditions: [
      {
        id: 1,
        entity: 'message',
        operand: 'image',
        operator: 'contains',
        category: 'word',
        isKeywordReferencePresent: false,
        isMediaPresent: true,
        value: 'violence_greaterThan_30'
      }
    ]
  })
};

fetch('https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/moderation/rules/{ruleId}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/moderation/rules/{ruleId}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'id' => 'moderation-test',
    'name' => 'Video Moderation',
    'enabled' => true,
    'description' => 'AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content.',
    'action' => [
        'blockMessage'
    ],
    'filters' => [
        [
                'type' => 'sender',
                'entity' => 'user',
                'operator' => 'equals',
                'value' => 'admin'
        ]
    ],
    'conditions' => [
        [
                'id' => 1,
                'entity' => 'message',
                'operand' => 'image',
                'operator' => 'contains',
                'category' => 'word',
                'isKeywordReferencePresent' => false,
                'isMediaPresent' => true,
                'value' => 'violence_greaterThan_30'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/moderation/rules/{ruleId}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"id\": \"moderation-test\",\n  \"name\": \"Video Moderation\",\n  \"enabled\": true,\n  \"description\": \"AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content.\",\n  \"action\": [\n    \"blockMessage\"\n  ],\n  \"filters\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"sender\",\n      \"entity\": \"user\",\n      \"operator\": \"equals\",\n      \"value\": \"admin\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"conditions\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"entity\": \"message\",\n      \"operand\": \"image\",\n      \"operator\": \"contains\",\n      \"category\": \"word\",\n      \"isKeywordReferencePresent\": false,\n      \"isMediaPresent\": true,\n      \"value\": \"violence_greaterThan_30\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/moderation/rules/{ruleId}")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"id\": \"moderation-test\",\n  \"name\": \"Video Moderation\",\n  \"enabled\": true,\n  \"description\": \"AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content.\",\n  \"action\": [\n    \"blockMessage\"\n  ],\n  \"filters\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"sender\",\n      \"entity\": \"user\",\n      \"operator\": \"equals\",\n      \"value\": \"admin\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"conditions\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"entity\": \"message\",\n      \"operand\": \"image\",\n      \"operator\": \"contains\",\n      \"category\": \"word\",\n      \"isKeywordReferencePresent\": false,\n      \"isMediaPresent\": true,\n      \"value\": \"violence_greaterThan_30\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/moderation/rules/{ruleId}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"id\": \"moderation-test\",\n  \"name\": \"Video Moderation\",\n  \"enabled\": true,\n  \"description\": \"AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content.\",\n  \"action\": [\n    \"blockMessage\"\n  ],\n  \"filters\": [\n    {\n      \"type\": \"sender\",\n      \"entity\": \"user\",\n      \"operator\": \"equals\",\n      \"value\": \"admin\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"conditions\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"entity\": \"message\",\n      \"operand\": \"image\",\n      \"operator\": \"contains\",\n      \"category\": \"word\",\n      \"isKeywordReferencePresent\": false,\n      \"isMediaPresent\": true,\n      \"value\": \"violence_greaterThan_30\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "data": {
    "id": "moderation-test",
    "name": "Video Moderation",
    "description": "AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content.",
    "enabled": true,
    "conditions": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "isKeywordsReferencePresent": false,
        "isMediaPresent": true,
        "entity": "message",
        "operand": "image",
        "category": "word",
        "operator": "contains",
        "value": [
          "violence_greaterThan_30"
        ],
        "message": [
          "Image contains violence with confidence greater than 30"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "action": [
      "blockMessage"
    ],
    "active": true,
    "createdAt": 1720003247,
    "updatedAt": 1720003247,
    "revisionId": "253179cf5f665257_moderation-test_1"
  }
}

Authorizations

apikey · string · header · required

API Key with fullAccess scope(i.e. Rest API Key from the Dashboard).

Path Parameters

ruleId · string · required

Rule ID

Body

application/json

id · string

Unique identifier for the moderation rule.

Example:

"moderation-test"

name · string

Descriptive name for the moderation rule.

Example:

"Video Moderation"

enabled · boolean

Indicates whether the rule is active.

Example:

true

description · string

Detailed explanation of the rule's purpose.

Example:

"AI-powered video moderation to detect unsafe content."

action · string[]

Actions to be taken when a violation is detected.

filters · object[]

List of filters to apply

Option 1

Option 2

Show child attributes

conditions · object[]

List of conditions that must be met for the rule to trigger.

Show child attributes

Response

200 - application/json

Update Rule

data · object

Show child attributes