Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Can I have/see your list of profanity?
A. Nope. WebPurify is more than a list. We have developed a system to detect profanity. A list of profane words would not fully represent all the variations our system captures.
Q. How many submissions can I send to WebPurify?
A.
  • There is no limit to the number of queries you can send to WebPurify.
  • No matter how many requests you make, 10 queries or 1,000,000, you just pay the same low yearly fee.
Q. My application will make MANY requests to your service, can WebPurify handle it?
A.
  • Yes!
  • WebPurify is hosted in a cloud environment, which scales automatically to meet capacity.
  • This ensures that the response time of our service and yours never slows during periods of high traffic.
Q. Why make this a web service as opposed to just a library?
A.
  • WebPurify takes away the pain of having to maintain your own profanity database.
  • We are always working to increase the accuracy of WebPurify.
  • As time goes on we will be releasing new features that you will be able to implement without installing new files.
Q. Can I have custom black and white lists?
A.
  • Yes!
  • Through our admin interface you can create custom white and black lists for each license key.
Q. How many characters can I post to WebPurify per submission?
A. Currently WebPurify accepts an unlimited number of characters. However, the larger the text submitted the longer it will take to return results.
Q. Does WebPurify work with languages other than English?
A. Yes, WebPurify supports Spanish. Arabic is in beta. We will be adding other languages soon. You may add any words from any language to your black lists.
Q. Do you offer a method that replaces profane words with other characters (i.e. "@#$!")?
A. Yes, documentation on this method can be found here: http://www.webpurify.com/webpurify.live.replace.php
Q. How do you handle words that may or may not be profane, depending on the usage? (i.e Vice President Dick Cheney)
A. We are currently developing a method that will enable you to choose if you want WebPurify to eliminate such words. It currently does not.
Q. Can I see how many queries I have submitted and how many have contained profanity?
A. Yes, you can see your stats by logging into your account.