Moderation (Image)

This section provides an example of how to use Postman to call Moderation (Image), helping you quickly get familiar with the service. The procedure is as follows:

Step 1: Subscribing to a Service. In the left navigation pane, choose Service List or Service Management, and subscribe to Image Moderation.

(Optional) Step 2: Enabling Object Storage Service (OBS) Authorization. If you want to use the data stored on OBS, enable OBS authorization.

Step 3: (Optional) Configuring a Moderation Rule. Detect violent, pornographic, and politically sensitive content in different scenarios.

Step 4: Configuring the Environment. Import the prepared configuration file into the development environment.

Step 5: Using a Token for Authentication. When you call an API, a token is required for authentication.

Step 6: Calling a Service API. Call the service API. You can view the status code and error code at any time during the usage.

(Optional) Step 7: Viewing the Number of API Calls. View call statistics and call details.

Step 1: Subscribing to a Service

To subscribe to Moderation (Image), perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to HUAWEI CLOUD, apply for a HUAWEI CLOUD account, and complete real-name authentication.
  2. On the top of the HUAWEI CLOUD page, choose Enterprise Intelligence > Moderation (Image).
  3. On the product page, click Try Now and enter the username and password to access the Content Moderation management console.
  4. Subscribe to your desired service on the Service List or Service Management page.

    For example, to subscribe to Image Moderation on the Service Management page, select Image Moderation or Image Anti-Porn Moderation in Commercial Services and click Subscribe.
    • You only need to subscribe to the service once.

  5. After a commercial service is successfully subscribed, the service is displayed in My Services on the Service Management page. In this case, you can call the API to use Moderation (Image).

(Optional) Step 2: Enabling Object Storage Service (OBS) Authorization

If you want to use the data stored on OBS, enable OBS authorization. The procedure is as follows:

  1. The region of OBS must be consistent with that of Content Moderation.
  2. OBS authorization must be performed by an account, not by an IAM user.
  1. Log in to the management console and choose Service List > Content Moderation. In the navigation pane, choose Service Management.
  2. Enable OBS Authorization.

Step 3: (Optional) Configuring a Moderation Rule

You can configure review rules to detect violent, pornographic, and politically sensitive content in different scenarios. For details, see Configuring Moderation Rules.

Step 4: Configuring the Environment

  1. Download and install Postman.

    Postman 7.24.0 is recommended.

  2. Download the Postman configuration file for Content Moderation.
  3. Import the configuration file.
    1. Open and log in to Postman.
    2. Choose File > Import in the upper left corner. In the displayed dialog, click Upload Files to import the configuration file.
      Figure 1 Importing the configuration file
  4. After the configuration file is imported, it is displayed in the Collections directory in the left navigation pane.
    Figure 2 Configuration Files

Step 5: Using a Token for Authentication

A token is a user's access credential, which includes user identities and permissions. When you call an API to access a cloud service, a token is required for identity authentication.

  1. In the Collections directory in the navigation pane of Postman, click the get-token configuration file.
  2. Click Body. Enter the username, password, and domain name.

    To obtain the username, password, and domain name, perform the following steps:

    1. Log in to the management console.
    2. Hover the cursor on the username and choose My Credentials from the drop-down list. Copy the IAM username and account name to username and domainname, and enter the IAM user password.
    Figure 3 Token-based authentication
  3. Click Send to send a request, and obtain and copy the token.

    In Headers, obtain the value of X-Subject-Token, which is the token. The token is valid for 24 hours.

    Figure 4 Obtaining a token

Step 6: Calling a Service API

  1. In the Collections directory in the navigation pane of Postman, click the Moderation_image configuration file.
  2. Click Headers and copy the token value to X-Auth-Token.
    Figure 5 Entering the token
  3. Click Body and enter the Base64 code of the image to image.
  4. Click Send to send the request and obtain the API call results.
    {
        "result": {
            "suggestion": "pass",
            "category_suggestions": {
                "politics": "pass",
                "terrorism": "pass",
                "porn": "pass"
            },
            "detail": {
                "politics": [],
                "terrorism": [
                    {
                        "confidence": 0.9989,
                        "label": "normal"
                    }
                ],
                "porn": [
                    {
                        "confidence": 0.876,
                        "label": "normal"
                    },
                    {
                        "confidence": 0.0338,
                        "label": "porn"
                    },
                    {
                        "confidence": 0.0902,
                        "label": "sexy"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }

(Optional) Step 7: Viewing the Number of API Calls

Image Moderation analyzes and identifies sensitive content (such as pornography and politics) in images uploaded by users and returns the result.

To call Image Moderation, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to the management console and choose Service List > Content Moderation.
  2. View the number of API calls. Choose Service List > Image Moderation, and view call statistics and call details. See Figure 7.

    Figure 7 Call statistics
    • The Call Statistics section provides three statistical charts, displaying daily calls, daily blocked text, and daily reviewed text. You can set a time range to view the change of the number of API calls within the time range.
    • The Call Details section lists the total number of calls, blocks, reviews, and passes every day. You can click Export to download and view the total number of API calls, helping you better understand the service calling and review status.
    • Images are stored in OBS buckets. Therefore, the images that are determined as block or review images cannot be exported.
      • block indicates that sensitive information is contained and the information is blocked.
      • pass indicates that sensitive information is not contained and the information is approved.
      • review indicates that manual review is required.

  3. View monitoring metrics. You can click View Metric to view historical data such as successful and failed calls on the Cloud Eye console. See Figure 8.

    Figure 8 Viewing metrics