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JavaScript

Jenny Lane
Jenny Lane
6,467 Points
Posted by Jenny Lane
Jenny Lane
6,467 Points

I need a script to prevent users from entering bad words upon form submission.

Do I need to list out every bad word that I can think of, or is there a library out there somewhere? I have been on stackoverflow other sites researching but have not found a great way to do this without coming up with my own library of words. Any ideas?

1 Answer

miikis
miikis
44,944 Points

Hey Jenny,

There's not an algorithm for deciding if a word is "bad," if that's what you're asking. But there is this library that seems like it's in the ballpark of what you're looking for. The actual list of words are here.

Edit

There's also this API

Jenny Lane
Jenny Lane
6,467 Points
Jenny Lane
Jenny Lane
6,467 Points

That sounds like exactly what I am looking for! Thanks, ill check it out!