# Test a Perspective API replacement before the shutdown

**Use case:** 

Google Perspective API stops on December 31, 2026. Use this task to compare scores before you move your moderation. It scores sample comments for all six Perspective attributes (TOXICITY, SEVERE_TOXICITY, INSULT, PROFANITY, THREAT, IDENTITY_ATTACK) with a threshold of 0.7. Then use the same request format through the Perspective-compatible endpoint. English only.

## Input

```json
{
  "texts": [
    "What a thoughtful article, thanks for the sources.",
    "I think the city council made the wrong decision on the new road.",
    "You are a disgusting idiot and everyone here hates you.",
    "Please stop posting the same link in every thread.",
    "Go to hell, you worthless piece of garbage.",
    "The second half of the season was much better than the first."
  ],
  "attributes": [
    "TOXICITY",
    "SEVERE_TOXICITY",
    "INSULT",
    "PROFANITY",
    "THREAT",
    "IDENTITY_ATTACK"
  ],
  "threshold": "0.7"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "text": {
    "label": "Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "flagged": {
    "label": "Flagged",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "scores.TOXICITY": {
    "label": "Toxicity",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scores.SEVERE_TOXICITY": {
    "label": "Severe toxicity",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scores.INSULT": {
    "label": "Insult",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scores.PROFANITY": {
    "label": "Profanity",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scores.THREAT": {
    "label": "Threat",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "scores.IDENTITY_ATTACK": {
    "label": "Identity attack",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Perspective API Alternative - Toxicity Detection API & MCP](https://apify.com/koyourmoon/perspective-api-alternative.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/koyourmoon/perspective-api-alternative.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/koyourmoon/perspective-api-alternative.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).