Scanning Text

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The scan endpoint allows you to apply Policies and Detection Rules to a list of text strings provided as a payload.

curl --request POST \
     --url https://api.nightfall.ai/v3/scan \
     --header 'Accept: application/json' \
     --header 'Authorization: Bearer  NF-rEpLaCeM3w1ThYoUrNiGhTfAlLKeY123' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
     "policy": {
          "detectionRules": [
               {
                    "detectors": [
                         {
                              "minNumFindings": 1,
                              "minConfidence": "LIKELY",
                              "displayName": "US Social Security Number",
                              "detectorType": "NIGHTFALL_DETECTOR",
                              "nightfallDetector": "US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER"
                         }
                    ],
                    "name": "My Match Rule",
                    "logicalOp": "ANY"
               }
          ]
     },
     "payload": [
          "The customer social security number is 458-02-6124",
          "No PII in this string"
     ]
}'

You may use Pre-Configured Detection Rules or Create Inline Detection Rules

Text scanning supports the use of Exclusion Rules, Context Rules, and Redaction as well as other Scanning Features .

For scanning files, see Scanning Files.

Note that you must generate an API key to send requests to the Nightfall API.