An Operation is an atomic action performed by our engine. Operations are used to track usage levels across time and across products.
Each API call that consumes operations will return a specific field to let you know how many operations were used.
Images
For Image Moderation, an operation is equivalent to 1 model applied to 1 image. As an example, running 10 images through Nudity Detection will count as 10 operations. Running 1 image through two models will count as 2 operations.
GIF images
For GIF moderation, an operation is equivalent to 1 model applied to 1 frame.
Videos
For Video Moderation, an operation is equivalent to 1 model applied to 1 frame. The Video Moderation API defaults at 1 frame analyzed every 2 seconds, but you can change this setting.
Texts
For Text Moderation, 1 operation is consumed when you submit a text item containing fewer than 1000 characters. An extra operation is consumed for each extra 1000 characters. So if you do a request with a text that is 1800 characters long, that will count as 2 operations.
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