# guard
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### query
``` python
def query(
text, ner:NoneType=None
):
```
*Return an external query without secrets or personal data.*
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### outgoing
``` python
def outgoing(
text, model, mode:NoneType=None, ner:NoneType=None, vault:NoneType=None, refs:NoneType=None
):
```
*Return text that may be sent to model, or raise
[`OutgoingRefused`](https://vedicreader.github.io/ramabana/guard.html#outgoingrefused).*
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### OutgoingRefused
``` python
def OutgoingRefused(
*args, **kwargs
):
```
*Text was withheld before it left the machine.*