IContentRatingLevel

Represents the rating level within the ratings scale for a specific ratings system.

Properties

ratingsSystem

readonly ratingsSystem: string

Returns the unique identifying key for a "ratings system", an specific industry ratings standard.

• point to documentation for supported ratings systems

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rating

readonly rating: string

Returns the unique identifying key for a rating that is a valid rating within the ratings system returned by .

• point to documentation for ratings scales of supported ratings systems

Methods

isLessOrEquallyRestrictiveThan()

isLessOrEquallyRestrictiveThan(other: IContentRatingLevel): Promise<boolean>

Compares two ratings levels to determine whether one is less-or-equally as restrictive as another. Note, this is a partial function over the domain of IContentRatingLevel objects; only rating levels of the same ratings system may be compared.

Parameters

other

IContentRatingLevel

Throws

• NoncomparableRatingsError when attempting to compare ratings levels from different ratings systems.

Returns

Promise<boolean>

true if this object is less restrictive or equally restrictive to other else false.

Examples

Given a=us_mpaa, G and b=us_mpaa, PG-13:

• a->isLessOrEquallyRestrictiveThan(b) => true
• b->isLessOrEquallyRestrictiveThan(a) => false
• a->isLessOrEquallyRestrictiveThan(a) => true

Given c=us_tv, TV-Y:

• a->isLessOrEquallyRestrictiveThan(c) => raises NoncomparableRatingsError
• c->isLessOrEquallyRestrictiveThan(a) => raises NoncomparableRatingsError

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Last updated: Jul 22, 2026