Get Company Match Similarity Key API

Description:
Company/Organization name data can be inconsistent, making redundant data difficult to track down or match (GE, Gen Electric, G.E., etc.). This API provides a hashed similarity key from the input data used to match with other similar company name data. Use the generated similarity key, rather than the actual data itself, to match and/or sort company name data to identify inconsistently represented company and organization name data. This avoids the problems of data inconsistency, misspellings, and name variations when matching within a single dataset or across multiple data sources.

Heuristics, phonetics, specific knowledge bases, categorization hierarchies, contextual machine learning, and other various algorithms are used as the basis of our similarity key generation.

You can choose from multiple matching algorithms, "wide", "medium", and "narrow". "Wide" will find a greater number of matches, but may also find similarly-spelled false positives. "Narrow" will result in tighter matching requirements, but then may miss a few matches. Your business case will dictate which algorithm is ideal.

Learn more about Interzoid Data Matching.

Example of generated similarity keys. The names that show the same similarity key are "similar" records.
Company Input Value	Similarity Key Returned From API
B of A	k2HDzRo6pObj5PkfW5sskHTHESF7AQ
Bank of America	k2HDzRo6pObj5PkfW5sskHTHESF7AQ
Thompson Inc.	lfu9lPojomFZXCDz9uatu1_z-6svBA1
GE	O1PJ_fmAE14bHNOaPoc_GzaXFBHdFhuM6
Gen. electric	O1PJ_fmAE14bHNOaPoc_GzaXFBHdFhuM6
Kellogs	Rf6RCPXSmrZOp8FKRSjQuRvfzO3ef
THOMPSON COMPANY	lfu9lPojomFZXCDz9uatu1_z-6svBA1
tompsen incorporated	lfu9lPojomFZXCDz9uatu1_z-6svBA1

Company Name Match Reports: Use this API via a Web application to easily generate match reports via the browser while connected to a Cloud data platform or a database platform.

Service API Endpoint:
https://api.interzoid.com/getcompanymatchadvanced

Calling Structure:
https://api.interzoid.com/getcompanymatchadvanced?license=[licensekey]&company=[companyname]&algorithm=[wide,medium, or narrow]

SDKs and Sample Code Showing Usage:
Node.js Package
Python Package
Go Package
Java Package
Other Client Code Examples on Github

Optional Specification Examples:
OpenAPI Specification 3.1 JSON
OpenAPI Specification 3.1 YAML

Input Parameters:
License: Your Interzoid-issued license key
Company: Company name from which similarity key will be generated
Algorithm: Which similarity-key-generation master algorithm will be applied ("wide", "medium", or "narrow")

Output Parameters:
SimKey: Generated similarity key used for matching and comparing with other data

Sample URL Query:
https://api.interzoid.com/getcompanymatchadvanced?license=fh5hs7*****&company=ibm&algorithm=wide

Sample JSON Output:
{"SimKey":"MpOcDqC1Xd67G6GsBJhmBh7RhDNsxa","Code":"Success","Credits":50004}

You can also set a header value for your API License Key (*recommended for production environments):

Curl Example:
curl --header "x-api-key: fh5hs7*****" "https://api.interzoid.com/getcompanymatchadvanced?company=ibm&algorithm=wide"

See this API in action with our Cloud Data Connect Web application, which uses the API to match entire datasets and database tables. You can run sample datasets without using any API credits.

To automate calls to this API against a targeted data source with a single command, see documentation here.

Sample Matches Found Using Similarity Keys:

IBM International Business Machines i.b.m. corp U-Haul Uhaul Trailers Costco Stores cost-co McKeson Corp Mackesson The Mckesson company Florida St Florida State University FSU Well's Fargo Bank Wells Fargo Nationwide Insurance Nation Wide Ins. PFIZER INC Fizer Forever 21 Inc. FOREVER TWENTY-ONE Biogen Pharma The Biogen Corp Apple apple computer apple comp APPLE MOBILE Apple International apple inc apple inc. Apple Stores THE APPLE STORE Apple Corp Apple USA 7-11 7-eleven Seven Eleven Stores Seven 11 Inc. Hilten Hotels HiltonHotels Hillton Resorts Inc. Arctic Flooring Inc Artic Floors USX Corp United Steel Plain Dealer Cleveland Plain Dealer cleve Plain Dealer Cleaveland Plane Dealer Glaxo Smith Klein GSK Pharmaceuticals San Deigo Chemical SD Chem San Diego Chemical Corp 10k investments Ten K Investment Jackson Wines Jaxon Winery Inc. 5 Penn Plaza Inc. Five Pennsylvania Plaza Cranston Inc. The Cransten Corp Cranstin Company Hilton Hotels Hillton Resorts Inc. Perez Telecommunications Inc peres telcom Mary's Cookies Marys Cookie Shop High Top Brewing Hightop Breweries The Johnson Rehab Center Johnsen Rehabilitation JP Morgan JP Morgan Chase JPMorgan Chase Midland Loan Services Mid-land Savings & Loan Midland Banking Svcs Equity Real Estate Investments $Equity Realtors NBA National Basketball Association National Basketball Assoc. (NBA) Saint Francis Mem (main) St. Francis Memorial Hospital