Get Full Name Match Similarity Key API

Description:
This API provides a hashed similarity key from the input data used to match with other similar full name data. Use the generated similarity key, rather than the actual data itself, to match and/or sort individual name data by similarity. This avoids the problems of data inconsistency, misspellings, and name variations when matching within a single dataset, and can also help matching across datasets or for more advanced searching.

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

Learn more about Interzoid Data Matching.

Example of generated similarity keys. The names that show the same similarity key are "similar" records.
Full Name	Similarity Key Returned From API
James Kelly	N1Ai4RfV0SRJf2dJwDO0Cvzh4xCgQG
Jim Kelley	N1Ai4RfV0SRJf2dJwDO0Cvzh4xCgQG
Mr. Jim H. Kellie	N1Ai4RfV0SRJf2dJwDO0Cvzh4xCgQG
Wanda Curtis	LV0Tz8hjbfKWiljOpBUK0FjkcRKhz0SJb
Sally Anderson	xE5Y6ImDHMQUX6EMlBHD9H17SAoTamH6zCBjFm1
Paul Mayfield	BZ6nRf6RCPXSmrZOp8FKRSjQuRvfzOsJY
Ms. Sallie Andersen	xE5Y6ImDHMQUX6EMlBHD9H17SAoTamH6zCBjFm1

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

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

Calling Structure:
https://api.interzoid.com/getfullnamematch?license=[licensekey]&fullname=[full name]

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
Full Name: Person's name such as Robert Miller, Jennifer Jones, Phil Smith, etc. for which a similarity key will be generated

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

Sample URL Query:
https://api.interzoid.com/getfullnamematch?license=fh5hs7*****&fullname=James Johnston

Sample JSON Output:
{"SimKey":"N1Ai4RfV0SRJf2dN1Ai4QTVofRgF2dSVzcA4","Code":"Success","Credits":5828243}

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/getfullnamematch?fullname=James%20Johnston"

(Note: from the command line, '%20' is required to embed spaces)

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.

Do you have custom requirements or are interested in on-premise solutions? Contact us at support@interzoid.com

Sample Matches Found Using Similarity Keys:

Bill Jameson William R. Jamison Dr Fred Johnston Frederick P Johnson Sallie Harrell Sally Harrel Jim Donaven James Donovan Gavin McMillan Gaven P. MacMillen III Elizabeth Donnelly Liz Donley Bob Ford Robert Forde Frank Menendez Mr. Franklin Menendes Lori Greenberg Ms Laura J Greenburgh Julia Rodgers Julie Rogers LINDSAY SCHROEDER Lindsey Shrader Pete Cellars Peter Sellers Petr R. Selars tracy vasquez Tracie Vasques Kenny Vonn Jr. KENNETH VAUGHN