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Fuzzy String Matcher and Near-Duplicate Finder

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Match strings against a candidate list or group near-duplicates with Levenshtein, Jaro-Winkler, Dice or token-set similarity and a score threshold. Pure compute, no network, no AI.

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You can access the Fuzzy String Matcher and Near-Duplicate Finder programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "queries": [
10        "Acme Corporation Ltd",
11        "Mohamed Al Rashid",
12        "Jon Smyth",
13    ],
14    "candidates": [
15        "ACME Corp. Ltd.",
16        "Muhammad Al-Rashid",
17        "John Smith",
18        "Globex International",
19    ],
20}
21
22# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
23run = client.actor("firebrick_zamia/fuzzy-string-matcher").call(run_input=run_input)
24
25# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
26print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
27for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
28    print(item)
29
30# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Fuzzy String Matcher and Near-Duplicate Finder API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Fuzzy String Matcher and Near-Duplicate Finder API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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