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Simulating a match using REST

Overview

The EBX® Match and Merge Add-on allows you to use a REST service to simulate a match operation. You can simulate a match on existing records, or before creating records to avoid duplicating data. Responses are returned in the JSON format shown below:

{
    rest_simulateMatch_results:[
        {
            "primaryKey": "XXXX",
            "recordLabel": "XXXX",
            "score": "XX.XX"
        },
        etc.
    ]
}

Simulating a match

The following table provides an example of asset URL retrieval:

Method type:

POST

URL pattern

Sample URL

Request parameters

dataspaceKey: An encoded dataspace key of the user dataspace.

datasetName: An encoded dataset name of the user dataset.

aTablePath: An encoded table path (in the schema).

aRecord: An encoded primary key.

Sample body
{"content":
               {
                "name": "phap",
                "midlename": "quang",
                "generic": {"ratio": 2.5},
                "offices": ["Ha Noi", "Sai Gon"]
                }
}
Response parameters

primaryKey: The primary key for a record returned as a possible match.

recordLabel: The record's label.

score: The record's matching score.

Sample response
{
    "rest_simulateMatch_results": [
        {
            "primaryKey": "3",
            "recordLabel": " - yellow",
            "score": 100
        },
        {
            "primaryKey": "2",
            "recordLabel": " - green",
            "score": 100
        }
    ]
}

Note

If you provide a record as input, the matching operation uses its value and not the request body (if one is defined).

When inputting a date/time value, use the following pattern: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH':mm:ss

When inputting a number value, use the following pattern: XX.xx