Namematch

API reference

curl -X POST "https://__mock__/namematch" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "name1": "",    "name2": ""  }'

{
  "score": 0
}

{
  "detail": {
    "<location>": {
      "<field_name>": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  },
  "message": "string"
}

{
  "detail": {},
  "message": "string"
}

Overview

Call POST /namematch with Authorization: Bearer <token> and JSON name1 and name2. On 200 OK, read score (number) and apply your thresholds for match vs manual review.

Key features

• Handles minor variations in spelling, order, and transliteration that exact string compare rejects.
• Pairs with verification APIs: Compare user input to issuer-returned names.

Implementation

Step 1: Call from your backend

POST /namematch HTTP/1.1
Host: <machine-learning-api-base-url>
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name1": "RAJESH KUMAR",
  "name2": "Rajesh Kumar"
}

Error handling

Benefits

• Reduces false rejects on legitimate minor name differences.

Next steps

• Facematch
• API Suite index