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# Score entity duplicate candidates (GET)

GET https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates

Return scored duplicate candidates for entity identity signals. Results are ordered by score; custom sorting is not supported.

Reference: https://docs.aventure.vc/api-reference/a-venture-api/entities-v-1/duplicate-check-entity-candidates-get

## Authentication

- `X-Client-Secret` header (required) — Client secret for read-only service-to-service access (no writes)

## Request

### Query parameters

- `excludeId` (string, optional) — Entity id to exclude from duplicate candidates; not a lookup id
- `slug` (string, optional) — URL-safe identifier
- `typeRecord` (enum, optional) — Entity type
  - Allowed values: `Company`, `Investment Firm`, `Fund`, `Nonprofit`, `Government`, `Organization`, `Business Line`, `Product`, `Service`
- `nameAny` (string, optional) — Loose name match
- `nameBrand` (string, optional) — Brand name
- `nameLegal` (string, optional) — Legal name
- `location` (string, optional) — Location
- `url` (string, optional) — Joined entity URL
- `urlDomain` (string, optional) — URL domain match
- `urlType` (enum, optional) — URL type
  - Allowed values: `website`, `linkedin`, `twitter`, `github`, `facebook`, `instagram`, `tiktok`, `youtube`, `subreddit`, `forum`, `documentation`, `support`, `statuspage`, `changelog`, `roadmap`, `discord`, `crunchbase`, `wellfound`, `angellist`, `glassdoor`, `theorg`, `ycombinator`, `wikipedia`, `pitchbook`, `morningstar`, `bloomberg`, `nyse`, `nasdaq`, `g2`, `producthunt`, `trustpilot`, `alternativeto`, `gartnerpeerinsights`, `getapp`, `sourceforge`, `appstore`, `googleplay`, `capterra`, `trustradius`, `hubspotmarketplace`, `slackappdirectory`, `awsmarketplace`, `salesforceappexchange`, `chromewebstore`, `vscodemarketplace`, `npm`, `pypi`, `maven`, `dockerhub`, `homebrew`, `crates`
- `urlMatchMode` (enum, optional) — URL match mode
  - Allowed values: `hostPath`, `domain`
- `urlStrictness` (enum, optional) — Optional URL match strictness. Omit for strict matching. Send loose or any only when the caller intentionally widens URL matching.
  - Allowed values: `strict`, `loose`, `any`
- `urlCandidate` (list of object, optional) — Additional URL candidates to match
  - `url` (string, optional, nullable) — Duplicate URL value
  - `urlType` (enum, optional, nullable) — Canonical URL platform type such as website, linkedin, twitter, or github. Lifecycle facts belong on link flags such as isCurrent and isPrimary.
    - Allowed values: `website`, `linkedin`, `twitter`, `github`, `facebook`, `instagram`, `tiktok`, `youtube`, `subreddit`, `forum`, `documentation`, `support`, `statuspage`, `changelog`, `roadmap`, `discord`, `crunchbase`, `wellfound`, `angellist`, `glassdoor`, `theorg`, `ycombinator`, `wikipedia`, `pitchbook`, `morningstar`, `bloomberg`, `nyse`, `nasdaq`, `g2`, `producthunt`, `trustpilot`, `alternativeto`, `gartnerpeerinsights`, `getapp`, `sourceforge`, `appstore`, `googleplay`, `capterra`, `trustradius`, `hubspotmarketplace`, `slackappdirectory`, `awsmarketplace`, `salesforceappexchange`, `chromewebstore`, `vscodemarketplace`, `npm`, `pypi`, `maven`, `dockerhub`, `homebrew`, `crates`
- `productServiceProviderId` (string, optional) — Provider entity UUID that scopes Product/Service duplicate candidates to that provider's current productService catalog, including hidden rows. Product and Service slugs are provider-pair scoped, so cross-provider name reuse is not a duplicate; supply this id to review the one catalog that can collide.
- `page` (integer, optional) — Zero-based page index (0..N)
- `size` (integer, optional) — The size of the page to be returned; duplicate-check default 10, maximum 100.
- `sort` (list of string, optional) — Sorting is not supported
- `includePrivate` (boolean, optional) — Privileged read scope for admin callers. Bypasses the public visibility filter so hidden, unverified, and not-yet-published records are returned instead of being silently dropped. Defaults to private for admin API key or ROLE_ADMIN callers; client-secret/client-read callers stay public.

## Response

### 200

OK

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates"

querystring = {"excludeId":"04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b","includePrivate":"false","location":"Portland","nameAny":"Omorpho","nameBrand":"Omorpho","nameLegal":"Omorpho, Inc.","page":"0","productServiceProviderId":"04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b","size":"10","slug":"omorpho-portland-or-us","typeRecord":"Company","url":"https://omorpho.com","urlDomain":"omorpho.com","urlMatchMode":"hostPath","urlStrictness":"strict","urlType":"website"}

headers = {"X-Client-Secret": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates?excludeId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&includePrivate=false&location=Portland&nameAny=Omorpho&nameBrand=Omorpho&nameLegal=Omorpho%2C+Inc.&page=0&productServiceProviderId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&size=10&slug=omorpho-portland-or-us&typeRecord=Company&url=https%3A%2F%2Fomorpho.com&urlDomain=omorpho.com&urlMatchMode=hostPath&urlStrictness=strict&urlType=website';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Client-Secret': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates?excludeId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&includePrivate=false&location=Portland&nameAny=Omorpho&nameBrand=Omorpho&nameLegal=Omorpho%2C+Inc.&page=0&productServiceProviderId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&size=10&slug=omorpho-portland-or-us&typeRecord=Company&url=https%3A%2F%2Fomorpho.com&urlDomain=omorpho.com&urlMatchMode=hostPath&urlStrictness=strict&urlType=website"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates?excludeId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&includePrivate=false&location=Portland&nameAny=Omorpho&nameBrand=Omorpho&nameLegal=Omorpho%2C+Inc.&page=0&productServiceProviderId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&size=10&slug=omorpho-portland-or-us&typeRecord=Company&url=https%3A%2F%2Fomorpho.com&urlDomain=omorpho.com&urlMatchMode=hostPath&urlStrictness=strict&urlType=website")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Client-Secret"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates?excludeId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&includePrivate=false&location=Portland&nameAny=Omorpho&nameBrand=Omorpho&nameLegal=Omorpho%2C+Inc.&page=0&productServiceProviderId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&size=10&slug=omorpho-portland-or-us&typeRecord=Company&url=https%3A%2F%2Fomorpho.com&urlDomain=omorpho.com&urlMatchMode=hostPath&urlStrictness=strict&urlType=website")
  .header("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates?excludeId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&includePrivate=false&location=Portland&nameAny=Omorpho&nameBrand=Omorpho&nameLegal=Omorpho%2C+Inc.&page=0&productServiceProviderId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&size=10&slug=omorpho-portland-or-us&typeRecord=Company&url=https%3A%2F%2Fomorpho.com&urlDomain=omorpho.com&urlMatchMode=hostPath&urlStrictness=strict&urlType=website', [
  'headers' => [
    'X-Client-Secret' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates?excludeId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&includePrivate=false&location=Portland&nameAny=Omorpho&nameBrand=Omorpho&nameLegal=Omorpho%2C+Inc.&page=0&productServiceProviderId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&size=10&slug=omorpho-portland-or-us&typeRecord=Company&url=https%3A%2F%2Fomorpho.com&urlDomain=omorpho.com&urlMatchMode=hostPath&urlStrictness=strict&urlType=website");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["X-Client-Secret": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/entities/duplicate-check/candidates?excludeId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&includePrivate=false&location=Portland&nameAny=Omorpho&nameBrand=Omorpho&nameLegal=Omorpho%2C+Inc.&page=0&productServiceProviderId=04e2bf9c-a100-72ad-83ff-ba69c647b30b&size=10&slug=omorpho-portland-or-us&typeRecord=Company&url=https%3A%2F%2Fomorpho.com&urlDomain=omorpho.com&urlMatchMode=hostPath&urlStrictness=strict&urlType=website")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```