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# Score person duplicate candidates

POST https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people/duplicate-check/candidates
Content-Type: application/json

Return scored duplicate candidates for people queries. Results are ordered by match score; custom sorting is not supported. Exact same-name results after excludeId review are human identity review signals, not automatic merge proof.

Reference: https://docs.aventure.vc/api-reference/a-venture-api/people-v-1/duplicate-check-people-candidates-post

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Query parameters

- `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.

### Body (application/json)

- `excludeId` (string, optional, nullable) — Current person id to omit from post-bootstrap duplicate audits while same-name candidates are reviewed.
- `location` (string, optional, nullable) — Location
- `nameAny` (string, optional, nullable) — Loose name match
- `nameFull` (string, optional, nullable) — Full name
- `qwen4bFp16Embedding` (list of float, optional, nullable) — Embedding vector pinned to qwen-4b-fp16 (Qwen3-Embedding-4B-f16.gguf) from https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-4B-GGUF?show_file_info=Qwen3-Embedding-4B-f16.gguf; only this fp16 model is accepted and exactly 2560 floats are required
- `slug` (string, optional, nullable) — URL-safe identifier
- `url` (string, optional, nullable) — Profile URL
- `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`
- `urlDomain` (string, optional, nullable) — URL domain match
- `urlMatchMode` (enum, optional, nullable) — URL match mode
  - Allowed values: `hostPath`, `domain`
- `urlStrictness` (enum, optional, nullable) — 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`
- `urlType` (enum, optional, nullable) — 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`

## Response

### 200

OK

- `content` (list of object, optional)
  - `id` (string, required) — Candidate id to read or update when this candidate is the requested record.
  - `reason` (list of string, required) — Match reasons such as name-exact, slug-exact, url-match, url-type, or precomputed-similarity. url-match proves the supplied URL/domain matched; url-type only means the candidate has the same URL category and is review context, not URL identity evidence.
  - `score` (integer, required) — Ranking score for duplicate review. It is not an absence proof; a low score can still be the intended record when reason/name/slug/typeRecord match.
  - `externalId` (string, optional, nullable) — Matched external identifier when duplicate scoring used one.
  - `name` (string, optional, nullable) — Candidate display name from the existing record.
  - `operatingStatus` (string, optional, nullable) — Current operating status for entity candidates.
  - `publicPath` (string, optional, nullable) — Public API/UI path for the candidate when available.
  - `slug` (string, optional, nullable) — Candidate slug from the existing record.
  - `typeRecord` (enum, optional, nullable) — Candidate entity type from the existing record.
    - Allowed values: `Company`, `Investment Firm`, `Fund`, `Nonprofit`, `Government`, `Organization`, `Business Line`, `Product`, `Service`
- `empty` (boolean, optional)
- `first` (boolean, optional)
- `last` (boolean, optional)
- `number` (integer, optional)
- `numberOfElements` (integer, optional)
- `pageable` (object, optional)
  - `offset` (long, optional)
  - `pageNumber` (integer, optional)
  - `pageSize` (integer, optional)
  - `paged` (boolean, optional)
  - `sort` (object, optional)
    - `empty` (boolean, optional)
    - `sorted` (boolean, optional)
    - `unsorted` (boolean, optional)
  - `unpaged` (boolean, optional)
- `size` (integer, optional)
- `sort` (object, optional)
  - `empty` (boolean, optional)
  - `sorted` (boolean, optional)
  - `unsorted` (boolean, optional)
- `totalElements` (long, optional)
- `totalPages` (integer, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "reason": [
        "string"
      ],
      "score": 1,
      "externalId": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "operatingStatus": "string",
      "publicPath": "string",
      "slug": "aventure-vc",
      "typeRecord": "Company"
    }
  ],
  "empty": true,
  "first": true,
  "last": true,
  "number": 1,
  "numberOfElements": 1,
  "pageable": {
    "offset": 1,
    "pageNumber": 1,
    "pageSize": 1,
    "paged": true,
    "sort": {
      "empty": true,
      "sorted": true,
      "unsorted": true
    },
    "unpaged": true
  },
  "size": 1,
  "sort": {
    "empty": true,
    "sorted": true,
    "unsorted": true
  },
  "totalElements": 1,
  "totalPages": 1
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

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

querystring = {"includePrivate":"false","page":"0","size":"10"}

payload = {}
headers = {
    "X-Client-Secret": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people/duplicate-check/candidates?includePrivate=false&page=0&size=10';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-Client-Secret': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

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"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people/duplicate-check/candidates?includePrivate=false&page=0&size=10"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/people/duplicate-check/candidates?includePrivate=false&page=0&size=10")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Client-Secret"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

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.post("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people/duplicate-check/candidates?includePrivate=false&page=0&size=10")
  .header("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people/duplicate-check/candidates?includePrivate=false&page=0&size=10', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-Client-Secret' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people/duplicate-check/candidates?includePrivate=false&page=0&size=10");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-Client-Secret": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people/duplicate-check/candidates?includePrivate=false&page=0&size=10")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

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()
```