Name matching is a Python package for the matching of company names
The package can be installed via PiPy:
pip install name_matchingAlternatively you could install the package by downloading the repo, navigating to the folder and run the setup in pip locally
pip install .To see example usage of the package you can use the notebook folder. An example of the usage is also given below
from name_matching.name_matcher import NameMatcher
# initialise the name matcher
matcher = NameMatcher(column='name',
number_of_matches=3,
legal_suffixes=True,
common_words=False,
top_n=50,
verbose=True)
# adjust the distance metrics to use
matcher.set_distance_metrics(discounted_levenshtein=False,
bag=True,
typo=True,
refined_soundex=True)
# load the data to which the names should be matched
matcher.load_and_process_master_data(df_gleif, transform=True)
# perform the name matching on the data you want matched
matches = matcher.match_names(to_be_matched=unknown_counterparties, column_matching='name')
All contributions are welcome. For more substantial changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.