---
title: "Dry-run duplicate merge"
method: POST
path: "/v1/admin/ops/duplicate-candidates/{candidate_id}/merge-dry-run"
tags: ["Operations"]
---

# Dry-run duplicate merge

`POST /v1/admin/ops/duplicate-candidates/{candidate_id}/merge-dry-run`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://loppee.com`
- URL: `https://loppee.com/v1/admin/ops/duplicate-candidates/{candidate_id}/merge-dry-run`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-LOPPEE-API-Key`

Dry-run duplicate merge. The response is scoped and validated by the runtime repository; unknown or unauthorized resources use the canonical error envelope.

## Path parameters

- `candidate_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `canonical_business_id` string
  - `review_notes` string

## Response `200`

Dry-run duplicate merge response

- object: Auditable duplicate-merge dry run.

## Other responses

- `400`: ErrorResponse
- `401`: ErrorResponse
- `403`: ErrorResponse
- `404`: ErrorResponse
- `409`: ErrorResponse
- `413`: ErrorResponse
- `429`: RateLimitError
- `default`: ErrorResponse

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents/revisions/37285f7cddcd?raw)