Add simple normalizer (lowercase + remove punctuation)

controller/search.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function setup( backend, query ){
     }
 
     // log clean parameters for stats
-    logger.info(req.clean);
+    logger.info('[req]', 'endpoint=' + req.path, req.clean);
 
     // backend command
     var cmd = {

middleware/dedupe.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-var util = require('util');
-var logger = require('pelias-logger').get('api:middle:dedupe');
+var logger = require('pelias-logger').get('api');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
 function setup() {
@@ -45,8 +44,8 @@ function isDifferent(item1, item2) {
     if (item1.hasOwnProperty('name') && item2.hasOwnProperty('name')) {
       propMatch(item1.name, item2.name, 'default');
     }
-    else if (item1.name !== item2.name) {
-      throw 'different';
+    else {
+      propMatch(item1, item2, 'name');
     }
 
     if (item1.hasOwnProperty('address') && item2.hasOwnProperty('address')) {
@@ -68,15 +67,29 @@ function isDifferent(item1, item2) {
 /**
  * Throw exception if properties are different
  *
- * @param item1
- * @param item2
- * @param prop
+ * @param {object} item1
+ * @param {object} item2
+ * @param {string} prop
+ * @throws {string}
  */
 function propMatch(item1, item2, prop) {
-  if (item1[prop] !== item2[prop]) {
+  if (normalizeString(item1[prop]) !== normalizeString(item2[prop])) {
     throw 'different';
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Remove punctuation and lowercase
+ *
+ * @param {string} str
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function normalizeString(str) {
+  if (!str) {
+    return '';
+  }
+  return _.words(str.toLowerCase()).join(' ');
+}
+
 
 module.exports = setup;

test/unit/fixture/dedupe_elasticsearch_results.js

@@ -24,6 +24,31 @@ module.exports = [
     '_score': 1.2367082,
     'confidence': 0.879
   },
+  {
+    'center_point': {
+      'lon': -76.207456,
+      'lat': 40.039265
+    },
+    'address': {},
+    'local_admin': 'East Lampeter',
+    'admin1_abbr': 'PA',
+    'name': {
+      'default': 'East Lampeter, High-School'
+    },
+    'admin1': 'Pennsylvania',
+    'locality': 'Smoketown',
+    'alpha3': 'USA',
+    'admin2': 'Lancaster County',
+    'admin0': 'United States',
+    'neighborhood': 'Greenland',
+    'category': [
+      'education'
+    ],
+    '_id': '357321757',
+    '_type': 'osmnode',
+    '_score': 1.2367082,
+    'confidence': 0.879
+  },
   {
     'center_point': {
       'lon': -76.23246,