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How to Deduplicate Events with At-Least-Once Delivery in Python

Implements an exactly-once processing pattern for at-least-once event delivery by tracking seen event IDs in a set, skipping duplicates.

deduplication idempotent event-processing
Python
seen_ids = set()

def process_event(event_id: str, payload: dict) -> dict:
    """Process an event exactly once, ignoring duplicates."""
    if event_id in seen_ids:
        return {"status": "duplicate", "event_id": event_id}
    seen_ids.add(event_id)
    return {"status": "processed", "event_id": event_id, **payloa…
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Microservices patterns easy

How to Deduplicate Events in Python with SHA256 Hashing

Build an event deduplicator that identifies duplicate inbox messages using SHA256 hashes and tracks duplicate counts per event type.

deduplication event-processing hashing
Python
```python
import hashlib
import json
from collections import defaultdict


class EventDeduplicator:
    def __init__(self):
        self.seen_hashes = set()
        self.duplicate_counts = defaultdict(int)

    def process_event(self, event):
        event_key = f"{event['event_id']}:{event['timestamp']}"
        even…
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