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Inbox pattern consumer dedupe mock in Python

Implements a mock inbox consumer that deduplicates incoming messages by ID, with automatic eviction of old seen IDs to prevent unbounded memory growth.

deduplication inbox-pattern dataclasses
Python
import json
from collections import deque
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from hashlib import sha256
from typing import Any


@dataclass
class InboxConsumer:
    max_seen: int = 1000
    seen_ids: set = field(default_factory=set)
    seen_history: deque = field(default_factory=deque)

    def _mark_seen(self,…
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Streaming & messaging easy

Dedupe processed message IDs in Python

Filters an inbox of messages by removing items whose IDs have already been processed, using a set for fast lookups.

deduplication streaming json
Python
from pathlib import Path
import json


def dedupe_processed_ids(inbox_file: Path, processed_file: Path) -> list:
    processed = set(json.loads(processed_file.read_text()))
    inbox = json.loads(inbox_file.read_text())
    deduped = [item for item in inbox if item["id"] not in processed]
    return deduped


if __nam…
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Reliability & rate limiting easy

How to Deduplicate Messages in Python by ID

This code consumes a mock inbox of JSON messages and deduplicates them by message ID, keeping either the first or last occurrence.

deduplication inbox json
Python
import json
from collections import OrderedDict

mock_inbox = [
    {"id": 1, "message": "hello", "timestamp": "2024-01-01T10:00:00Z"},
    {"id": 2, "message": "world", "timestamp": "2024-01-01T10:01:00Z"},
    {"id": 1, "message": "hello", "timestamp": "2024-01-01T10:00:00Z"},
    {"id": 3, "message": "test", "times…
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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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