# nipt.py - functions for handling Albanian VAT numbers # coding: utf-8 # # Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Cédric Krier # Copyright (C) 2008-2011 B2CK # Copyright (C) 2015 Arthur de Jong # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA # 02110-1301 USA """NIPT (Numri i Identifikimit për Personin e Tatueshëm, Albanian VAT number). The Albanian NIPT is a 10-digit number with the first and last character being letters. >>> validate('AL J 91402501 L') 'J91402501L' >>> validate('K22218003V') 'K22218003V' >>> validate('(AL) J 91402501') Traceback (most recent call last): ... InvalidLength: ... >>> validate('Z 22218003 V') Traceback (most recent call last): ... InvalidFormat: ... """ import re from stdnum.exceptions import * from stdnum.util import clean # regular expression for matching number _nipt_re = re.compile(r'^[JKL][0-9]{8}[A-Z]$') def compact(number): """Convert the number to the minimal representation. This strips the number of any valid separators and removes surrounding whitespace.""" number = clean(number, ' ').upper().strip() if number.startswith('AL'): number = number[2:] if number.startswith('(AL)'): number = number[4:] return number def validate(number): """Check if the number is a valid VAT number. This checks the length and formatting.""" number = compact(number) if len(number) != 10: raise InvalidLength() if not _nipt_re.match(number): raise InvalidFormat() return number def is_valid(number): """Check if the number is a valid VAT number.""" try: return bool(validate(number)) except ValidationError: return False