# cvr.py - functions for handling Danish CVR numbers # # Copyright (C) 2012 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 """CVR (Momsregistreringsnummer, Danish VAT number). The CVR (Momsregistreringsnummer, VAT) is an 8 digit number with a straightforward check mechanism. >>> compact('DK 13585628') '13585628' >>> is_valid('DK 13585628') True >>> is_valid('DK 13585627') False """ from stdnum.util import clean 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('DK'): number = number[2:] return number def checksum(number): """Calculate the checksum.""" weights = (2, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) return sum(weights[i] * int(n) for i, n in enumerate(number)) % 11 def is_valid(number): """Checks to see if the number provided is a valid VAT number. This checks the length, formatting and check digit.""" try: number = compact(number) except: return False return len(number) == 8 and number.isdigit() and \ number[0] != '0' and checksum(number) == 0