# ean.py - functions for handling EANs # # Copyright (C) 2011 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 """Module for handling EAN (International Article Number) codes. This module handles numbers EAN-13, EAN-8 and UPC (12-digit) format. >>> is_valid('73513537') True >>> is_valid('978-0-471-11709-4') # ISBN-13 format True """ def compact(number): """Convert the EAN to the minimal representation. This strips the number of any valid separators and removes surrounding whitespace.""" return number.replace(' ', '').replace('-', '').strip() def calc_check_digit(number): """Calculate the EAN check digit for 13-digit numbers. The number passed should not have the check bit included.""" return str((10 - sum((3 - 2 * (i % 2)) * int(n) for i, n in enumerate(reversed(number)))) % 10) def is_valid(number): """Checks to see if the number provided is a valid EAN-13. This checks the length and the check bit but does not check whether a known GS1 Prefix and company identifier are referenced.""" try: number = compact(number) except: return False return len(number) in (13, 12, 8) and \ number.isdigit() and \ calc_check_digit(number[:-1]) == number[-1]