# issn.py - functions for handling ISSNs # # Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 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 """ISSN (International Standard Serial Number). The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is the standard code to identify periodical publications. It has a checksum similar to ISBN-10. >>> is_valid('0024-9319') True >>> is_valid('0032147X') # incorrect check digit False >>> compact('0032-1478') '00321478' >>> format('00249319') '0024-9319' >>> to_ean('0264-3596') '9770264359008' """ from stdnum import ean from stdnum.util import clean def compact(number): """Convert the ISSN to the minimal representation. This strips the number of any valid ISSN separators and removes surrounding whitespace.""" return clean(number, ' -').strip().upper() def calc_check_digit(number): """Calculate the ISSN check digit for 10-digit numbers. The number passed should not have the check bit included.""" check = (11 - sum((8 - i) * int(n) for i, n in enumerate(number))) % 11 return 'X' if check == 10 else str(check) def is_valid(number): """Checks to see if the number provided is a valid ISSN. This checks the length and whether the check digit is correct.""" try: number = compact(number) except: return False return len(number) == 8 and \ number[:-1].isdigit() and \ calc_check_digit(number[:-1]) == number[-1] def format(number): """Reformat the passed number to the standard format.""" number = compact(number) return number[:4] + '-' + number[4:] def to_ean(number, issue_code='00'): """Convert the number to EAN-13 format. The number is assumed to be a valid ISSN.""" number = '977' + compact(number)[:-1] + issue_code return number + ean.calc_check_digit(number)