# postcode.py - functions for handling Dutch postal codes # # Copyright (C) 2013 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 """Postcode (the Dutch postal code). The Dutch postal code consists of four numbers followed by two letters, separated by a single space. More information: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands * https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcodes_in_Nederland >>> validate('2601 DC') '2601 DC' >>> validate('NL-2611ET') '2611 ET' >>> validate('26112 ET') Traceback (most recent call last): ... InvalidFormat: ... >>> validate('2611 SS') # a few letter combinations are banned Traceback (most recent call last): ... InvalidComponent: ... """ import re from stdnum.exceptions import * from stdnum.util import clean _postcode_re = re.compile(r'^(?P[1-9][0-9]{3})(?P[A-Z]{2})$') _postcode_blacklist = ('SA', 'SD', 'SS') 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('NL'): number = number[2:] return number def validate(number): """Check if the number is in the correct format. This currently does not check whether the code corresponds to a real address.""" number = compact(number) match = _postcode_re.search(number) if not match: raise InvalidFormat() if match.group('pt2') in _postcode_blacklist: raise InvalidComponent() return '%s %s' % (match.group('pt1'), match.group('pt2')) def is_valid(number): """Check if the number is a valid postal code.""" try: return bool(validate(number)) except ValidationError: return False