VAT Identification Number

VAT ID validation. Ships with an ActiveModel validator.

Installation

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

gem 'vat_id'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install vat_id

Usage

v = VatId.new('DE123456789')
v.valid?       # true
v.country_code # 'DE'
v.identifier   # '123456789'
v.to_s         # 'DE123456789'
VatId.valid?('DE123456789') # true

or as ActiveModel Validator (make sure you have ‘active_model’ before ‘vat_id’ in your Gemfile)

class Company
  include ActiveModel::Model
  attr_accessor :tax_number, :name
  validates :tax_number, vat_id: true
end

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request