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This project is really old and unmaintained. It's kept here for legacy reasons.

We advice you to use this one instead : https://github.com/yolk/valvat

Description

Use this plugin to validate VAT numbers for European countries.

Basic Usage

To validate a model field as a valid intracom VAT number :

validates :vat_number, :vat => true

It may be optional like this :

validates :vat_number, :vat => true, :allow_blank => true

If you want the VAT number's country to match another kind of country field, use the 'country_method' option :

validates :vat_number, :vat => { :country_method => :my_method }

where it is supposed that your model has a method named 'my_method' which returns the country ISO code you want to match. The available country codes available for Europa are: DE, AT, BE, BG, CY, DK, ES, EE, FI, FR, EL, HU, IE, IT, LV, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, GB, RO, SK, SI, SE and CZ.

Example :

class Invoice < ActiveRecord::Base validates :vat_number, :vat => { :country_method => :country_code }

# Logic to return the country code
def country_code
  case country.downcase
    when 'belgium' then 'BE'
    when 'france'  then 'FR'
    when 'sweden'  then 'SE'
    # ...
    else nil
  end
end

end

Validating the Number at VIES

It's also possible to have the VAT number validated against Europa's VIES webservice. Simply use the :vies option like this :

validates :vat_number, :vat => { :vies => true }

Keep in mind that the webservice might be offline at some time for some countries. Check the VIES FAQ for more information about that.

Installation

In your project's Gemfile :

gem 'vat_validator'

= Tests

If you want to run the specs :

rake spec

Credits

This plugin in released under MIT license by Aurélien Malisart (see MIT-LICENSE file).

(c) http://aurelien.malisart.be

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