Django-VIES is a django extension that allows storing VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) data in django models and validation. Provided are a VATIN object, a ModelField and a FormField.

Current Stable

pip install django-vies

Latest Development

pip install -e git://github.com/codingjoe/django-vies.git#egg=django-vies

VATINField for models

from django.db import models
from vies.models import VATINField

class Company(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    vat = VATINField(blank=True, null=True)

VATIN wrapper class, allows access to result.

>>> from vies.types import VATIN
>>> vat = VATIN('NL', '124851903B01')
>>> vat.is_valid()
True
>>> vat.data
(reply){
   countryCode = "NL"
   vatNumber = "124851903B01"
   requestDate = 2014-03-25
   valid = True
   name = "JIETER"
   address = "(...)"
 }

You can also use the classmethod VATIN.from_str to create VATIN from str.

>>> from vies.types import VATIN
>>> vat = VATIN.from_str('NL124851903B01')
>>> vat.is_valid()
True

The VIES API endpoint can be very unreliable and seems to have an IP based access limit. Therefore the VATINField does NOT perform API based validation by default. It needs to be explicitly turned on or performed in a separate task.

e.g.

from vies.models import VATINField
from vies.validators import VATINValidator


class Company(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    vat = VATINField(validators=[VATINValidator(verify=True, validate=True)])

validate=True will tell the validator to validate against the VIES API. verify is enabled on by default and will only verify that the VATIN matches the country's specifications.

It is recommended to perform VIES API validation inside an asynchronous task.

e.g. using celery

from celery import shared_task
from vies.models import VATINField
from vies.validators import VATINValidator


class Company(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    vat = VATINField()
    vat_is_valid = models.BooleanField(default=False)

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.__vat = self.vat
        super(Company, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if self.__vat != self.vat:
            validate_vat_field.delay(self)
        super(Company, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
        self.__vat = self.vat

    def refresh_from_db(self)
        super(Company, self).refresh_from_db()
        self.__vat = self.vat

@shared_task
def validate_vat_field(company):
    try:
        company.vat.validate()
    except ValidationError:
        self.vat_is_valid = False
    else:
        self.vat_is_valid = False
    finally:
        self.save()

Feel free to contribute translations, it's simple!

cd vies
django-admin makemessages -l $YOUR_COUNTRY_CODE

Just edit the generated PO file. Pull-Requests are welcome!

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