id-number-validator

Deprecated!!!

Please consider using id-number.

JavaScript ID Number Validator

Introduction

This is a collection of validators of identity document number for JavaScript applications.

Demo

Usage

Step 1, install.

You can install IDValidators by

• directly import in browser

  <script src="dist/bin/IDValidators.js"></script>
  <!-- Please edit the URL above. -->

  Download latest build.

• using in node.js or webpack

  The library is available at NPM with name id-number-validator.

  You can import it via require.

  const IDValidators = require('id-number-validator');

  Or in ES6 style.

  import IDValidators from 'id-number-validator';

Step 2, get a validator.

const validator = IDValidators.getValidator('SG', 'NRIC');

Step 3, validate an input.

const result = validator('S0980292D');

And the result is in format:

{
    'success': true or false,
    'reason': string if the result is false
}

Available Validators

Country	Document
SG (Singapore)	NRIC
TW (Taiwan)	ID (身份證字號)
CN (China)	ID (居民身份证号码)

Development

To build: npm run build

To test: npm test

Add a new validator

Step 1: Write the validator in TypeScript in the directory src/providers/<name>.ts. The validator shall be a function returning a InternalValidateResult.

Step 2: Register the validator in src/IDValidators.ts

Step 3: Write test cases at test/<name.ts>.

Step 4: Send a pull request to this repository.

Thank you for the contributions.

Bonus

We have a very good wiki that explain the algorithm of the ID number checksum used by different identity documents.