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validate-pt-id
Advanced tools
Validate and generate CC (Citizen Identity Card) and NIF (Personal Tax Number) numbers.
Supports ESM and CommonJS (require/import).
$ yarn add validate-pt-id
$ npm install validate-pt-id
$ pnpm install validate-pt-id
import { generateNif } from 'validate-pt-id';
const nif = generateNif(); // 238043266
import { validateNif } from 'validate-pt-id';
const isValidNif = validateNif('238043266'); // true
import { generateCc } from 'validate-pt-id';
const cc = generateCc(); // 168893797ZY2
import { validateCc } from 'validate-pt-id';
const isValidCc = validateCc('168893797ZY2'); // true
FAQs
A simple utility to validate Portuguese IDs
The npm package validate-pt-id receives a total of 2 weekly downloads. As such, validate-pt-id popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that validate-pt-id demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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