gstchecker

The details of a company is fetched using the requests library and parsed with BeautifulSoup4. GSTIN number — a 15 digit tax identification number is used to generate the name, address, type, etc. of the company.

Run this command in the terminal to install gstchecker package

pip install gstchecker

Documentation

To import the file use the below code

import gstchecker

The program uses default test url and input parameters for testing and educational purposes. To GET details from GSTIN use

gstchecker.check("_15 character GSTIN goes here_")

You check whether the check() was a success or not using

gstchecker.status()

To print a particular variable listed above use the function

gstchecker.disp(_variable to print_)

To quickly print all the variables together

gstchecker.printall()

To print all the variable seperated by \t ot \n then use the following function. The \t or \n must be included within single or double quotes.

gstchecker.printwith("\n")

To use this program you need to have legal access from a website to GET details. The website should have two inputs in the form, one input for gstin number and another a hidded input for csrf token. The default must be changed before using. The author is not responsible for how the program is being used.

To change all the value of the request parameter, use the function

gstcheckerset("http://example.com/search.php","inputName","csrfmidwaretoken")

To change the just the url of the program

gstchecker.seturl("htttp://example.com/search.php")

To change just the inputName (It is the name="value" of the input tag)

gstchecker.setinput("value")

To change only the csrf (It is the name="value" of the hidden input tag)

gstchecker.setcsrf("value")

Note that these parameters must be change before calling check() for it apply.

Errors

Errors are listed in specific order so that that one error can lead to subsequent errors in the list.

Screenshots

Functionality issues

The program faces issues with correctly parsing nature (removed for improved functionality) and date.