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python-codicefiscale

python-codicefiscale is a library for encode/decode Italian fiscal code - codifica/decodifica del Codice Fiscale.

Codice Fiscale

Features

  • NEW Auto-updated data (once a week) directly from ANPR data-source.
  • NEW Command Line Interface available.
  • Transliteration for name/surname
  • Multiple birthdate formats (date/string) (you can see all the supported string formats here)
  • Automatic birthplace city/foreign-country code detection from name
  • Omocodia support

Installation

pip install python-codicefiscale

Usage

Python

Import

from codicefiscale import codicefiscale

Encode

codicefiscale.encode(
    lastname="Caccamo",
    firstname="Fabio",
    gender="M",
    birthdate="03/04/1985",
    birthplace="Torino",
)

# "CCCFBA85D03L219P"

Decode

codicefiscale.decode("CCCFBA85D03L219P")

# {
#     "code": "CCCFBA85D03L219P",
#     "gender": "M",
#     "birthdate": datetime.datetime(1985, 4, 3, 0, 0),
#     "birthplace": {
#         "name": "TORINO"
#         "province": "TO",
#         "code": "L219",
#     },
#     "omocodes": [
#         "CCCFBA85D03L219P",
#         "CCCFBA85D03L21VE",
#         "CCCFBA85D03L2MVP",
#         "CCCFBA85D03LNMVE",
#         "CCCFBA85D0PLNMVA",
#         "CCCFBA85DLPLNMVL",
#         "CCCFBA8RDLPLNMVX",
#         "CCCFBAURDLPLNMVU",
#     ],
#     "raw": {
#         "code": "CCCFBA85D03L219P",
#         "lastname": "CCC",
#         "firstname": "FBA",
#         "birthdate": "85D03",
#         "birthdate_year": "85"
#         "birthdate_month": "D",
#         "birthdate_day": "03",
#         "birthplace": "L219",
#         "cin": "P",
#     },
# }

Check

codicefiscale.is_valid("CCCFBA85D03L219P")

# True
codicefiscale.is_omocode("CCCFBA85D03L219P")

# False

Command Line

[!CAUTION] If sensitive data is written to a log entry it could be exposed to an attacker who gains access to the logs.

This library can be used also as a CLI tool, for more info run:

python -m codicefiscale --help

Encode (CLI)

python -m codicefiscale encode --firstname Fabio --lastname Caccamo --gender M --birthdate 03/04/1985 --birthplace Torino

Decode (CLI)

python -m codicefiscale decode CCCFBA85D03L219P

Testing

# clone repository
git clone https://github.com/fabiocaccamo/python-codicefiscale.git && cd python-codicefiscale

# create virtualenv and activate it
python -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate

# upgrade pip
python -m pip install --upgrade pip

# install requirements
pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt

# install pre-commit to run formatters and linters
pre-commit install --install-hooks

# run tests using tox
tox

# or run tests using pytest
pytest

License

Released under MIT License.


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See also

  • python-benedict - dict subclass with keylist/keypath support, I/O shortcuts (base64, csv, json, pickle, plist, query-string, toml, xml, yaml) and many utilities. 📘

  • python-fontbro - friendly font operations. 🧢

  • python-fsutil - file-system utilities for lazy devs. 🧟‍♂️

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