README.md

Vatfallback for Magento 2

Vatfallback module provides an extra API based validation and a fallback offline regex validation for the unstable VIES database used by Magento

Please find the Magento 1 version here.

Supported services

• Built in Magento VIES check
• Custom VIES check (this is not the official endpoint but an internal one)
• vatlayer.com check
• Regex fallback check for following countries; AT, BE, CZ, DE, CY, DK, EE, GR, ES, FI, FR, GB, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, PL, PT, SE, SI, SK

Features

1. A plugin wraps the existing Vat check in Magento Customer implementing various services as fallback.

2. Use the console task: ./bin/magento vat:validate NL NL133001477B01

3. Use the API endpoint to get company data by VAT number http://domain.com/rest/V1/vat/companylookup/NL133001477B01

Tested on

• Magento 2.2 Community & Commerce

Changelog

[1.3.0] Regex validation now configurable via XML. Improved tests and regex validation

[1.2.0] added a timeout sys conf value for connecting to APIs

[1.1.1] fixed a logic error in calling fallback services including a false positives fix for the unofficial VIES endpoint by Laura Folco

[1.1.0] add an API endpoint for company data

[1.0.0] ported version of the Magento 1 module

Requirements

• PHP 7
• GuzzleHTTP

Disclaimer

Warning: Since all of the free VIES API's are slow and somewhat unreliable the checkout steps could become slow while checking.

Authors

• Sander Mangel Github Twitter
• Timon de Groot Github Twitter

Authors M1 Version

• Sander Mangel @sandermangel
• Peter Jaap Blaakmeer @peterjaap
• Laura Folco @lfolco