SLNICExtractor

A JS module which enables Sri-Lankan National Identity Card validation. The module will come in handy while validating the provided information such as birthday and gender along with the provided NIC number.

The module is capable of validating the following NIC number types

• Old NIC number with 10 digits (ex: 853070090V or 853070090X)
• New NIC number with 11 digits (ex: 19853070090)

Features

• Retrieving the birth year
• Retrieving the voting status for old NIC (Voting citizen or non-voting citizen)
• Get full birthday information
• Get gender information

Installation

Since this is a available through npm the installation can be done using npm install comamnd

	$ npm install slnicextractor

Usage

After installing you must import the module slnicextractor ex:

const  nicValidator = require("slnicextractor")

After importing the module you can create an instance of the SLNIC class with providing the nic string to the constructor ex:

var  nic = new  nicValidator.SLNIC("853070090V")

Usages of the methods.

Method Name	Operation
validateNIC(gender, birthday)	validate and provide a response as a JSON object with checking the provided birthday information along with the calculated information and checking the provided gender with the calculated gender
getYear()	function which is used to get the birth year with using the provided NIC string
getVotingStatus()	function which is used to get the voting status with using the provided NIC string
getBirthDay()	function which is used to get the birth day information with using the provided NIC string
getGender()	function which is used to get the gender with using the provided NIC string

Examples

const  nicValidator = require("slnicextractor")

var  nic = new  nicValidator.SLNIC("953070080v")

validateNIC(gender, birthday)

const  birthday = {
	"year" :  1995,
	"month":  11,
	"day":  2
}

console.log(nic.validateNIC("Male",birthday))

output

{ nic: '19953070080', result: 'Provided information matched' }

getYear()

console.log(nic.getYear())

output

1996

getVotingStatus()

console.log(nic.getVotingStatus())

output

{ nic: '953070080v', votingStatus: 'Allowed' }

getBirthDay()

console.log(nic.getBirthDay())

output

{ nic: '953070080v', birthday: { year: 1995, month: 11, day: 2 } }

getGender()

console.log(nic.getGender())

output

{ nic: '953070080v', gender: 'Male' }