POST validate

vat

1 credit

Validate an EU VAT number format by country

Endpoint

POST /api/v1/tools/validate/vat

Body Parameters

vat_number string required

Example

input Request

{
    "vat_number": "DE123456789"
}

output Response

{
    "valid": true,
    "format": "DE + 9 digits",
    "reason": null,
    "country": "DE"
}

Response Format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK SUCCESS

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "valid": true,
    "format": "DE + 9 digits",
    "reason": null,
    "country": "DE"
},
  "meta": {
    "tool": "vat",
    "credits_consumed": 1
  }
}

HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity ERROR

{
  "success": false,
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_error",
    "message": "The given data was invalid."
  }
}

Code Examples

Request Example

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