ValidatesIdentity

This projects aims to validate several countries person identification documents. It works on top of 2 attributes, so that the identity can be determined by a second value and thus validate the first one accordingly

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'validates_identity'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install validates_identity

Official Plugins

Just require the plugins you want/need in your Gemfile and you will be good to go

Usage

Just use as any other validator:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  # :identity_type is the attribute that will be used to determine the identity type and is required
  validates :identity, identity: { identity_type: :identity_type }
end

Format Option

The format option can be used to format the final identity value.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  # all values will be formatted after successful validation
  validates :identity, identity: { identity_type: :identity_type, format: true }
end

Only Option

The only option can be used to narrow down the validators

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  # will accept only person identity types
  validates :identity, identity: { identity_type: :identity_type, only: :person }
  # will accept only legal identity types
  validates :identity, identity: { identity_type: :identity_type, only: :legal }
end

Aliases

In case of a legacy system where keys were already defined and differ from the official ones, aliases can be registered to easy the transition

ValidatesIdentity.register_person_identity_type_alias('LegacyIdentity', 'CustomIdentity')
ValidatesIdentity.register_legal_identity_type_alias('LegacyIdentity', 'CustomIdentity')

Adding your own Validators

New Identity Validators can be registered through the public apis of ValidatesIdentity

ValidatesIdentity.register_person_identity_type('CustomIdentity', CustomIdentityValidator)
ValidatesIdentity.register_legal_identity_type('CustomIdentity', CustomIdentityValidator)

A Validator must implement:

  • a constructor with 1 param: value
  • a valid? method that returns a boolean
  • a formatted method that returns the formatted value

Adding scenarios to the matcher

When adding a new validator, cases of success and error can be added through and API so that the Matcher will test against them

ValidatesIdentity::ShouldaMatchers.register_allowed_values('CustomIdentity', ['123456789', '123.456.789'])
ValidatesIdentity::ShouldaMatchers.register_disallowed_values('CustomIdentity', ['12345679', '12.456.789'])

Testing

Require matcher in your spec_helper or rails_helper file:

require 'shoulda/matchers/active_model/require_a_valid_identity_matcher'

Use in your tests:

it { is_expected.to require_a_valid_identity } # It will test the attributes :identity and :identity_type by default
it { is_expected.to require_a_valid_identity(:id, :my_type) }

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/plribeiro3000/validates_identity. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the ValidatesIdentity project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.