Belgian-VCS-OGM (Belgium)

OGM, 'overschrijving met gestructureerde mededeling', is a structured message often added to belgian bank transfers to enable automatic processing. This Node package enables the generation and validation of these structured messages.

Installation

npm install belgian-vcs-ogm

Usage

var ogm = require('belgian-vcs-ogm');

Available Methods

isValidOGM(structuredMessage)

Checks whether the given structured message is a valid ogm. Validates the format and the check digits.

Parameters

1. structuredMessage (String): structured message to check.

Return

Boolean: true if the structuredMessage is a valid ogm, false otherwise.

Example

ogm.isValidOGM('+++123/1234/12328+++');
// returns true

ogm.isValidOGM('++700/8000/90602+++');
// returns false, wrong structure

ogm.isValidOGM('++++700/8000/90607+++');
// returns false, wrong check digits

ogm.isValidOGM('+++70/0800/10029+++');
// returns false, wrong length

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generateOGM(numbers)

Generates a valid OGM based on the given numbers.

Parameters

1. numbers (String|Number): Numbers to be used to generate ogm. Length should be equal to or less than 10. only positive values are allowed.

Return

String: A valid ogm based on the given numbers. If the length of the numbers is less than 10, leading zeros are added. Two checkdigits are also added.

Example

var structuredMessage = ogm.generateOGM('0008000906');
// structuredMessage === '+++000/8000/90655+++'

var structuredMessage = ogm.generateOGM(8000906);
// structuredMessage === '+++000/8000/90655+++'

var structuredMessage = ogm.generateOGM(7008000933);
//structuredMessage === '+++700/8000/93329+++'

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calculateCheckDigits(numbers)

Generates check digits for a given number. The check digits are equal to remainder of the division of the numeric value of the given numbers by 97. If the check digits are smaller than 10, a leading zero is added. If the check digit is equal to 0, 97 is used instead.

Parameters

1. numbers (String|Number): Numbers to be used to generate checkdigits. Length should be equal to or less than 10. only positive values are allowed.

Return

String: The generated check digits

Example

var checkDigits = ogm.calculateControl(1115532822);
// checkDigits === '36'

var checkDigits = ogm.calculateControl('1115532786');
 // checkDigits === '97'

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generateRandomOGM()

Generates a random structured message.

DOES NOT PREVENT COLLISION WITH PREVIOUSLY GENERATED VALUES

Parameters

none

Return

String: A randomly generated structured message, conforming to the ogm standard.

Example

var structuredMessage = ogm.generateRandomOGM();
// output is a valid structuredMessage.

getStrippedOGM(ogm)

strips +'s and /'s from the ogm. returns only the digits.

Parameters

1. ogm (String): ogm to strip.

Return

String: Stripped ogm

Example

var stripped = ogm.getStrippedOGM('+++000/8000/90655+++');
// stripped === '000800090655'

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