Generate your passport machine readable zone
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'mrz'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install mrz
params = {
country: 'GBP',
first_name: 'Anthony',
middle_name: 'Vincent',
last_name: 'Laibe',
document_number: '9881234',
nationality: 'UK',
birth_date: Date.new(1889, 12, 10),
gender: 'm',
expire_date: Date.new(2021, 5, 4),
personal_code: '1234',
}
Mrz::Builder.new(params).generate
id_card = [
"IDD<<T220001293<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<",
"6408125<2010315D<<<<<<<<<<<<<4",
"MUSTERMANN<<ERIKA<PAULA<ANNA<<"
]
result = MRZ.parse(id_card)
result.valid? # => true
result.valid_birth_date? # => true
result.valid_expiration_date? # => true
result.valid_document_number? # => true
result.birth_date # => Date.new(1964, 8, 12)
result.birth_date_check_digit # => "5"
result.composite_check_digit # => "4"
result.document_code # => "ID"
result.document_number # => "T22000129"
result.document_check_digit # => "3"
result.expiration_date # => Date.new(2020, 10, 15)
result.expiration_date_check_digit # => "5"
result.first_name # => "ERIKA PAULA ANNA"
result.issuing_state # => "D"
result.last_name # => "MUSTERMANN"
result.nationality # => "D"
result.optional1 # => ""
result.optional2 # => ""
result.sex # => "nonspecified" (otherwise "M" or "F")
For gender the allowed values are 'm' or 'f' The personal number is an optional parameter This method return an array of size 2, each entry correspond to a line of the MRZ