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Mrz

Machine Readable Zone generator and checker for official travel documents sizes 1, 2, 3, MRVA and MRVB (Passports, Visas, national id cards and other travel documents)

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MRZ Generator & MRZ Checker

Description:

Machine Readable Zone generator and checker for official travel documents sizes 1, 2, 3, MRVA and MRVB (Passports, Visas, national id cards and other travel documents)

MRZ Generator and MRZ Checker are built according to International Civil Aviation Organization specifications (ICAO 9303):

See all 9303 ICAO docs (البيت العربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский and Español)

Fields Distribution of Official Travel Documents:

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Usage Generator:

TD1's (id cards):

Params:                      Case insensitive

    document_type    (str):  The first letter shall be 'I', 'A' or 'C'
    country_code     (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name (in English)
    document_number  (str):  Document number
    birth_date       (str):  YYMMDD
    sex              (str):  Genre. Male: 'M', Female: 'F' or Undefined: 'X', "<" or ""
    expiry_date      (str):  YYMMDD
    nationality      (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name (in English)
    surname          (str):  Holder primary identifier(s). This field will be transliterated
    given_names      (str):  Holder secondary identifier(s). This field will be transliterated
    optional_data1   (str):  Optional personal data at the discretion of the issuing State.
                             Non-mandatory field. Empty string by default
    optional_data2   (str):  Optional personal data at the discretion of the issuing State.
                             Non-mandatory field. Empty string by default
    transliteration (dict):  Transliteration dictionary for non-ascii chars. Latin based by default
    force           (bool):  Disables checks for country, nationality and document_type fields.
                             Allows to use 3-letter-codes not included in the countries dictionary
                             and to use document_type codes without restrictions.
                             

TD2

Params:                      Case insensitive

    document_type    (str):  The first letter shall be 'I', 'A' or 'C'
    country_code     (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name (in English)
    surname          (str):  Holder primary identifier(s). This field will be transliterated.
    given_names      (str):  Holder secondary identifier(s). This field will be transliterated.
    document_number  (str):  Document number.
    nationality      (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name
    birth_date       (str):  YYMMDD
    sex              (str):  Genre. Male: 'M', Female: 'F' or Undefined: 'X', "<" or ""
    expiry_date      (str):  YYMMDD
    optional_data    (str):  Optional personal data at the discretion of the issuing State.
                             Non-mandatory field. Empty string by default
    transliteration (dict):  Transliteration dictionary for non-ascii chars. Latin based by default
    force           (bool):  Disables checks for country, nationality and document_type fields.
                             Allows to use 3-letter-codes not included in the countries dictionary
                             and to use document_type codes without restrictions.
                             

TD3 (Passports)

Params:                      Case insensitive

    document_type    (str):  Normally 'P' for passport
    country_code     (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name (in English)
    surname          (str):  Primary identifier(s)
    given_names      (str):  Secondary identifier(s)
    document_number  (str):  Document number
    nationality      (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name
    birth_date       (str):  YYMMDD
    sex              (str):  Genre. Male: 'M', Female: 'F' or Undefined: 'X', "<" or ""
    expiry_date      (str):  YYMMDD
    optional data    (str):  Personal number. In some countries non-mandatory field. Empty string by default
    transliteration (dict):  Transliteration dictionary for non-ascii chars. Latin based by default
    force           (bool):  Disables checks for country, nationality and document_type fields.
                             Allows to use 3-letter-codes not included in the countries dictionary
                             and to use document_type codes without restrictions.
                             

MRVA (Visas type A)

Params:                      Case insensitive

    document_type    (str):  The First letter must be 'V'
    country_code     (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name (in English)
    surname          (str):  Primary identifier(s)
    given_names      (str):  Secondary identifier(s)
    document_number  (str):  Document number
    nationality      (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name
    birth_date       (str):  YYMMDD
    sex              (str):  Genre. Male: 'M', Female: 'F' or Undefined: 'X', "<" or ""
    expiry_date      (str):  YYMMDD
    optional_data    (str):  Optional personal data at the discretion of the issuing State.
                             Non-mandatory field. Empty string by default.
    transliteration (dict):  Transliteration dictionary for non-ascii chars. Latin based by default
    force           (bool):  Disables checks for country, nationality and document_type fields.
                             Allows to use 3-letter-codes not included in the countries dictionary
                             and to use document_type codes without restrictions.
                      

MRVB (Visas type B)

Params:                      Case insensitive

    document_type    (str):  The First letter must be 'V'
    country_code     (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name (in English)
    surname          (str):  Primary identifier(s)
    given_names      (str):  Secondary identifier(s)
    document_number  (str):  Document number
    nationality      (str):  3 letters code (ISO 3166-1) or country name
    birth_date       (str):  YYMMDD
    sex              (str):  Genre. Male: 'M', Female: 'F' or Undefined: 'X', "<" or ""
    expiry_date      (str):  YYMMDD
    optional_data    (str):  Optional personal data at the discretion of the issuing State.
                             Non-mandatory field. Empty string by default.
    transliteration (dict):  Transliteration dictionary for non-ascii chars. Latin based by default
    force           (bool):  Disables checks for country, nationality and document_type fields.
                             Allows to use 3-letter-codes not included in the countries dictionary
                             and to use document_type codes without restrictions.
                             
Passport generator example (ICAO9303 Specimen):

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TD3CodeGenerator -> str:
from mrz.generator.td3 import TD3CodeGenerator

code = TD3CodeGenerator("P", "UTO", "Eriksson", "Anna María", "L898902C3", "UTO", "740812", "F", "120415","ZE184226B")

print(code)
Output:
P<UTOERIKSSON<<ANNA<MARIA<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
L898902C36UTO7408122F1204159ZE184226B<<<<<10
Note: See other uses in mrz.generator examples folder

Usage Checker:

TD1's (id cards):

Params:

    mrz_string        (str):  MRZ string of TD1. Must be 90 uppercase characters long (3 lines)
    check_expiry     (bool):  If it's set to True, it is verified and reported as warning that the
                              document is not expired and that expiry_date is not greater than 10 years
    compute_warnings (bool):  If it's set True, warnings compute as False

TD2:

Params:

    mrz_string        (str):  MRZ string of TD2. Must be 72 characters long (uppercase) (2 lines)
    check_expiry     (bool):  If it's set to True, it is verified and reported as warning that the
                              document is not expired and that expiry_date is not greater than 10 years
    compute_warnings (bool):  If it's set True, warnings compute as False
    

TD3 (Passports):

Params:

    mrz_string        (str):  MRZ string of TD3. Must be 88 characters long (uppercase) (2 lines)
    check_expiry     (bool):  If it's set to True, it is verified and r
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