Nigerian Phone Number Validator (Python)

Issues and pull requests welcome.

A Python module to validate and format a Nigerian phone number as well as deduce the network provider or area code.

NOTE: The network resolution function can't be accurate because Nigeria implemented Mobile Number Portability in 2013, so the number prefix cannot be reliably used to determine operator anymore.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Features
• Contribute
• Run Tests

Installation

You will need Python 3.x and pip.

Install using pip: pip install validate_nigerian_phone Install via repo:

• Clone repo git clone https://github.com/djunehor/python_validate_nigerian_phone
• Place python_validate_nigerian_phone in your project root folder

Usage

from validate_nigerian_phone import NigerianPhone
# or from python_validate_nigerian_phone import NigerianPhone if you cloned repo

phone = NigerianPhone('+2348135087966')

# Check if is valid
phone.is_valid() #True

# Get formatted
phone.formatted() #08135087966

# Get Network
phone.get_network() #mtn

# Check if is mtn
phone.is_mtn() # True


# Get network from phone number prefix e.g
phone.get_network_by_prefix('0703') # mtn

Features

Currently implemented

• is_valid
• formatted
• get_network
• get_area_code
• is_mtn
• is_glo
• is_airtel
• is_9mobile
• is_smile
• is_smile
• is_multilinks
• is_visafone
• is_ntel
• is_starcomms
• is_zoom
• get_prefixes_by_network
• get_network_by_prefix
• get_area_code_by_name

Tests

• Run python tests.py

Contribute

Check out the issues on GitHub and/or make a pull request to contribute!

phone-number-validator

Validate if a phone number is Nigerian