Credit Card

The CreditCard class is a helper class with some useful methods mainly for validation. This class is available in billing.utils.credit_card.

Attribute Reference

  • regexp: The compiled regular expression that matches all card numbers for the card issuing authority. For the CreditCard class, this is None. It is overridden by subclasses.
  • card_type: Points to a one of CreditCard‘s subclasses. This attribute is set by the validate_card method of the selected gateway.
  • card_name: Card issuing authority name. Generally not required, but some gateways expect the user to figure out the credit card type to send with the requests.

Method Reference

  • __init__: This method expects 6 keyword arguments. They are

    • first_name: The first name of the credit card holder.
    • last_name: The last name of the credit card holder.
    • cardholders_name: The full name of the credit card holder, as an alternative to supplying first_name and last_name.
    • month: The expiration month of the credit card as an integer. Required
    • year: The expiration year of the credit card as an integer. Required
    • number: The credit card number (generally 16 digits). Required
    • verification_value: The card security code (CVV2). Required
  • is_luhn_valid: Checks the validity of the credit card number by using the Luhn’s algorithm and returns a boolean. This method takes no arguments.

  • is_expired: Checks if the expiration date of the card is beyond today and returns a boolean. This method takes no arguments.

  • valid_essential_attributes: Verifies if all the 6 arguments provided to the __init__ method are filled and returns a boolean.

  • is_valid: Checks the validity of the card by calling the is_luhn_valid, is_expired and valid_essential_attributes method and returns a boolean. This method takes no arguments.

  • expire_date: Returns the card expiry date in the “MM-YYYY” format. This is also available as a property.

  • name: Returns the full name of the credit card holder by concatenating the

    first_name and last_name. This is also available as a property.

Subclasses

Normally you do not use the subclasses directly. Instead, you use CreditCard, and call gateway.validate_card() which will add a card_type attribute which is the subclass.

The various credit cards and debit cards supported by Merchant are:

Credit Cards

  • Visa
    • card_name = “Visa”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^4d{12}(d{3})?$’)
  • MasterCard
    • card_name = “MasterCard”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^(5[1-5]d{4}|677189)d{10}$’)
  • Discover
    • card_name = “Discover”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^(6011|65d{2})d{12}$’)
  • AmericanExpress
    • card_name = “Amex”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^3[47]d{13}$’)
  • DinersClub
    • card_name = “DinersClub”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^3(0[0-5]|[68]d)d{11}$’)
  • JCB
    • card_name = “JCB”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^35(28|29|[3-8]d)d{12}$’)

Debit Cards

  • Switch
    • card_name = “Switch”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^6759d{12}(d{2,3})?$’)
  • Solo
    • card_name = “Solo”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^6767d{12}(d{2,3})?$’)
  • Dankort
    • card_name = “Dankort”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^5019d{12}$’)
  • Maestro
    • card_name = “Maestro”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^(5[06-8]|6d)d{10,17}$’)
  • Forbrugsforeningen
    • card_name = “Forbrugsforeningen”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^600722d{10}$’)
  • Laser
    • card_name = “Laser”
    • regexp = re.compile(‘^(6304|6706|6771|6709)d{8}(d{4}|d{6,7})?$’)

Helpers

  • all_credit_cards = [Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmericanExpress, DinersClub, JCB]
  • all_debit_cards = [Switch, Solo, Dankort, Maestro, Forbrugsforeningen, Laser]
  • all_cards = all_credit_cards + all_debit_cards