28 Oct
VIN API – ignore checksum validation
It's been mentioned a few times that there should be a way to skip the checksum validation. This means if the check digit calculation generally fails, VIN API will continue to process the VIN to see if there is a "like" VIN match. So here it is:
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| # first without ignoring the checksum, you'll see that we get an error | |
| >> VinApi.find("VIN WITH BAD CHECKSUM GOES HERE") | |
| => #<VinApi @prefix_options={}, @attributes={"error"=>"Vin did not pass checksum test"}> | |
| # next ignoring the checksum, we get our data | |
| >> VinApi.find("VIN WITH BAD CHECKSUM GOES HERE", :params => {:ignore_checksum => "true"}) | |
| => #<VinApi @prefix_options={}, @attributes={"body_style"=>"Coupe", "model"=>"ACCORD EX", "country"=>"USA", "world_region"=>"North America", "engine_type"=>"FWD", "vin"=>"VIN WITH BAD CHECKSUM GOES HERE", "transmission"=>"Automatic", "make"=>"Honda", "year"=>"2003"}> |
