Parses the MRZ found of Passport and Travel Documents and returns the data in a human readable form.
Example:
var lib = require('./dist/index.js');
var data = lib.parse('P<CANMARTIN<<SARAH<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<ZE000509<9CAN8501019F2301147<<<<<<<<<<<<<<08');The Result is a javascript object with the decoded information:
{
documentCode: 'P',
documentType: 'PASSPORT',
documentTypeCode: null,
issuer: 'CAN',
names: {
lastName: 'MARTIN',
names: [
'SARAH'
]
},
documentNumber: 'ZE000509',
nationality: {
abbr: 'CAN',
full: 'Canada'
},
dob: {
year: '1985',
month: '01',
day: '01',
original: '850101'
},
sex: {
abbr: 'F',
full: 'Female'
},
checkDigit: {
documentNumber: {
value: '9',
valid: true
},
dob: {
value: '9',
valid: true
},
expiry: {
value: '7',
valid: true
},
personalNumber: {
value: '0',
valid: true
},
finalCheck: {
value: '8',
valid: true
},
valid: true
},
expiry: {
year: '2023',
month: '01',
day: '14',
original: '230114'
},
personalNumber: ''
}