Validates the format of an EU VAT number (VAT ID, USt-IdNr, reverse charge) agai
Validates the format of an EU VAT number (VAT ID, USt-IdNr, reverse charge) against the European Commission's published format table: 27 member states plus GB and XI. Format only, never validity - no VIES call, and the response says so. Reports every published pattern with its match status, enforces note 4 for ES, honours case sensitivity, and names the source's own contradictions: BE prints two patterns while note 2 denies one, RO prints nine digits while its description allows two to ten.
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://api.ozdreamtools.de/api/vat/format
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.ozdreamtools.de |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.02 | 28 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"vat_number": "DE123456789"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"properties": {
"country": {
"description": "Two-letter member state prefix, e.g. 'DE' or 'EL'. Optional when the number carries it.",
"type": "string"
},
"vat_number": {
"description": "VAT identification number, with or without the country prefix",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"vat_number"
]
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}