SAIDValidator

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ValidateIdString

Validates a 13-character string representing an SA ID number.

Parameters
authToken Authentication token string. Currently can be set to any value including null.
said A valid 13-digit ID number string formatted as detailed here.

Returns

Returns a said-type XML element.

Test

The test form is only available for requests from the local machine.

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /services/saidvalidator/saidvalidator.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: xml-fx.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://xml-fx.com/services/SAIDValidator/ValidateIdString"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <ValidateIdString xmlns="http://xml-fx.com/services/SAIDValidator/">
      <authToken>string</authToken>
      <said>string</said>
    </ValidateIdString>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <ValidateIdStringResponse xmlns="http://xml-fx.com/services/SAIDValidator/">
      <said Valid="boolean" Error="unsignedInt" xmlns="http://xml-fx.com/services/SAIDValidator/said.xsd">
        <Input>string</Input>
        <output>
          <CCD>int</CCD>
          <CD>int</CD>
          <Citizen>bytes</Citizen>
          <DOB>date</DOB>
          <ErrorFlags>string</ErrorFlags>
          <Gender>bytes</Gender>
          <Parsed>string</Parsed>
          <Sequence>unsignedInt</Sequence>
        </output>
      </said>
    </ValidateIdStringResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Other Resources

SAIDValidator Homepage
SAIDValidator Schemas
Blog: How to validate SA Identity Numbers
SAIDValidator Test Page