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validate_nigerian_phone vs za-id-number

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validate_nigerian_phoneza-id-number
Category
Developer Tools
Developer Tools
Type
Validation
Validation
Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇿🇦 South Africa
Docs status
Docs broken
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / open-source
Free / open-source
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
10 Oct 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
validation, nigeria, python, phone, pypi
south-africa, python, id-validation, luhn, national-id
Links
Website Docs GitHub
Website Docs
Summary
A Python (PyPI) package to validate and format Nigerian phone numbers with is_valid(), formatted(), get_network() and is_mtn() helpers. Maintained by djunehor.
Python library to validate and parse South African (RSA/ZA) identity numbers using the Luhn check digit, breaking the number into birth date, gender and citizenship components. Installable with pip install za-id-number.

validate_nigerian_phone vs za-id-number at a glance

validate_nigerian_phone and za-id-number are both listed under Validation in Wycord's Developer Tools index.

validate_nigerian_phone is based in Nigeria and za-id-number in South Africa.

Documentation status differs: validate_nigerian_phone is "Docs broken" and za-id-number is "Docs live".

On access, both are marked "No approval needed".

Over the last 30 days Wycord's probes measured 61.11% uptime for validate_nigerian_phone (36 checks) and 100% for za-id-number (36 checks).

Average response time on live probes was 658 ms for validate_nigerian_phone and 191 ms for za-id-number.

Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.

How they differ

  • Documentation: validate_nigerian_phone, Docs broken; za-id-number, Docs live.
  • Country: validate_nigerian_phone, Nigeria; za-id-number, South Africa.
  • 30-day uptime: validate_nigerian_phone, 61.11%; za-id-number, 100%.
  • Average latency: validate_nigerian_phone, 658 ms; za-id-number, 191 ms.

Topics

Both are tagged: python.

Only validate_nigerian_phone: validation, nigeria, phone, pypi.

Only za-id-number: south-africa, id-validation, luhn, national-id.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, validate_nigerian_phone or za-id-number?
za-id-number leads over the last 30 days: validate_nigerian_phone 61.11%, za-id-number 100%.
Do validate_nigerian_phone or za-id-number need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for validate_nigerian_phone and za-id-number working?
validate_nigerian_phone shows "Docs broken" and za-id-number shows "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are validate_nigerian_phone and za-id-number based?
validate_nigerian_phone is based in Nigeria; za-id-number is based in South Africa.

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