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No backend. No API calls. No data sent anywhere. Everything runs in the browser. What it validates Validator What it checks aadhaar 12-digit format + Verhoeff checksum pan 10-char format + entity type decode gstin 15-char format + state code + mod-36 checksum ifsc 11-char bank branch code format pincode 6-digit PIN + p","image":"https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=1200,height=627,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fmz71jhbve9y2mgv21bro.png","datePublished":"2026-03-15T03:28:12","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gaurav Kalal"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Dev.to Webdev"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://flarestart.com/article/i-built-a-zero-dependency-validation-library-for-every-indian-developer-20260315"}}
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I built a zero-dependency validation library for every Indian developer
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I built a zero-dependency validation library for every Indian developer

via Dev.to WebdevGaurav Kalal18h ago

Indian developer building a form has hit the same wall. You need to validate a PAN number. Or an Aadhaar. Or a GSTIN. Or an IFSC code. So you Google it, find a Stack Overflow answer from 2016, copy a regex, and hope it works. There was no clean, trustworthy, zero-dependency JavaScript library that handled all of this in one place. So I built one. Introducing india-validators india-validators is a client-side JavaScript library that validates 9 common Indian document and identifier formats — with proper checksums, not just regex. npm install india-validators Or drop it in directly: <script src= "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/india-validators/india-validators.js" ></script> No backend. No API calls. No data sent anywhere. Everything runs in the browser. What it validates Validator What it checks aadhaar 12-digit format + Verhoeff checksum pan 10-char format + entity type decode gstin 15-char format + state code + mod-36 checksum ifsc 11-char bank branch code format pincode 6-digit PIN + p

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