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blackbird/vat-checker-proxy-server
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A server to proxy Europa Vies VAT Checker for magento 2

1.0.1(5y ago)118MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Mar 10Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Vat Checker Proxy Server
========================

[](#vat-checker-proxy-server)

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This solution is a proxy server to validate VAT Numbers with [Europa VIES](https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/?locale=fr) and offer a solution to Magento Sever that are issuing temporary "IP BLOCKED" or "IP BANNED". The proxy server should be installed in separate server with a distinct IP address from the server where the magento client is installed.

It aims to be used with [Vat Checker Proxy Client](https://github.com/blackbird-agency/vat-checker-proxy-client) for Magento 2.

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

This solution is requiring [php](https://www.php.net/manual/) 7.0 or greater and [composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to work with autoload classes.

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

### Get the package

[](#get-the-package)

**Composer Package:**

```
composer require blackbird/vat-checker-proxy-server

```

**Zip Package:**

Unzip the package and associate the pub/index.php file with an url.

### Install the module

[](#install-the-module)

If you don't have 'vendor/autoload.php' and 'vendor/composer', use `composer dump-autoload` to get the autoloader of the classes.

- Make the index.php file available and associate it with an url.
- Edit the value of `PROTECTION_KEY` in [conf.php](conf.php) to define your authentication token. Then enter your authentication token and the url of the proxy server to the client in the config.

Support
-------

[](#support)

- If you have any issue with this code, feel free to [open an issue](https://github.com/blackbird-agency/vat-checker-proxy-server/issues/new).
- If you want to contribute to this project, feel free to [create a pull request](https://github.com/blackbird-agency/vat-checker-proxy-server/compare).

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

For further information, contact us:

- by email:
- or by form: [https://black.bird.eu/en/contacts/](https://black.bird.eu/contacts/)

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

- **Bruno FACHE** - *Maintainer* - [It's me!](https://github.com/bruno-blackbird)
- **Blackbird Team** - *Contributor* - [They're awesome!](https://github.com/blackbird-agency)

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

***That's all folks!***

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1886d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12445118?v=4)[anthony-blackbird](/maintainers/anthony-blackbird)[@anthony-blackbird](https://github.com/anthony-blackbird)

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