require 'active_model' class IbanValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator def validate_each(record, attribute, value) record_error(record, attribute, value) unless value =~ regexp && valid_iban?(value) end private def record_error(record, attribute, value) record.errors.add(attribute, :invalid_iban) end def regexp /[A-Z]{2}[a-zA-Z0-9]{14,}/ end def valid_iban?(iban) # Move first four characters to end of string first_four_chars = iban.slice!(0..3) iban += first_four_chars # Substitute all letters with integers iban.split(//).each { |char| iban.gsub!(char, (char.downcase.ord - 87).to_s) if (char =~ /[a-zA-Z]/).present? } # Check if division by 97 yields a remainder of 1, in which case it could be a valid IBAN (iban.to_i % 97) == 1 end end