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getBankNameFromCardNumber

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Resolve the issuing Iranian bank's Persian name from a card number by looking up its 6-digit BIN prefix. Use when displaying "Card from بانک سامان" next to a captured card number. Triggers on mentions of getBankNameFromCardNumber, bank from card, BIN lookup, نام بانک از شماره کارت.

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getBankNameFromCardNumber — bank name from card BIN

import { getBankNameFromCardNumber } from "@persian-tools/persian-tools";
// CommonJS
const { getBankNameFromCardNumber } = require("@persian-tools/persian-tools");

Public export

getBankNameFromCardNumber(digits?: number | string): string | null | undefined

interface IBank {
  code: string;
  name: string;
}

Behaviour

import { getBankNameFromCardNumber } from "@persian-tools/persian-tools";

getBankNameFromCardNumber("6219861034529007");   // "بانک سامان"
getBankNameFromCardNumber("603799");              // "بانک ملی ایران" — accepts BIN-only (≥ 6 digits)
getBankNameFromCardNumber("123");                 // null — too short
getBankNameFromCardNumber("9999999999999999");    // null — BIN not in cardBank table
getBankNameFromCardNumber(undefined);             // undefined

Algorithm

  1. Falsy input → undefined.
  2. Stringified length must be in [6, 16]. Outside that range → null.
  3. Take the leading 6 characters as the BIN.
  4. Look up cardBank[bin] from the data table (src/modules/getBankNameFromCardNumber/banksCode.skip.ts).
  5. Return the bank's Persian name or null if the BIN isn't mapped.

Return-type triple

  • undefined = falsy input, we didn't even try.
  • null = ran the lookup, BIN unknown or wrong length.
  • string = bank's Persian name.

Use === "string" or an explicit null/undefined check; don't truthy-test alone.

Quirks

  • Does NOT validate the card. It only inspects the BIN. A garbage tail (e.g. "603799 garbage") doesn't matter as long as the leading 6 chars match a known BIN AND total length ∈ [6, 16].
  • Persian/Arabic digit input is NOT normalized. Lookup is keyed by English-digit string. Pre-normalize with autoConvertDigitsToEN if needed.
  • The data table is stored under banksCode.skip.ts (the .skip suffix marks it as a heavy data file — see the bundle-size-guardian skill in .agents/).

Adding a new bank

  1. Add its BIN entries to cardBank in banksCode.skip.ts.
  2. Add the same BIN(s) to iranianBankPrefixes in src/modules/verifyCardNumber/constants.ts so verifyCardNumber accepts cards from the new issuer.
  3. Add a test case in test/getBankNameFromCardNumber.spec.ts and test/verifyCardNumber.spec.ts.

References

  • Tests: test/getBankNameFromCardNumber.spec.ts
  • Related: verifyCardNumber skill (validates), extractCardNumbers skill (extracts from free text)