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require 'rubygems'
require 'soap/wsdlDriver'

class ViesVatChecker

  WSDL = 'http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/checkVatService.wsdl'

  class << self
   def check(country_code, vat_number)
     begin
       proxy = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(WSDL).create_rpc_driver
       return proxy.checkVat(:countryCode => country_code, :vatNumber => vat_number).valid
     rescue
      false
     end
   end
  end
end

puts ViesVatChecker.check('BE', '0817331995')