Library does not recognise Swaziland Country Code +268

[tariromukute]

Hi, thank you for this library.

I am using it to get the country for users accessing a chatbot via WhatsApp. Since the phone number come via WhatsApp, it's safe to assume they are all valid number. I have noticed that the library:

• does not recognise +268 phone numbers see document
• does not recognise some phone numbers from Botswana +267778xxxxx see Page 7
• does not recognise some phone numbers from Malawi +265984xxxxxx Last page
• does not recognise some phone numbers from Zimbabwe +263864xxxxxxx, see Page 6

[Bossa573]

hello, for all reports, please include the reference information such as PDFs, websites, etc. Thank you very much.

[tariromukute]

hello, for all reports, please include the reference information such as PDFs, websites, etc. Thank you very much.

Hi @Bossa573, I am not sure I understand this. Do you mean the link to the application I am using the library with. Or you mean some ISO standards to documentation.

[Bossa573]

any docs works, like each countries government official docs / website, wiki pages, or even 3rd party references showing your number format should be the valid mobile phone number formats.

[tariromukute]

Ohk noted. I found the ITU portal with the documents per country, see link. I have also updated the issue with the links and page number for each set of phone numbers not being recognised.

[Bossa573]

1. for +268, I found that there's no data in the lib (https://github.com/AfterShip/phone/blob/master/src/data/country_phone_data.ts#L1633)
2. for +267, can add '77', '78' and '79' prefix (https://github.com/AfterShip/phone/blob/master/src/data/country_phone_data.ts#L312C48-L312C50)
3. for +265, the docs show 77, 88, 99 prefix, which match our data (https://github.com/AfterShip/phone/blob/master/src/data/country_phone_data.ts#L1211)
   
   the doc doesn't seem to show +265-984xxxxxx is a correct format
4. for +263, 864xxxxxxx is the range of VoIP, which does not include in our lib's scope

[tariromukute]

Hey @Bossa573, thanks for checking the documents out.
3. How will do a further search later, maybe the document is not up to date
4. I am guessing it is possible for someone to create a WhatsApp account using VOIP, if they select the option to verify via a call. I probably have to find a work around on this one, probably for a phone number that the package undefined for phone('+263xxxxx').countryIso2?.toLowerCase() I check if the number starts with +263.

[Bossa573]

https://www.npmjs.com/package/phone/v/3.1.40
handle (1) and (2)

upcoming updates for the new format, if possible please try to create the PR as well, thank you very much.

[tariromukute]

https://www.npmjs.com/package/phone/v/3.1.40 handle (1) and (2)

upcoming updates for the new format, if possible please try to create the PR as well, thank you very much.

Thank you @Bossa573! Sure no problem, I will raise a PR for 3 or 4 depending on the information I find. Cheers.