import api try: vies = api.Vies() result = vies.request('RO2785503', 'RO', extended_info=True) # works as well # result = vies.request('RO2785503') # result = vies.request('RO2785503', 'RO') except api.ViesValidationError as e: print (e) except api.ViesHTTPError as e: print (e) except api.ViesError as e: print (e) else: print (result) print (result.vatNumber) print(result.valid) # You may also use clean to extract vat number and country code # The line bellow would print ('2785503', 'RO') print (vies.clean('RO2785503'))