Sales Tax Calculator API - Ruby Gem

Sales Tax Calculator computes the exact sales tax amount for purchases in any US state or ZIP code. Get accurate tax calculations with breakdowns by state, county, city, and special district rates.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'apiverve_salestaxcalculator'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install apiverve_salestaxcalculator

Getting Started

Get your API key at APIVerve

Basic Usage

require 'apiverve_salestaxcalculator'

# Initialize the client
client = APIVerve::Salestaxcalculator::Client.new(api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY")

# Make a request
response = client.execute({
  amount: 100,
  zip: "90210",
  state: "CA"
})

# Print the response
puts response

Error Handling

begin
  response = client.execute({ amount: 100, zip: "90210", state: "CA" })
  puts response["data"]
rescue APIVerve::Salestaxcalculator::ValidationError => e
  puts "Validation error: #{e.errors.join(', ')}"
rescue APIVerve::Salestaxcalculator::APIError => e
  puts "API error: #{e.message}"
  puts "Status code: #{e.status_code}"
end

Debug Mode

# Enable debug logging
client = APIVerve::Salestaxcalculator::Client.new(
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  debug: true
)

Example Response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "amount": 100,
    "taxRate": 0.0975,
    "taxRatePercent": 9.75,
    "taxAmount": 9.75,
    "totalAmount": 109.75,
    "zip": "90210",
    "state": "CA",
    "region": "Beverly Hills",
    "breakdown": {
      "stateRate": 0.0725,
      "countyRate": 0.0025,
      "cityRate": 0.0125,
      "specialRate": 0.01
    }
  }
}

Documentation

For more information, visit the API Documentation.

Support

License

This gem is available under the MIT License.