generate_validish_uk_car_registrations.py

import random


OFFICIAL_LOCAL_MNEMONICS_LOOKUP = {
    "A": "anglia",
    "B": "birmingham",
    "C": "cymru",
    "D": "deeside",
    "E": "essex",
    "F": "forest_and_fens",
    "G": "garden_of_england",
    "H": "hampshire_dorset_and_isle_of_white",
    "K": "no_official_mnemonic",
    "L": "london",
    "M": "manchester_and_merseyside",
    "N": "newcastle",
    "O": "oxford",
    "P": "preston",
    "R": "reading",
    "S": "scotland",
    "V": "severn_valley",
    "W": "west_of_england",
    "X": "personal_export",
    "Y": "yorkshire",
}

DVLA_OFFICES = [
    ("peterborough", "A", "ABCDEFGHIJKMN"),
    ("norwich", "A", "OPRSTU"),
    ("ipswich", "A", "VWXY"),
    ("birmingham", "B", "ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPRSTUVWX"),
    ("cardiff", "C", "ABCDEFGHJKLMNO"),
    ("swansea", "C", "PRSTUV"),
    ("bangor", "C", "WXY"),
    ("chester", "D", "ABCDEFGHJK"),
    ("shrewsbury", "D", "LMNOPSTUVWXY"),
    ("chelmsford", "E", "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNORSTUVWXY"),
    ("nottingham", "F", "ABCDEFGHJJKLMNP"),
    ("lincoln", "F", "RSTVWXY"),
    ("maidstone", "G", "ABCDEFGHJKLMN"),
    ("brighton", "G", "PRSTUVWXY"),
    ("bournemouth", "H", "ABCDEFGHJ"),
    ("Portsmouth", "H", "KLMNPRSTUVXY"),
    ("luton", "K", "ABCDEFGHJKL"),
    ("northampton", "K", "MNOPRSTUVWX"),
    ("wimbledon", "L", "ABCDEFGHJ"),
    ("stanmore", "L", "KLMNOPRST"),
    ("sidcup", "L", "UVWXY"),
    ("manchester", "M", "ABCDEFGHJKLMPTUVWX"),
    ("newcastle", "N", "ABCDEGHJKLMNO"),
    ("stockton", "N", "PRSTUVWXY"),
    ("oxford", "O", "ABCDEFGHJLMOPTUVWX"),
    ("preston", "P", "ABCDEFGHJKLMNPRST"),
    ("carlisle", "P", "UVWXY"),
    ("reading", "R", "ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPRSTVWXY"),
    ("glasgow", "S", "ABCDEFGHJ"),
    ("edinburgh", "S", "KLMNO"),
    ("dundee", "S", "PRST"),
    ("aberdeen", "S", "VW"),
    ("inverness", "S", "XY"),
    ("worcester", "V", "ABCEFGHJKLMNOPRSTUVXY"),
    ("exeter", "W", "ABDEFGHJ"),
    ("truro", "W", "KL"),
    ("bristol", "W", "MNOPRSTUVWX"),
    ("personal_export", "X", "ABCDEF"),
    ("leeds", "Y", "ABCDEFGHJKL"),
    ("sheffield", "Y", "MNOPRSTUV"),
    ("beverley", "Y", "WXY")
]

def random_dvla_office():
    selection = random.choice(DVLA_OFFICES)
    _, area, local = selection
    return f"{area}{random.choice(local)}"


def random_three_letter():
    valid_letters = "ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPRSTUVWXYZ"
    return "".join(random.choices(valid_letters, k=3))


def random_vehicle_year():
    evens = [f"{str(i)[-2:]}" for i in range(2002, 2026)]
    odds = [i for i in range(51, 76)]
    return random.choice(evens + odds)


def random_registration():
    return f"{random_dvla_office()}{random_vehicle_year()}{random_three_letter()}"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(random_registration())