Merge pull request #1988 from HSLdevcom/1987_trim_whitespaces_before_saving

1987 trim whitespaces before saving

Author: Joe Niemi

src/utils/HttpUtils.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import EndpointPath from '~/enums/endpointPath';
 import FetchStatusCode from '~/enums/fetchStatusCode';
 import ApolloClient from '~/helpers/ApolloClient';
 import IError from '~/models/IError';
+import { trimObjectWhiteSpaces } from '~/utils/trimWhiteSpaces';
 import AlertStore from '~/stores/alertStore';
 import LoginStore from '~/stores/loginStore';
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ class HttpUtils {
         object: any,
         credentials?: credentials
     ) => {
-        const formattedObject = _format(object);
+        const formattedObject = _format(trimObjectWhiteSpaces(object));
         let error: IError | null = null;
 
         try {

src/utils/trimWhiteSpaces.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const trimStrings = (key: unknown, value: unknown) => {
+    if (typeof value === 'string') {
+        return value.trim();
+    }
+
+    return value;
+};
+
+// Taken from here: https://codepen.io/ajmueller/pen/NyXNME
+export const trimObjectWhiteSpaces = (object: Object) => {
+    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(object, trimStrings, 4));
+};