Add the ability to disable whitespace stripping for string searches

README.md

@@ -71,20 +71,35 @@ def index
 end
 ```
 
-##### Default search parameter
+##### Default search options
+
+**Search parameter**
 
 Ransack uses a default `:q` param key for search params. This may be changed by
 setting the `search_key` option in a Ransack initializer file (typically
 `config/initializers/ransack.rb`):
 
-```
+```ruby
 Ransack.configure do |c|
   # Change default search parameter key name.
   # Default key name is :q
   c.search_key = :query
 end
 ```
 
+**String search**
+
+After version 2.4.0 when searching a string query Ransack by default strips all whitespace around the query string.
+This may be disabled by setting the `strip_whitespace` option in a Ransack initializer file:
+
+```ruby
+Ransack.configure do |c|
+  # Change whitespace stripping behaviour.
+  # Default is true
+  c.strip_whitespace = false
+end
+```
+
 #### In your view
 
 The two primary Ransack view helpers are `search_form_for` and `sort_link`,

lib/ransack/configuration.rb

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ def []=(key, value)
       :down_arrow => '▲'.freeze,
       :default_arrow => nil,
       :sanitize_scope_args => true,
-      :postgres_fields_sort_option => nil
+      :postgres_fields_sort_option => nil,
+      :strip_whitespace => true
     }
 
     def configure
@@ -170,6 +171,19 @@ def hide_sort_order_indicators=(boolean)
       self.options[:hide_sort_order_indicators] = boolean
     end
 
+    # By default, Ransack displays strips all whitespace when searching for a string.
+    # The default may be globally changed in an initializer file like
+    # `config/initializers/ransack.rb` as follows:
+    #
+    # Ransack.configure do |config|
+    #   # Enable whitespace stripping for string searches
+    #   config.strip_whitespace = true
+    # end
+    #
+    def strip_whitespace=(boolean)
+      self.options[:strip_whitespace] = boolean
+    end
+
     def arel_predicate_with_suffix(arel_predicate, suffix)
       if arel_predicate === Proc
         proc { |v| "#{arel_predicate.call(v)}#{suffix}" }

lib/ransack/search.rb

@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ class Search
              :translate, :to => :base
 
     def initialize(object, params = {}, options = {})
+      strip_whitespace = options.fetch(:strip_whitespace, Ransack.options[:strip_whitespace])
       params = params.to_unsafe_h if params.respond_to?(:to_unsafe_h)
       if params.is_a? Hash
         params = params.dup
-        params = params.transform_values { |v| v.is_a?(String) ? v.strip : v }
+        params = params.transform_values { |v| v.is_a?(String) && strip_whitespace ? v.strip : v }
         params.delete_if { |k, v| [*v].all?{ |i| i.blank? && i != false } }
       else
         params = {}

spec/ransack/configuration_spec.rb

@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ module Ransack
       Ransack.options = default
     end
 
+    it 'should have default value for strip_whitespace' do
+      expect(Ransack.options[:strip_whitespace]).to eq true
+    end
+
+    it 'changes default search key parameter' do
+      default = Ransack.options.clone
+
+      Ransack.configure { |c| c.strip_whitespace = false }
+
+      expect(Ransack.options[:strip_whitespace]).to eq false
+
+      Ransack.options = default
+    end
+
     it 'should have default values for arrows' do
       expect(Ransack.options[:up_arrow]).to eq '▼'
       expect(Ransack.options[:down_arrow]).to eq '▲'

spec/ransack/search_spec.rb

@@ -20,10 +20,42 @@ module Ransack
         Search.new(Person, name_eq: 'foobar')
       end
 
-      it 'strip leading & trailing whitespace before building' do
-        expect_any_instance_of(Search).to receive(:build)
-        .with({ 'name_eq' => 'foobar' })
-        Search.new(Person, name_eq: '   foobar     ')
+      context 'whitespace stripping' do
+        context 'when whitespace_strip option is true' do
+          before do
+            Ransack.configure { |c| c.strip_whitespace = true }
+          end
+
+          it 'strips leading & trailing whitespace before building' do
+            expect_any_instance_of(Search).to receive(:build)
+            .with({ 'name_eq' => 'foobar' })
+            Search.new(Person, name_eq: '   foobar     ')
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when whitespace_strip option is false' do
+          before do
+            Ransack.configure { |c| c.strip_whitespace = false }
+          end
+
+          it 'doesn\'t strip leading & trailing whitespace before building' do
+            expect_any_instance_of(Search).to receive(:build)
+            .with({ 'name_eq' => '   foobar     ' })
+            Search.new(Person, name_eq: '   foobar     ')
+          end
+        end
+
+        it 'strips leading & trailing whitespace when strip_whitespace search parameter is true' do
+          expect_any_instance_of(Search).to receive(:build)
+          .with({ 'name_eq' => 'foobar' })
+          Search.new(Person, { name_eq: '   foobar     ' }, { strip_whitespace: true })
+        end
+
+        it 'doesn\'t strip leading & trailing whitespace when strip_whitespace search parameter is false' do
+          expect_any_instance_of(Search).to receive(:build)
+          .with({ 'name_eq' => '   foobar     ' })
+          Search.new(Person, { name_eq: '   foobar     ' }, { strip_whitespace: false })
+        end
       end
 
       it 'removes empty suffixed conditions before building' do