[staged-updates] normalize whitespace on study creation.

endpoints/study_endpoints.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import re
 from io import BytesIO
 
 import bleach
@@ -225,6 +226,9 @@ def create_study(request: ResearcherRequest):
         messages.error(request, 'the study name you provided was too long and was rejected, please try again.')
         return redirect('/create_study')
 
+    # normalize all sequences of whitespace to a single space
+    name = re.sub("\s", " ", name)
+
     if escape(name) != name:
         if not RUNNING_TEST_OR_FROM_A_SHELL:
             with make_error_sentry(SentryTypes.elastic_beanstalk):