From dcbaf3204ef2abb501f7cfd0442862f3397bdea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Jones <biblicabeebli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 07:36:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [staged-updates] normalize whitespace on study creation.

---
 endpoints/study_endpoints.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/endpoints/study_endpoints.py b/endpoints/study_endpoints.py
index 9f23ba9aa..b35517f21 100644
--- a/endpoints/study_endpoints.py
+++ b/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):