From 6fde5aa7b7585ed9f4d9f46b72746f546b602aa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giridhar Nair <Giridhar.r.nair@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:23:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] trim whitespace from teacher and course query parameters in
 SuggestionsSearchQuery

---
 api/controllers/search_suggestions.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/api/controllers/search_suggestions.go b/api/controllers/search_suggestions.go
index 5a4d7f4..ff3eb8a 100644
--- a/api/controllers/search_suggestions.go
+++ b/api/controllers/search_suggestions.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/GiridharRNair/ProfStats-GinAPI/db"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ func SuggestionsSearchQuery(c *gin.Context) {
 	teacher := c.Query("teacher")
 	course := c.Query("course")
 
+	teacher = strings.TrimSpace(teacher)
+	course = strings.TrimSpace(course)
+
 	if teacher == "" && course == "" {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"professors": defaultProfessorSuggestions, "courses": defaultCourseSuggestions})
 		return