Update validators and filter to remove strings that contain only

whitespace

The validator ListItemRequired() was only checking for None and an empty
string, not for strings that were multiple whitespace characters. This
fixes this issue by checking each item with regex to make sure it
contains non whitespace characters

The filter remove_empty_string() also was not checking for strings that
were multiple whitespace characters. This was also fixed by using regex
tomake sure that the string contains non whitespace characters, and also
clips any trailing whitespace.

atst/forms/application.py

@@ -7,24 +7,31 @@ from atst.utils.localization import translate
 
 class EditEnvironmentForm(BaseForm):
     name = StringField(
-        label=translate("forms.environments.name_label"), validators=[Required()]
+        label=translate("forms.environments.name_label"),
+        validators=[Required()],
+        filters=[BaseForm.remove_empty_string],
     )
 
 
 class NameAndDescriptionForm(BaseForm):
     name = StringField(
-        label=translate("forms.application.name_label"), validators=[Required()]
+        label=translate("forms.application.name_label"),
+        validators=[Required()],
+        filters=[BaseForm.remove_empty_string],
     )
     description = TextAreaField(
         label=translate("forms.application.description_label"),
         validators=[Optional()],
-        filters=[lambda x: x or None],
+        filters=[BaseForm.remove_empty_string],
     )
 
 
 class EnvironmentsForm(BaseForm):
     environment_names = FieldList(
-        StringField(label=translate("forms.application.environment_names_label")),
+        StringField(
+            label=translate("forms.application.environment_names_label"),
+            filters=[BaseForm.remove_empty_string],
+        ),
         validators=[
             ListItemRequired(
                 message=translate(

atst/forms/forms.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
 from flask import current_app, request as http_request
+import re
 
 from atst.utils.flash import formatted_flash as flash
 
@@ -38,4 +39,8 @@ class BaseForm(FlaskForm):
 
     @classmethod
     def remove_empty_string(cls, value):
-        return value or None
+        # only return strings that contain non whitespace characters
+        if value and re.search(r"\S", value):
+            return value.strip()
+        else:
+            return None

atst/forms/portfolio.py

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ class PortfolioCreationForm(BaseForm):
         description=translate("forms.task_order.complexity.description"),
         choices=APPLICATION_COMPLEXITY,
         default=None,
-        filters=[BaseForm.remove_empty_string],
         widget=ListWidget(prefix_label=False),
         option_widget=CheckboxInput(),
     )
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ class PortfolioCreationForm(BaseForm):
         description=translate("forms.task_order.dev_team.description"),
         choices=DEV_TEAM,
         default=None,
-        filters=[BaseForm.remove_empty_string],
         widget=ListWidget(prefix_label=False),
         option_widget=CheckboxInput(),
     )

atst/forms/validators.py

@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ def Name(message=translate("forms.validators.name_message")):
 
 def ListItemRequired(
     message=translate("forms.validators.list_item_required_message"),
-    empty_values=("", None),
+    empty_values=[None],
 ):
     def _list_item_required(form, field):
-        non_empty_values = [v for v in field.data if v not in empty_values]
+        non_empty_values = [
+            v for v in field.data if (v not in empty_values and re.search(r"\S", v))
+        ]
         if len(non_empty_values) == 0:
             raise ValidationError(message)