From 060b2e17e58d1a90a6978318ad3ee4f40f82da27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Fogg <pfogg@edx.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:34:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Trim whitespace when adding course authors.

---
 cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/user.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/user.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/user.py
index ee6b0bf84d..020e4b5cb9 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/user.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/user.py
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ def add_user(request, location):
         }
         return JsonResponse(msg, 400)
 
+    # remove leading/trailing whitespace if necessary
+    email = email.strip()
+
     # check that logged in user has admin permissions to this course
     if not has_access(request.user, location, role=INSTRUCTOR_ROLE_NAME):
         raise PermissionDenied()