Strip extra spaces

app/models/account.rb

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
   after_initialize :generate_username
 
   before_validation :turn_blanks_into_nils
+  before_validation :strip_extra_spaces
 
   before_create :generate_guest_token
 
@@ -123,4 +124,9 @@ private
     self.public_name = nil if public_name.blank?
     self.biography   = nil if biography.blank?
   end
+
+  def strip_extra_spaces
+    self.public_name = public_name&.strip
+    self.biography   = biography&.strip
+  end
 end

spec/models/account_spec.rb

@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ RSpec.describe Account do
         expect(subject.public_name).to eq nil
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when it was set to value with leading and trailing spaces' do
+      subject { create :personal_account, public_name: public_name }
+
+      let :public_name do
+        "#{' ' * rand(4)}#{Faker::Name.name}#{' ' * rand(4)}"
+      end
+
+      specify do
+        expect(subject.public_name).to eq public_name.strip
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#biography' do
@@ -140,6 +152,18 @@ RSpec.describe Account do
         expect(subject.biography).to eq nil
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when it was set to value with leading and trailing spaces' do
+      subject { create :personal_account, biography: biography }
+
+      let :biography do
+        "#{' ' * rand(4)}#{Faker::Lorem.sentence}#{' ' * rand(4)}"
+      end
+
+      specify do
+        expect(subject.biography).to eq biography.strip
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#has_role?' do