Trim whitespaces in string normalization

flatisfy/tests.py

@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ class TestTexts(unittest.TestCase):
             tools.normalize_string("avec   ascenseur")
         )
 
+    def test_whitespace_trim(self):
+        """
+        Checks that trailing and beginning whitespaces are trimmed.
+        """
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "rennes 35000",
+            tools.normalize_string("  Rennes 35000 ")
+        )
+
     def test_accents(self):
         """
         Checks accents are replaced.

flatisfy/tools.py

@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ def normalize_string(string, lowercase=True, convert_arabic_numerals=True):
     # Collapse multiple spaces, replace tabulations and newlines by space
     string = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", string)
 
+    # Trim whitespaces
+    string = string.strip()
+
     return string