From a611910d3f1a6aabce5a4ca1b2802428f2790052 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: harshitg927 <gandhiharshit716@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 21:51:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: trim whitespace from password field during login
 validation

---
 frontend/src/components/Login.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Login.js b/frontend/src/components/Login.js
index 1b29c76c71..c942a8cafe 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Login.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Login.js
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ function Login(props) {
                   password: "",
                 }}
                 onSubmit={(values) => {
+                  // trimming password before login validation
+                  values.password = values.password.trim();
+
                   fetch(config.serverBaseUrl + "/LoginPage", {
                     //includes the browser sessionId in the Header for Authentication on the backend server
                     credentials: "include",