Added strip() to chess usesrname string input. (#8)

Author: bfeif

checkmymate.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def home():
 
         # get field values from the form
         chess_username = request.form["chess_username"]
-        chess_username = chess_username if chess_username else " "
+        chess_username = chess_username.strip() if chess_username else " "  # Clean the string input with .strip().
         num_lookback_days = request.form["num_lookback_days"]
         platform = request.form["platform"]
         logger.debug(f"platform: {platform}")

utils.py

@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ def is_lichess_user(lichess_username):
 
 
 def is_chessdotcom_user(chessdotcom_username):
-    player_dict = json.loads(requests.get(f"https://api.chess.com/pub/player/{chessdotcom_username}").content)
+    url = f"https://api.chess.com/pub/player/{chessdotcom_username}"
+    player_dict = json.loads(requests.get(url).content)
     if "player_id" in player_dict:
         return True
     return False