From 529897ea2b08033d10d3e9e65b3658f153432b3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bas van Kervel <bas@ethdev.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:18:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/utils: strip excessive whitespace from api command line
 arguments

---
 cmd/utils/flags.go | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index ceed04cd39..52060c7951 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -500,6 +500,16 @@ func MakeNAT(ctx *cli.Context) nat.Interface {
 	return natif
 }
 
+// MakeRPCModules splits input separated by a comma and trims excessive white
+// space from the substrings.
+func MakeRPCModules(input string) []string {
+	result := strings.Split(input, ",")
+	for i, r := range result {
+		result[i] = strings.TrimSpace(r)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 // MakeHTTPRpcHost creates the HTTP RPC listener interface string from the set
 // command line flags, returning empty if the HTTP endpoint is disabled.
 func MakeHTTPRpcHost(ctx *cli.Context) string {
@@ -652,11 +662,11 @@ func MakeSystemNode(name, version string, extra []byte, ctx *cli.Context) *node.
 		HTTPHost:        MakeHTTPRpcHost(ctx),
 		HTTPPort:        ctx.GlobalInt(RPCPortFlag.Name),
 		HTTPCors:        ctx.GlobalString(RPCCORSDomainFlag.Name),
-		HTTPModules:     strings.Split(ctx.GlobalString(RPCApiFlag.Name), ","),
+		HTTPModules:     MakeRPCModules(ctx.GlobalString(RPCApiFlag.Name)),
 		WSHost:          MakeWSRpcHost(ctx),
 		WSPort:          ctx.GlobalInt(WSPortFlag.Name),
 		WSOrigins:       ctx.GlobalString(WSAllowedOriginsFlag.Name),
-		WSModules:       strings.Split(ctx.GlobalString(WSApiFlag.Name), ","),
+		WSModules:       MakeRPCModules(ctx.GlobalString(WSApiFlag.Name)),
 	}
 	// Configure the Ethereum service
 	accman := MakeAccountManager(ctx)