diff --git a/Sources/App/Extensions/String+Extensions.swift b/Sources/App/Extensions/String+Extensions.swift
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+import Foundation
+
+extension String {
+
+    var trimmed: String {
+        trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+    }
+
+    var nonEmpty: String? {
+        self == "" ? nil : self
+    }
+}