Merge pull request #756 in RMS/api-main-service from core-dev-gladys to RMSv2

* commit '3aee492e':
  {dev bugfix} strip fix

app/helper/decorators.py

@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ def TemplateValidation(function):
                     'requested_to_department': 'Department'}
         
         for key in required.keys():
-            if not key in template_header or template_header[key].strip() == '':
+            if (not key in template_header or
+                    str(template_header[key]).strip() == ''):
                 return error_message('400', required[key] + ' is required',
                     'failed', status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ def FormValidation(function):
                     'requested_to_priority': 'Priority Level'}
         
         for key in required.keys():
-            if not key in form_header or form_header[key].strip() == '':
+            if not key in form_header or str(form_header[key]).strip() == '':
                 return error_message('400', required[key] + ' is required',
                     'failed', status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)