diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index 7783e6d..d936f7a 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -181,3 +181,20 @@ std::string utils::toISODate(time_t t)
 	}
 	return std::string{result};
 }
+
+std::string utils::trim(const std::string &str)
+{
+	std::string_view chars = " \t\n\r";
+	std::string_view view = str;
+	auto n = view.find_first_not_of(chars);
+	if(n != std::string_view::npos)
+	{
+		view.remove_prefix(n);
+	}
+	n = view.find_last_not_of(chars);
+	if(n != std::string_view::npos)
+	{
+		view.remove_suffix(view.size() - n - 1);
+	}
+	return std::string{view};
+}
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index d19be1b..5173a4e 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -93,5 +93,7 @@ template <class T> inline std::string toString(const T &v)
 	return std::string(v.begin(), v.end());
 }
 
+std::string trim(const std::string &str);
+
 } // namespace utils
 #endif