From ff3f3012e0dfd3c76d19f881b426f9f1966782c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin <70767149+kschmelter13@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 12:57:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] no special characters when creating organization

Checks the organizations name for special chars using a regex
---
 backend/models/organization.js | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/models/organization.js b/backend/models/organization.js
index 5b1b651f..48a528fb 100644
--- a/backend/models/organization.js
+++ b/backend/models/organization.js
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ const Organization = {
         };
       var slug = slugify(orgName, { lower: true });
 
+      const validNameRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/;
+
+      // Validate orgName against the regular expression
+      if (!validNameRegex.test(orgName)) {
+        return {
+          organization: null,
+          message: "Organization name contains invalid characters. Only alphanumeric characters are allowed.",
+        };
+      }
+
       const existingBySlug = await this.get({ slug });
       if (!!existingBySlug) {
         const slugSeed = Math.floor(10000000 + Math.random() * 90000000);