from collections.abc import Mapping from webargs.flaskparser import FlaskParser def strip_whitespace(value): if isinstance(value, str): value = value.strip() # you'll be getting a MultiDictProxy here potentially, but it should work elif isinstance(value, Mapping): return {k: strip_whitespace(value[k]) for k in value} elif isinstance(value, (list, set)): return type(value)(map(strip_whitespace, value)) return value class CustomParser(FlaskParser): def _load_location_data(self, **kwargs): data = super()._load_location_data(**kwargs) return strip_whitespace(data) parser = CustomParser() use_args = parser.use_args use_kwargs = parser.use_kwargs