diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/aws-ssm-chaos/lib/ssm/aws-ssm-chaos-by-id.go b/chaoslib/litmus/aws-ssm-chaos/lib/ssm/aws-ssm-chaos-by-id.go
index 29f5c00d6..2620e393a 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/aws-ssm-chaos/lib/ssm/aws-ssm-chaos-by-id.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/aws-ssm-chaos/lib/ssm/aws-ssm-chaos-by-id.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func PrepareAWSSSMChaosByID(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetail
 	// watching for the abort signal and revert the chaos
 	go lib.AbortWatcher(experimentsDetails, abort)
 
-	if experimentsDetails.EC2InstanceID == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.EC2InstanceID) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no instance id found for chaos injection")
 	}
 	//get the instance id or list of instance ids
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/azure-disk-loss/lib/azure-disk-loss.go b/chaoslib/litmus/azure-disk-loss/lib/azure-disk-loss.go
index c76ce5abd..ff7683501 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/azure-disk-loss/lib/azure-disk-loss.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/azure-disk-loss/lib/azure-disk-loss.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func PrepareChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, clients
 		log.Infof("[Ramp]: Waiting for the %vs ramp time before injecting chaos", experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 		common.WaitForDuration(experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 	}
-	if experimentsDetails.VirtualDiskNames == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.VirtualDiskNames) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no volume names found to detach")
 	}
 	//get the disk name  or list of disk names
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/azure-instance-stop/lib/azure-instance-stop.go b/chaoslib/litmus/azure-instance-stop/lib/azure-instance-stop.go
index 64594d3ef..b43d58aa1 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/azure-instance-stop/lib/azure-instance-stop.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/azure-instance-stop/lib/azure-instance-stop.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func PrepareAzureStop(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 		log.Infof("[Ramp]: Waiting for the %vs ramp time before injecting chaos", experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 		common.WaitForDuration(experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 	}
-	if experimentsDetails.AzureInstanceName == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.AzureInstanceName) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no instance name found to stop")
 	}
 	//  get the instance name or list of instance names
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/container-kill/lib/container-kill.go b/chaoslib/litmus/container-kill/lib/container-kill.go
index 5216e92cd..a3747952a 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/container-kill/lib/container-kill.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/container-kill/lib/container-kill.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func PrepareContainerKill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails,
 	var podsAffectedPerc int
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	//Setup the tunables if provided in range
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ func PrepareContainerKill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails,
 	})
 
 	podsAffectedPerc, _ = strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
-	if experimentsDetails.NodeLabel == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.NodeLabel) == "" {
 		targetPodList, err = common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
-		if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" {
 			targetPodList, err = common.GetPodListFromSpecifiedNodes(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients, chaosDetails)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ func PrepareContainerKill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails,
 	}
 
 	// Getting the serviceAccountName, need permission inside helper pod to create the events
-	if experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount) == "" {
 		experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount, err = common.GetServiceAccount(experimentsDetails.ChaosNamespace, experimentsDetails.ChaosPodName, clients)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Errorf("unable to get the serviceAccountName, err: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.EngineName != "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.EngineName) != "" {
 		if err := common.SetHelperData(chaosDetails, experimentsDetails.SetHelperData, clients); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/disk-fill/lib/disk-fill.go b/chaoslib/litmus/disk-fill/lib/disk-fill.go
index ce5f75bb9..68f679c44 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/disk-fill/lib/disk-fill.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/disk-fill/lib/disk-fill.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func PrepareDiskFill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, clie
 	execCommandDetails := exec.PodDetails{}
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	//setup the tunables if provided in range
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ func PrepareDiskFill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, clie
 	})
 
 	podsAffectedPerc, _ = strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
-	if experimentsDetails.NodeLabel == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.NodeLabel) == "" {
 		targetPodList, err = common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
-		if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" {
 			targetPodList, err = common.GetPodListFromSpecifiedNodes(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients, chaosDetails)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func PrepareDiskFill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, clie
 	}
 
 	// Getting the serviceAccountName, need permission inside helper pod to create the events
-	if experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount) == "" {
 		experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount, err = common.GetServiceAccount(experimentsDetails.ChaosNamespace, experimentsDetails.ChaosPodName, clients)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Errorf("unable to get the serviceAccountName, err: %v", err)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/docker-service-kill/lib/docker-service-kill.go b/chaoslib/litmus/docker-service-kill/lib/docker-service-kill.go
index 5595402d9..687eba8f8 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/docker-service-kill/lib/docker-service-kill.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/docker-service-kill/lib/docker-service-kill.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	clients "github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/clients"
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/events"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 func PrepareDockerServiceKill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, clients clients.ClientSets, resultDetails *types.ResultDetails, eventsDetails *types.EventDetails, chaosDetails *types.ChaosDetails) error {
 
 	var err error
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetNode == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetNode) == "" {
 		//Select node for docker-service-kill
 		experimentsDetails.TargetNode, err = common.GetNodeName(experimentsDetails.AppNS, experimentsDetails.AppLabel, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/ebs-loss/lib/ebs-loss-by-id/lib/ebs-loss-by-id.go b/chaoslib/litmus/ebs-loss/lib/ebs-loss-by-id/lib/ebs-loss-by-id.go
index 81658dcff..c7b1bee5d 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/ebs-loss/lib/ebs-loss-by-id/lib/ebs-loss-by-id.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/ebs-loss/lib/ebs-loss-by-id/lib/ebs-loss-by-id.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func PrepareEBSLossByID(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, c
 		// stopping the chaos execution, if abort signal received
 		os.Exit(0)
 	default:
-		if experimentsDetails.EBSVolumeID == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.EBSVolumeID) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("no volume id found to detach")
 		}
 		//get the volume id or list of instance ids
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/ebs-loss/lib/ebs-loss.go b/chaoslib/litmus/ebs-loss/lib/ebs-loss.go
index 6baf3a3b1..3d7c09d33 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/ebs-loss/lib/ebs-loss.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/ebs-loss/lib/ebs-loss.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package lib
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	clients "github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/clients"
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ func InjectChaosInParallelMode(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDet
 		//prepare the instaceIDs and device name for all the given volume
 		for _, volumeID := range targetEBSVolumeIDList {
 			ec2InstanceID, device, err := ebs.GetVolumeAttachmentDetails(volumeID, experimentsDetails.VolumeTag, experimentsDetails.Region)
-			if err != nil || ec2InstanceID == "" || device == "" {
+			if err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(ec2InstanceID) == "" || strings.TrimSpace(device) == "" {
 				return errors.Errorf("fail to get the attachment info, err: %v", err)
 			}
 			ec2InstanceIDList = append(ec2InstanceIDList, ec2InstanceID)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/ec2-terminate-by-id/lib/ec2-terminate-by-id.go b/chaoslib/litmus/ec2-terminate-by-id/lib/ec2-terminate-by-id.go
index 51bbea715..9d3f04c17 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/ec2-terminate-by-id/lib/ec2-terminate-by-id.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/ec2-terminate-by-id/lib/ec2-terminate-by-id.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func PrepareEC2TerminateByID(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetai
 		log.Infof("[Ramp]: Waiting for the %vs ramp time before injecting chaos", experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 		common.WaitForDuration(experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 	}
-	if experimentsDetails.Ec2InstanceID == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.Ec2InstanceID) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no instance id found to terminate")
 	}
 	//get the instance id or list of instance ids
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/lib/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label.go b/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/lib/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label.go
index 2fdd9c430..a5da70ab1 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/lib/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/lib/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label.go
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func getDeviceNamesAndVMInstanceNames(diskVolumeNamesList []string, computeServi
 	for i := range diskVolumeNamesList {
 
 		instanceName, err := gcp.GetVolumeAttachmentDetails(computeService, experimentsDetails.GCPProjectID, experimentsDetails.DiskZones, diskVolumeNamesList[i])
-		if err != nil || instanceName == "" {
+		if err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(instanceName) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("failed to get the attachment info, err: %v", err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-instance-stop/lib/gcp-vm-instance-stop.go b/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-instance-stop/lib/gcp-vm-instance-stop.go
index 8fc2e5e3c..4d1eb8c86 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-instance-stop/lib/gcp-vm-instance-stop.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-instance-stop/lib/gcp-vm-instance-stop.go
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ func PrepareVMStop(computeService *compute.Service, experimentsDetails *experime
 		common.WaitForDuration(experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.VMInstanceName == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.VMInstanceName) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no instance name found to stop")
 	}
 	// get the instance name or list of instance names
 	instanceNamesList := strings.Split(experimentsDetails.VMInstanceName, ",")
-	if experimentsDetails.InstanceZone == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.InstanceZone) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no corresponding zones found for the instances")
 	}
 	// get the zone name or list of corresponding zones for the instances
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/http-chaos/lib/http-chaos.go b/chaoslib/litmus/http-chaos/lib/http-chaos.go
index c4aae34e2..316a7f96b 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/http-chaos/lib/http-chaos.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/http-chaos/lib/http-chaos.go
@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 	var podsAffectedPerc int
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	//set up the tunables if provided in range
 	SetChaosTunables(experimentsDetails)
 
 	podsAffectedPerc, _ = strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
-	if experimentsDetails.NodeLabel == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.NodeLabel) == "" {
 
 		targetPodList, err = common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
-		if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" {
 			targetPodList, err = common.GetPodListFromSpecifiedNodes(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients, chaosDetails)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 	}
 
 	// Getting the serviceAccountName, need permission inside helper pod to create the events
-	if experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount) == "" {
 		experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount, err = common.GetServiceAccount(experimentsDetails.ChaosNamespace, experimentsDetails.ChaosPodName, clients)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Errorf("unable to get the serviceAccountName, err: %v", err)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/kafka-broker-pod-failure/lib/pod-delete.go b/chaoslib/litmus/kafka-broker-pod-failure/lib/pod-delete.go
index 75892dbe3..0912307a0 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/kafka-broker-pod-failure/lib/pod-delete.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/kafka-broker-pod-failure/lib/pod-delete.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func injectChaosInSerialMode(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetai
 	for duration < experimentsDetails.ChaoslibDetail.ChaosDuration {
 		// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 		// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-		if experimentsDetails.KafkaBroker == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.KafkaBroker) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or KAFKA_BROKER")
 		}
 		podsAffectedPerc, _ := strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.ChaoslibDetail.PodsAffectedPerc)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func injectChaosInParallelMode(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDet
 	for duration < experimentsDetails.ChaoslibDetail.ChaosDuration {
 		// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 		// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-		if experimentsDetails.KafkaBroker == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.KafkaBroker) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or KAFKA_BROKER")
 		}
 		podsAffectedPerc, _ := strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.ChaoslibDetail.PodsAffectedPerc)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/kubelet-service-kill/lib/kubelet-service-kill.go b/chaoslib/litmus/kubelet-service-kill/lib/kubelet-service-kill.go
index 95fa6058b..0adf7c90c 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/kubelet-service-kill/lib/kubelet-service-kill.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/kubelet-service-kill/lib/kubelet-service-kill.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	clients "github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/clients"
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/events"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 func PrepareKubeletKill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, clients clients.ClientSets, resultDetails *types.ResultDetails, eventsDetails *types.EventDetails, chaosDetails *types.ChaosDetails) error {
 
 	var err error
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetNode == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetNode) == "" {
 		//Select node for kubelet-service-kill
 		experimentsDetails.TargetNode, err = common.GetNodeName(experimentsDetails.AppNS, experimentsDetails.AppLabel, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/network-chaos/helper/netem.go b/chaoslib/litmus/network-chaos/helper/netem.go
index 83ae9aff7..eba3b58a0 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/network-chaos/helper/netem.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/network-chaos/helper/netem.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func injectChaos(experimentDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, pid int)
 		// stopping the chaos execution, if abort signal received
 		os.Exit(1)
 	default:
-		if destinationIPs == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(destinationIPs) == "" {
 			tc := fmt.Sprintf("sudo nsenter -t %d -n tc qdisc replace dev %s root netem %v", pid, experimentDetails.NetworkInterface, netemCommands)
 			cmd := exec.Command("/bin/bash", "-c", tc)
 			out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/network-chaos/lib/network-chaos.go b/chaoslib/litmus/network-chaos/lib/network-chaos.go
index 489c5b0e6..07a7e7226 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/network-chaos/lib/network-chaos.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/network-chaos/lib/network-chaos.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+
 	clients "github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/clients"
 	experimentTypes "github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/generic/network-chaos/types"
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/log"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 	var podsAffectedPerc int
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	//setup the tunables if provided in range
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 		})
 	}
 	podsAffectedPerc, _ = strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
-	if experimentsDetails.NodeLabel == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.NodeLabel) == "" {
 
 		//targetPodList, err := common.GetPodListFromSpecifiedNodes(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
 		targetPodList, err = common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 		}
 	} else {
 		//targetPodList, err := common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
-		if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" {
 			targetPodList, err = common.GetPodListFromSpecifiedNodes(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients, chaosDetails)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -100,14 +101,14 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 	}
 
 	// Getting the serviceAccountName, need permission inside helper pod to create the events
-	if experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount) == "" {
 		experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount, err = common.GetServiceAccount(experimentsDetails.ChaosNamespace, experimentsDetails.ChaosPodName, clients)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Errorf("unable to get the serviceAccountName, err: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.EngineName != "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.EngineName) != "" {
 		if err := common.SetHelperData(chaosDetails, experimentsDetails.SetHelperData, clients); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ func GetTargetIps(targetIPs, targetHosts string, clients clients.ClientSets, ser
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	if targetIPs == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(targetIPs) == "" {
 		targetIPs = ipsFromHost
 	} else if ipsFromHost != "" {
 		targetIPs = targetIPs + "," + ipsFromHost
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ func getPodIPFromService(host string, clients clients.ClientSets) ([]string, err
 
 // getIpsForTargetHosts resolves IP addresses for comma-separated list of target hosts and returns comma-separated ips
 func getIpsForTargetHosts(targetHosts string, clients clients.ClientSets, serviceMesh bool) (string, error) {
-	if targetHosts == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(targetHosts) == "" {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 	hosts := strings.Split(targetHosts, ",")
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ func getIpsForTargetHosts(targetHosts string, clients clients.ClientSets, servic
 			}
 			log.Infof("Host: {%v}, IP address: {%v}", hosts[i], ips)
 			commaSeparatedIPs = append(commaSeparatedIPs, ips...)
-			if finalHosts == "" {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(finalHosts) == "" {
 				finalHosts = hosts[i]
 			} else {
 				finalHosts = finalHosts + "," + hosts[i]
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ func getIpsForTargetHosts(targetHosts string, clients clients.ClientSets, servic
 				log.Infof("Host: {%v}, IP address: {%v}", hosts[i], ips[j])
 				commaSeparatedIPs = append(commaSeparatedIPs, ips[j].String())
 			}
-			if finalHosts == "" {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(finalHosts) == "" {
 				finalHosts = hosts[i]
 			} else {
 				finalHosts = finalHosts + "," + hosts[i]
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/node-drain/lib/node-drain.go b/chaoslib/litmus/node-drain/lib/node-drain.go
index 84a54279c..bf30c0acf 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/node-drain/lib/node-drain.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/node-drain/lib/node-drain.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func PrepareNodeDrain(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 		common.WaitForDuration(experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetNode == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetNode) == "" {
 		//Select node for kubelet-service-kill
 		experimentsDetails.TargetNode, err = common.GetNodeName(experimentsDetails.AppNS, experimentsDetails.AppLabel, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func PrepareNodeDrain(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 		}
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.EngineName != "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.EngineName) != "" {
 		msg := "Injecting " + experimentsDetails.ExperimentName + " chaos on " + experimentsDetails.TargetNode + " node"
 		types.SetEngineEventAttributes(eventsDetails, types.ChaosInject, msg, "Normal", chaosDetails)
 		events.GenerateEvents(eventsDetails, clients, chaosDetails, "ChaosEngine")
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/node-restart/lib/node-restart.go b/chaoslib/litmus/node-restart/lib/node-restart.go
index 14238bb82..5b667052e 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/node-restart/lib/node-restart.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/node-restart/lib/node-restart.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 func PrepareNodeRestart(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, clients clients.ClientSets, resultDetails *types.ResultDetails, eventsDetails *types.EventDetails, chaosDetails *types.ChaosDetails) error {
 
 	//Select the node
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetNode == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetNode) == "" {
 		//Select node for node-restart
 		experimentsDetails.TargetNode, err = common.GetNodeName(experimentsDetails.AppNS, experimentsDetails.AppLabel, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func PrepareNodeRestart(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, c
 	}
 
 	// get the node ip
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetNodeIP == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetNodeIP) == "" {
 		experimentsDetails.TargetNodeIP, err = getInternalIP(experimentsDetails.TargetNode, clients)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/node-taint/lib/node-taint.go b/chaoslib/litmus/node-taint/lib/node-taint.go
index f25654928..7e4c8e543 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/node-taint/lib/node-taint.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/node-taint/lib/node-taint.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func PrepareNodeTaint(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 		common.WaitForDuration(experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetNode == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetNode) == "" {
 		//Select node for kubelet-service-kill
 		experimentsDetails.TargetNode, err = common.GetNodeName(experimentsDetails.AppNS, experimentsDetails.AppLabel, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func PrepareNodeTaint(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 		}
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.EngineName != "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.EngineName) != "" {
 		msg := "Injecting " + experimentsDetails.ExperimentName + " chaos on " + experimentsDetails.TargetNode + " node"
 		types.SetEngineEventAttributes(eventsDetails, types.ChaosInject, msg, "Normal", chaosDetails)
 		events.GenerateEvents(eventsDetails, clients, chaosDetails, "ChaosEngine")
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-cpu-hog-exec/lib/pod-cpu-hog-exec.go b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-cpu-hog-exec/lib/pod-cpu-hog-exec.go
index 2347124eb..d6c1bfaf6 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-cpu-hog-exec/lib/pod-cpu-hog-exec.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-cpu-hog-exec/lib/pod-cpu-hog-exec.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func experimentCPU(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, client
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	targetPodList, err := common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-delete/lib/pod-delete.go b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-delete/lib/pod-delete.go
index f05d8eae4..1a7342eef 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-delete/lib/pod-delete.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-delete/lib/pod-delete.go
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@ func injectChaosInSerialMode(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetai
 	for duration < experimentsDetails.ChaosDuration {
 		// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 		// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-		if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 		}
 		podsAffectedPerc, _ = strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
-		if experimentsDetails.NodeLabel == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.NodeLabel) == "" {
 			targetPodList, err = common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		} else {
-			if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" {
 				targetPodList, err = common.GetPodListFromSpecifiedNodes(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients, chaosDetails)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -196,17 +196,17 @@ func injectChaosInParallelMode(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDet
 	for duration < experimentsDetails.ChaosDuration {
 		// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 		// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-		if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 		}
 		podsAffectedPerc, _ = strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
-		if experimentsDetails.NodeLabel == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.NodeLabel) == "" {
 			targetPodList, err = common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		} else {
-			if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" {
 				targetPodList, err = common.GetPodListFromSpecifiedNodes(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients, chaosDetails)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-dns-chaos/lib/pod-dns-chaos.go b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-dns-chaos/lib/pod-dns-chaos.go
index 586618eb2..5120dbd51 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-dns-chaos/lib/pod-dns-chaos.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-dns-chaos/lib/pod-dns-chaos.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	targetPodList, err := common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 	}
 
 	// Getting the serviceAccountName, need permission inside helper pod to create the events
-	if experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount) == "" {
 		experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount, err = common.GetServiceAccount(experimentsDetails.ChaosNamespace, experimentsDetails.ChaosPodName, clients)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Errorf("unable to get the serviceAccountName, err: %v", err)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-fio-stress/lib/pod-fio-stress.go b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-fio-stress/lib/pod-fio-stress.go
index 0e795de9c..7999bde02 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-fio-stress/lib/pod-fio-stress.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-fio-stress/lib/pod-fio-stress.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func experimentExecution(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails,
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide either of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	targetPodList, err := common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-memory-hog-exec/lib/pod-memory-hog-exec.go b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-memory-hog-exec/lib/pod-memory-hog-exec.go
index 812c918ca..bf5e4d723 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-memory-hog-exec/lib/pod-memory-hog-exec.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-memory-hog-exec/lib/pod-memory-hog-exec.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func experimentMemory(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	targetPodList, err := common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-network-partition/lib/pod-network-partition.go b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-network-partition/lib/pod-network-partition.go
index bed2385d1..fa9c3f21b 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/pod-network-partition/lib/pod-network-partition.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/pod-network-partition/lib/pod-network-partition.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 	signal.Notify(abort, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 
 	// validate the appLabels
-	if chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide the appLabel")
 	}
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/spring-boot-chaos/lib/spring-boot-chaos.go b/chaoslib/litmus/spring-boot-chaos/lib/spring-boot-chaos.go
index 9b0b614a5..65710d914 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/spring-boot-chaos/lib/spring-boot-chaos.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/spring-boot-chaos/lib/spring-boot-chaos.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -12,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/clients"
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/events"
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/log"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func SetTargetPodList(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
 	var err error
 
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	if experimentsDetails.TargetPodList, err = common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails); err != nil {
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/stress-chaos/helper/stress-helper.go b/chaoslib/litmus/stress-chaos/helper/stress-helper.go
index 327193c9c..48e1e2954 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/stress-chaos/helper/stress-helper.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/stress-chaos/helper/stress-helper.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func prepareStressor(experimentDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails) []str
 			"Timeout":           experimentDetails.ChaosDuration,
 			"Volume Mount Path": experimentDetails.VolumeMountPath,
 		})
-		if experimentDetails.VolumeMountPath == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentDetails.VolumeMountPath) == "" {
 			stressArgs = append(stressArgs, "--io "+experimentDetails.NumberOfWorkers+" --hdd "+experimentDetails.NumberOfWorkers+" --hdd-bytes "+hddbytes)
 		} else {
 			stressArgs = append(stressArgs, "--io "+experimentDetails.NumberOfWorkers+" --hdd "+experimentDetails.NumberOfWorkers+" --hdd-bytes "+hddbytes+" --temp-path "+experimentDetails.VolumeMountPath)
diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/stress-chaos/lib/stress-chaos.go b/chaoslib/litmus/stress-chaos/lib/stress-chaos.go
index 53d2a7e25..d4cef15a2 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/stress-chaos/lib/stress-chaos.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/stress-chaos/lib/stress-chaos.go
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ func PrepareAndInjectStressChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentD
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("Please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	podsAffectedPerc, _ = strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
-	if experimentsDetails.NodeLabel == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.NodeLabel) == "" {
 		targetPodList, err = common.GetPodList(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, clients, chaosDetails)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
-		if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" {
 			targetPodList, err = common.GetPodListFromSpecifiedNodes(experimentsDetails.TargetPods, podsAffectedPerc, experimentsDetails.NodeLabel, clients, chaosDetails)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectStressChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentD
 	}
 
 	// Getting the serviceAccountName, need permission inside helper pod to create the events
-	if experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount) == "" {
 		experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount, err = common.GetServiceAccount(experimentsDetails.ChaosNamespace, experimentsDetails.ChaosPodName, clients)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Errorf("unable to get the serviceAccountName, err: %v", err)
diff --git a/chaoslib/powerfulseal/pod-delete/lib/pod-delete.go b/chaoslib/powerfulseal/pod-delete/lib/pod-delete.go
index 068f936c4..af542d719 100644
--- a/chaoslib/powerfulseal/pod-delete/lib/pod-delete.go
+++ b/chaoslib/powerfulseal/pod-delete/lib/pod-delete.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	clients "github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/clients"
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func PreparePodDelete(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 		common.WaitForDuration(experimentsDetails.RampTime)
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.ChaosServiceAccount) == "" {
 		// Getting the serviceAccountName for the powerfulseal pod
 		err := GetServiceAccount(experimentsDetails, clients)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/chaoslib/pumba/container-kill/lib/container-kill.go b/chaoslib/pumba/container-kill/lib/container-kill.go
index 838f464b1..5622999d6 100644
--- a/chaoslib/pumba/container-kill/lib/container-kill.go
+++ b/chaoslib/pumba/container-kill/lib/container-kill.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func PrepareContainerKill(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails,
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	//Setup the tunables if provided in range
diff --git a/chaoslib/pumba/cpu-chaos/lib/cpu-chaos.go b/chaoslib/pumba/cpu-chaos/lib/cpu-chaos.go
index 23b0ee1b2..103f53926 100644
--- a/chaoslib/pumba/cpu-chaos/lib/cpu-chaos.go
+++ b/chaoslib/pumba/cpu-chaos/lib/cpu-chaos.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func PreparePodCPUHog(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, cli
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	podsAffectedPerc, _ := strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
diff --git a/chaoslib/pumba/memory-chaos/lib/memory-chaos.go b/chaoslib/pumba/memory-chaos/lib/memory-chaos.go
index 102fe26aa..a754c40cc 100644
--- a/chaoslib/pumba/memory-chaos/lib/memory-chaos.go
+++ b/chaoslib/pumba/memory-chaos/lib/memory-chaos.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func PreparePodMemoryHog(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails,
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	podsAffectedPerc, _ := strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
diff --git a/chaoslib/pumba/network-chaos/lib/network-chaos.go b/chaoslib/pumba/network-chaos/lib/network-chaos.go
index 388228b50..462d4309c 100644
--- a/chaoslib/pumba/network-chaos/lib/network-chaos.go
+++ b/chaoslib/pumba/network-chaos/lib/network-chaos.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func PrepareAndInjectChaos(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	//setup the tunables if provided in range
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func AddTargetIpsArgs(targetIPs, targetHosts string, args []string) ([]string, e
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if targetIPs == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(targetIPs) == "" {
 		return args, nil
 	}
 	ips := strings.Split(targetIPs, ",")
diff --git a/chaoslib/pumba/pod-io-stress/lib/pod-io-stress.go b/chaoslib/pumba/pod-io-stress/lib/pod-io-stress.go
index 6ebbc52cf..87cfc3a6d 100644
--- a/chaoslib/pumba/pod-io-stress/lib/pod-io-stress.go
+++ b/chaoslib/pumba/pod-io-stress/lib/pod-io-stress.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func PreparePodIOStress(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, c
 
 	// Get the target pod details for the chaos execution
 	// if the target pod is not defined it will derive the random target pod list using pod affected percentage
-	if experimentsDetails.TargetPods == "" && chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.TargetPods) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(chaosDetails.AppDetail.Label) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("please provide one of the appLabel or TARGET_PODS")
 	}
 	podsAffectedPerc, _ := strconv.Atoi(experimentsDetails.PodsAffectedPerc)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func getContainerArguments(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails
 		"--stressors",
 	}
 	args := stressArgs
-	if experimentsDetails.VolumeMountPath == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.VolumeMountPath) == "" {
 		args = append(args, "--cpu 1 --io "+experimentsDetails.NumberOfWorkers+" --hdd "+experimentsDetails.NumberOfWorkers+" --hdd-bytes "+hddbytes+" --timeout "+strconv.Itoa(experimentsDetails.ChaosDuration)+"s")
 	} else {
 		args = append(args, "--cpu 1 --io "+experimentsDetails.NumberOfWorkers+" --hdd "+experimentsDetails.NumberOfWorkers+" --hdd-bytes "+hddbytes+" --temp-path "+experimentsDetails.VolumeMountPath+" --timeout "+strconv.Itoa(experimentsDetails.ChaosDuration)+"s")
diff --git a/experiments/gcp/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/experiment/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label.go b/experiments/gcp/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/experiment/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label.go
index 71b7adaf8..a784f062c 100644
--- a/experiments/gcp/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/experiment/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label.go
+++ b/experiments/gcp/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/experiment/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package experiment
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/chaos-operator/api/litmuschaos/v1alpha1"
 	litmusLIB "github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/chaoslib/litmus/gcp-vm-disk-loss-by-label/lib"
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ func GCPVMDiskLossByLabel(clients clients.ClientSets) {
 
 	for i := range experimentsDetails.TargetDiskVolumeNamesList {
 		instanceName, err := gcp.GetVolumeAttachmentDetails(computeService, experimentsDetails.GCPProjectID, experimentsDetails.DiskZones, experimentsDetails.TargetDiskVolumeNamesList[i])
-		if err != nil || instanceName == "" {
+		if err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(instanceName) == "" {
 			log.Errorf("Failed to verify disk volume attachment status, err: %v", err)
 			failStep := "[post-chaos]: Failed to verify disk volume attachment status, err: " + err.Error()
 			result.RecordAfterFailure(&chaosDetails, &resultDetails, failStep, clients, &eventsDetails)
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ func GCPVMDiskLossByLabel(clients clients.ClientSets) {
 	log.Infof("[Confirmation]: %v chaos has been injected successfully", experimentsDetails.ExperimentName)
 	resultDetails.Verdict = v1alpha1.ResultVerdictPassed
 
-	if experimentsDetails.EngineName != "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.EngineName) != "" {
 		// marking AUT as running, as we already checked the status of application under test
 		msg := "AUT: Running"
 
diff --git a/experiments/kafka/kafka-broker-pod-failure/experiment/kafka-broker-pod-failure.go b/experiments/kafka/kafka-broker-pod-failure/experiment/kafka-broker-pod-failure.go
index 280cdab04..b3c7bd775 100644
--- a/experiments/kafka/kafka-broker-pod-failure/experiment/kafka-broker-pod-failure.go
+++ b/experiments/kafka/kafka-broker-pod-failure/experiment/kafka-broker-pod-failure.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func KafkaBrokerPodFailure(clients clients.ClientSets) {
 		log.Info("The Liveness pod gets established")
 		log.Infof("[Info]: Kafka partition leader is %v", livenessTopicLeader)
 
-		if experimentsDetails.KafkaBroker == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.KafkaBroker) == "" {
 			experimentsDetails.KafkaBroker = livenessTopicLeader
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cassandra/node-tools.go b/pkg/cassandra/node-tools.go
index 2580c357e..038b53649 100644
--- a/pkg/cassandra/node-tools.go
+++ b/pkg/cassandra/node-tools.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func CheckLoadPercentage(loadPercentage []string, replicaCount int) error {
 
 	for count := 0; count < len(loadPercentage); count++ {
 
-		if loadPercentage[count] == "0%" || loadPercentage[count] == "" {
+		if loadPercentage[count] == "0%" || strings.TrimSpace(loadPercentage[count]) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("the load distribution percentage failed, as its value is: '%v'", loadPercentage[count])
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/clients/clientset.go b/pkg/clients/clientset.go
index 732038dc8..057253afa 100644
--- a/pkg/clients/clientset.go
+++ b/pkg/clients/clientset.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package clients
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"strings"
 
 	chaosClient "github.com/litmuschaos/chaos-operator/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/litmuschaos/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func generateLitmusClientSet(config *rest.Config) (*chaosClient.LitmuschaosV1alp
 // buildConfigFromFlags is a helper function that builds configs from a master
 // url or a kubeconfig filepath, if nothing is provided it falls back to inClusterConfig
 func buildConfigFromFlags(masterUrl, kubeconfigPath string) (*restclient.Config, error) {
-	if kubeconfigPath == "" && masterUrl == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(kubeconfigPath) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(masterUrl) == "" {
 		kubeconfig, err := restclient.InClusterConfig()
 		if err == nil {
 			return kubeconfig, nil
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/aws/ebs/ebs-volume-state.go b/pkg/cloud/aws/ebs/ebs-volume-state.go
index 8cc00dc03..cc479fb6c 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/aws/ebs/ebs-volume-state.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/aws/ebs/ebs-volume-state.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func GetEBSStatus(ebsVolumeID, ec2InstanceID, region string) (string, error) {
 
 //EBSStateCheckByID will check the attachment state of the given volume
 func EBSStateCheckByID(volumeIDs, region string) error {
-	if volumeIDs == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(volumeIDs) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no volumeID provided, please provide a volume to detach")
 	}
 	volumeIDList := strings.Split(volumeIDs, ",")
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func PostChaosVolumeStatusCheck(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDe
 	for i, volumeID := range experimentsDetails.TargetVolumeIDList {
 		//Get volume attachment details
 		ec2InstanceID, _, err := GetVolumeAttachmentDetails(volumeID, experimentsDetails.VolumeTag, experimentsDetails.Region)
-		if err != nil || ec2InstanceID == "" {
+		if err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(ec2InstanceID) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("fail to get the attachment info, err: %v", err)
 		}
 		ec2InstanceIDList = append(ec2InstanceIDList, ec2InstanceID)
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/aws/ec2/ec2-instance-status.go b/pkg/cloud/aws/ec2/ec2-instance-status.go
index 3daf88409..71c437d22 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/aws/ec2/ec2-instance-status.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/aws/ec2/ec2-instance-status.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func GetEC2InstanceStatus(instanceID, region string) (string, error) {
 
 //InstanceStatusCheckByID is used to check the instance status of all the instance under chaos.
 func InstanceStatusCheckByID(instanceID, region string) error {
-	if instanceID == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(instanceID) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no instance id found to terminate")
 	}
 	instanceIDList := strings.Split(instanceID, ",")
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func PreChaosNodeCountCheck(instanceIDList []string, region string) (int, string
 	}
 
 	// finding the autoscaling group name for the provided instance id
-	if autoScalingGroupName = findAutoScalingGroupName(instanceIDList[0], nodeList); autoScalingGroupName == "" {
+	if autoScalingGroupName = findAutoScalingGroupName(instanceIDList[0], nodeList); strings.TrimSpace(autoScalingGroupName) == "" {
 		return 0, "", errors.Errorf("instances not part of autoscaling group")
 	}
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func PostChaosNodeCountCheck(activeNodeCount int, autoScalingGroupName, region s
 	if nodeList, err = getAutoScalingInstances(region); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if autoScalingGroupName == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(autoScalingGroupName) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("autoscaling group not provided")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/azure/instance/instance-status.go b/pkg/cloud/azure/instance/instance-status.go
index e6a568854..0d1f861c2 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/azure/instance/instance-status.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/azure/instance/instance-status.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func GetAzureScaleSetInstanceStatus(subscriptionID, resourceGroup, virtualMachin
 
 // InstanceStatusCheckByName is used to check the instance status of all the instance under chaos
 func InstanceStatusCheckByName(azureInstanceNames, scaleSet, subscriptionID, resourceGroup string) error {
-	if azureInstanceNames == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(azureInstanceNames) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no instance found to check the status")
 	}
 	instanceNameList := strings.Split(azureInstanceNames, ",")
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/gcp/disk-volume-status.go b/pkg/cloud/gcp/disk-volume-status.go
index 4529a5b05..8dc02f934 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/gcp/disk-volume-status.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/gcp/disk-volume-status.go
@@ -99,16 +99,16 @@ func GetDiskVolumeState(computeService *compute.Service, diskName, gcpProjectID,
 //DiskVolumeStateCheck will check the attachment state of the given volume
 func DiskVolumeStateCheck(computeService *compute.Service, experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, stage string) error {
 
-	if experimentsDetails.GCPProjectID == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.GCPProjectID) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no gcp project id provided, please provide the project id")
 	}
 
-	if experimentsDetails.DiskVolumeNames == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.DiskVolumeNames) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no disk name provided, please provide the name of the disk")
 	}
 
 	diskNamesList := strings.Split(experimentsDetails.DiskVolumeNames, ",")
-	if experimentsDetails.DiskZones == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.DiskZones) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no zone provided, please provide the zone of the disk")
 	}
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func DiskVolumeStateCheck(computeService *compute.Service, experimentsDetails *e
 	for i := range diskNamesList {
 
 		instanceName, err := GetVolumeAttachmentDetails(computeService, experimentsDetails.GCPProjectID, zonesList[i], diskNamesList[i])
-		if err != nil || instanceName == "" {
+		if err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(instanceName) == "" {
 			return errors.Errorf("failed to get the vm instance name for %s disk volume, err: %v", diskNamesList[i], err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/gcp/vm-instance-status.go b/pkg/cloud/gcp/vm-instance-status.go
index 04319dbe4..f5c39726f 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/gcp/vm-instance-status.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/gcp/vm-instance-status.go
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ func GetVMInstanceStatus(computeService *compute.Service, instanceName string, g
 //InstanceStatusCheckByName is used to check the status of all the VM instances under chaos
 func InstanceStatusCheckByName(computeService *compute.Service, managedInstanceGroup string, delay, timeout int, check string, instanceNames string, gcpProjectId string, instanceZones string) error {
 
-	if instanceNames == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(instanceNames) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no vm instance name found to stop")
 	}
 	instanceNamesList := strings.Split(instanceNames, ",")
 
-	if instanceZones == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(instanceZones) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no corresponding zones found for the instances")
 	}
 	instanceZonesList := strings.Split(instanceZones, ",")
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/gcp/vm-operations.go b/pkg/cloud/gcp/vm-operations.go
index 413dcb9ed..39e11fad9 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/gcp/vm-operations.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/gcp/vm-operations.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gcp
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	experimentTypes "github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/gcp/gcp-vm-instance-stop/types"
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func WaitForVMInstanceUp(computeService *compute.Service, timeout int, delay int
 //SetTargetInstance will select the target vm instances which are in RUNNING state and filtered from the given label
 func SetTargetInstance(computeService *compute.Service, experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails) error {
 
-	if experimentsDetails.InstanceLabel == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.InstanceLabel) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("label not found, please provide a valid label")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/vmware/vm-status.go b/pkg/cloud/vmware/vm-status.go
index b461ddf95..b8328350d 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/vmware/vm-status.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/vmware/vm-status.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func GetVMStatus(vcenterServer, vmId, cookie string) (string, error) {
 
 //VMStatusCheck validates the steady state for the given vm ids
 func VMStatusCheck(vcenterServer, vmIds, cookie string) error {
-	if vmIds == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(vmIds) == "" {
 		return errors.Errorf("no vm received, please input the target VMMoids")
 	}
 	vmIdList := strings.Split(vmIds, ",")
diff --git a/pkg/kafka/kafka-liveness-stream.go b/pkg/kafka/kafka-liveness-stream.go
index 8d2554497..a0d2d31a4 100644
--- a/pkg/kafka/kafka-liveness-stream.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/kafka-liveness-stream.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func LivenessStream(experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails, clien
 	}
 
 	log.Info("[Liveness]: Obtain the leader broker ordinality for the topic (partition) created by kafka-liveness")
-	if experimentsDetails.KafkaInstanceName == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(experimentsDetails.KafkaInstanceName) == "" {
 
 		execCommandDetails := litmusexec.PodDetails{}
 		command := append([]string{"/bin/sh", "-c"}, "kafka-topics --topic topic-"+experimentsDetails.RunID+" --describe --zookeeper "+experimentsDetails.ZookeeperService+":"+experimentsDetails.ZookeeperPort+" | grep -o 'Leader: [^[:space:]]*' | awk '{print $2}'")
diff --git a/pkg/probe/cmdprobe.go b/pkg/probe/cmdprobe.go
index 375160066..1a11b593a 100644
--- a/pkg/probe/cmdprobe.go
+++ b/pkg/probe/cmdprobe.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func getProbeArgs(sourceArgs []string) []string {
 
 // getProbeImagePullPolicy adds the image pull policy to the source pod
 func getProbeImagePullPolicy(policy string, chaosDetails *types.ChaosDetails) string {
-	if policy == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(policy) == "" {
 		return chaosDetails.ProbeImagePullPolicy
 	}
 	return policy
diff --git a/pkg/probe/promProbe.go b/pkg/probe/promProbe.go
index fd88982e1..1807f6b71 100644
--- a/pkg/probe/promProbe.go
+++ b/pkg/probe/promProbe.go
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func extractValueFromMetrics(metrics string) (string, error) {
 
 	// splitting the metrics entries which are available as comma separated
 	values := strings.Split(rows[1], ",")
-	if values[indexForValueColumn] == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(values[indexForValueColumn]) == "" {
 		return "", errors.Errorf("error while parsing value from derived matrics")
 	}
 	return values[indexForValueColumn], nil
diff --git a/pkg/types/types.go b/pkg/types/types.go
index 39a113a2b..e59a1892d 100644
--- a/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package types
 import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/chaos-operator/api/litmuschaos/v1alpha1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ func SetResultEventAttributes(eventsDetails *EventDetails, Reason, Message, Type
 // Getenv fetch the env and set the default value, if any
 func Getenv(key string, defaultValue string) string {
 	value := os.Getenv(key)
-	if value == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(value) == "" {
 		value = defaultValue
 	}
 	return value
diff --git a/pkg/utils/common/common.go b/pkg/utils/common/common.go
index e6ad34dd2..bd006d30d 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/common/common.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/common/common.go
@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ func HelperFailedError(err error) error {
 // GetStatusMessage returns the event message
 func GetStatusMessage(defaultCheck bool, defaultMsg, probeStatus string) string {
 	if defaultCheck {
-		if probeStatus == "" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(probeStatus) == "" {
 			return defaultMsg
 		}
 		return defaultMsg + ", Probes: " + probeStatus
 	}
-	if probeStatus == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(probeStatus) == "" {
 		return "Skipped the default checks"
 	}
 	return "Probes: " + probeStatus
diff --git a/pkg/utils/common/pods.go b/pkg/utils/common/pods.go
index 60dd3678d..209bb622f 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/common/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/common/pods.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func GetPodList(targetPods string, podAffPerc int, clients clients.ClientSets, c
 // CheckForAvailibiltyOfPod check the availibility of the specified pod
 func CheckForAvailibiltyOfPod(namespace, name string, clients clients.ClientSets) (bool, error) {
 
-	if name == "" {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(name) == "" {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 	_, err := clients.KubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(context.Background(), name, v1.GetOptions{})
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func FilterNonChaosPods(clients clients.ClientSets, chaosDetails *types.ChaosDet
 	nonChaosPods := core_v1.PodList{}
 	// ignore chaos pods
 	for index, pod := range podList.Items {
-		if pod.Labels["chaosUID"] == "" && pod.Labels["name"] != "chaos-operator" {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(pod.Labels["chaosUID"]) == "" && pod.Labels["name"] != "chaos-operator" {
 			nonChaosPods.Items = append(nonChaosPods.Items, podList.Items[index])
 		}
 	}