Merge pull request #31 from brighthive/feat/HIVE-899/check-for-null-e…

…mail-address

feat: HIVE-899 fix validation on email address field.

mci/api/v1_0_0/user_handler.py

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def create_new_user(self, user_object):
             new_user.middle_name = user['middle_name'].title()
         if 'last_name' in user.keys():
             new_user.last_name = user['last_name'].title()
-        if 'email_address' in user.keys():
+        if 'email_address' in user.keys() and user['email_address'] is not None:
             if validate_email(user['email_address']):
                 new_user.email_address = user['email_address']
             else: