Update app.py

app.py

@@ -416,28 +416,14 @@ st.markdown("""
 # ── Search form ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 with st.form("search_form"):
-    number = st.text_input(
-        "Mobile number",
-        placeholder="Enter mobile number — e.g. 919876543210",
-        label_visibility="collapsed",
-        max_chars=15,
-    )
+    number = st.text_input("", placeholder="Enter mobile number — e.g. 919876543210",
+                           label_visibility="collapsed")
     submitted = st.form_submit_button("Search", use_container_width=True, type="primary")
 
-if not submitted:
+if not submitted or not number.strip():
     st.stop()
 
-# Normalize: strip whitespace, remove +, spaces, dashes
-target = "".join(ch for ch in (number or "") if ch.isdigit())
-
-if not target:
-    st.warning("Please enter a valid mobile number.")
-    st.stop()
-
-# Optional: validate length (Indian numbers are 10 or 12 digits with country code)
-if len(target) < 10 or len(target) > 15:
-    st.warning(f"'{number}' doesn't look like a valid mobile number.")
-    st.stop()
+target = number.strip()
 
 # ── Search with progress ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────