diff --git a/services/frontend/src/utils/forms.ts b/services/frontend/src/utils/forms.ts
index 9704779..560ea3b 100644
--- a/services/frontend/src/utils/forms.ts
+++ b/services/frontend/src/utils/forms.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,98 @@ export const pruneArray = <T>(array: (T | undefined)[]): T[] | undefined => {
   return result as T[];
 };
 
-export const pruneObject = <T>(object: T): unknown | undefined => {
+export const pruneObject = <T, R = T>(object: T): R | undefined => {
   const result = lodash.pickBy(object ?? {}, (value) => value !== undefined);
   if (Object.keys(result).length === 0) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  return result as unknown;
+  return result as unknown as R;
 };
+
+export const pruneString = (value?: string): string | undefined => {
+  if (!value) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return value;
+};
+
+export const splitKVPairs = (
+  text: string,
+  seperator: string,
+  optional = true
+): [string, string] => {
+  const firstIndex = text.indexOf(seperator);
+  if (firstIndex < 0) {
+    if (optional) {
+      return [text, ""];
+    } else {
+      throw new Error("Malformed document!");
+    }
+  }
+  const key = text.substring(0, firstIndex);
+  const value = text.substring(firstIndex + 1);
+  return [key, value];
+};
+
+export type TTransformFunction = (
+  item: string,
+  index: number
+) => Record<string, any>;
+
+export const loadObjectOrArrayAsObject = (
+  transform: TTransformFunction,
+  object?: any
+): any => {
+  if (!object) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(object)) {
+    return object.map(transform);
+  }
+
+  return object;
+};
+
+export const loadArrayAsObject = (
+  transform: TTransformFunction,
+  array?: string[]
+) => {
+  if (!array) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(array)) {
+    throw new Error("Malformed document. Expected an array at this point.");
+  }
+
+  return array.map(transform);
+};
+
+export const extractObjectOrArray = (
+  seperator: string,
+  keyName: string,
+  valueName: string,
+  object: any
+): any =>
+  loadObjectOrArrayAsObject((item: string) => {
+    const [key, value] = splitKVPairs(item, seperator);
+    return {
+      [keyName]: key,
+      [valueName]: value
+    };
+  }, object);
+
+export const extractArray = (
+  seperator: string,
+  keyName: string,
+  valueName: string,
+  object: any
+): any =>
+  loadArrayAsObject((item: string) => {
+    const [key, value] = splitKVPairs(item, seperator);
+    return {
+      [keyName]: key,
+      [valueName]: value
+    };
+  }, object);