core.moduleapi: Parse period min/max arguments

Allows specifying them the same way as the default and in the config,
for consistency

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/moduleapi.lua b/core/moduleapi.lua
index fdd2ef30..8710b243 100644
--- a/core/moduleapi.lua
+++ b/core/moduleapi.lua
@@ -295,10 +295,16 @@ function api:get_option_period(name, default_value, min, max)
 		return math.huge;
 	end
 
+	if type(min) == "string" then
+		min = human_io.parse_duration(min);
+	end
 	if min and ret < min then
 		self:log("warn", "Config option '%s' out of bounds %g < %g", name, ret, min);
 		return min;
 	end
+	if type(max) == "string" then
+		max = human_io.parse_duration(max);
+	end
 	if max and ret > max then
 		self:log("warn", "Config option '%s' out of bounds %g > %g", name, ret, max);
 		return max;