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diff --git a/core/moduleapi.lua b/core/moduleapi.lua
index 87a25ae7..66652e09 100644
--- a/core/moduleapi.lua
+++ b/core/moduleapi.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ local format = require "prosody.util.format".format;
local jid_node = require "prosody.util.jid".node;
local jid_split = require "prosody.util.jid".split;
local jid_resource = require "prosody.util.jid".resource;
+local human_io = require "prosody.util.human.io";
local t_insert, t_remove, t_concat = table.insert, table.remove, table.concat;
local error, setmetatable, type = error, setmetatable, type;
@@ -253,6 +254,20 @@ function api:get_option_number(name, default_value, min, max)
return ret;
end
+function api:get_option_period(name, default_value)
+ local value = self:get_option_scalar(name, default_value);
+ local num = tonumber(value);
+ if num then
+ -- assume seconds
+ return num;
+ end
+ local ret = human_io.parse_duration(value);
+ if value ~= nil and ret == nil then
+ self:log("error", "Config option '%s' not understood, expecting a period", name);
+ end
+ return ret;
+end
+
function api:get_option_boolean(name, ...)
local value = self:get_option_scalar(name, ...);
if value == nil then