# HG changeset patch
# User Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
# Date 1454576735 -3600
# Node ID 27557dd7b460ccd82784bb3e76d482c568e3f36a
# Parent  631c47a655197de972885a22cce75321cced2baa
moduleapi: Add API method for getting a file path

diff -r 631c47a65519 -r 27557dd7b460 core/moduleapi.lua
--- a/core/moduleapi.lua	Thu Feb 04 14:56:49 2016 +0000
+++ b/core/moduleapi.lua	Thu Feb 04 10:05:35 2016 +0100
@@ -301,6 +301,20 @@
 	return value;
 end
 
+function api:get_option_path(name, default, parent)
+	if parent == nil then
+		parent = parent or self:get_directory();
+	elseif prosody.paths[parent] then
+		parent = prosody.paths[parent];
+	end
+	local value = self:get_option_string(name, default);
+	if value == nil then
+		return nil;
+	end
+	return resolve_relative_path(parent, value);
+end
+
+
 function api:context(host)
 	return setmetatable({host=host or "*"}, {__index=self,__newindex=self});
 end