Add ParseRange function to parse args of the form int/[int,int]

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/rpc/util.cpp b/src/rpc/util.cpp
index 86695bc1a5..7fb139f93c 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -523,3 +523,17 @@ std::string RPCArg::ToString(const bool oneline) const
     }
     assert(false);
 }
+
+std::pair<int64_t, int64_t> ParseRange(const UniValue& value)
+{
+    if (value.isNum()) {
+        return {0, value.get_int64()};
+    }
+    if (value.isArray() && value.size() == 2 && value[0].isNum() && value[1].isNum()) {
+        int64_t low = value[0].get_int64();
+        int64_t high = value[1].get_int64();
+        if (low > high) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Range specified as [begin,end] must not have begin after end");
+        return {low, high};
+    }
+    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Range must be specified as end or as [begin,end]");
+}