2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/policy/fees.cpp b/src/policy/fees.cpp
index 771491770e..c39a2d55c3 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.cpp
+++ b/src/policy/fees.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ std::string StringForFeeReason(FeeReason reason) {
     return reason_string->second;
 }
 
+bool FeeModeFromString(const std::string& mode_string, FeeEstimateMode& fee_estimate_mode) {
+    static const std::map<std::string, FeeEstimateMode> fee_modes = {
+        {"UNSET", FeeEstimateMode::UNSET},
+        {"ECONOMICAL", FeeEstimateMode::ECONOMICAL},
+        {"CONSERVATIVE", FeeEstimateMode::CONSERVATIVE},
+    };
+    auto mode = fee_modes.find(mode_string);
+
+    if (mode == fee_modes.end()) return false;
+
+    fee_estimate_mode = mode->second;
+    return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * We will instantiate an instance of this class to track transactions that were
  * included in a block. We will lump transactions into a bucket according to their
diff --git a/src/policy/fees.h b/src/policy/fees.h
index 059415418d..fea279e477 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.h
+++ b/src/policy/fees.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ enum class FeeEstimateMode {
     CONSERVATIVE, //! Force estimateSmartFee to use conservative estimates
 };
 
+bool FeeModeFromString(const std::string& mode_string, FeeEstimateMode& fee_estimate_mode);
+
 /* Used to return detailed information about a feerate bucket */
 struct EstimatorBucket
 {