Parse int (#6853)

* Store config fields as JSON in the db

Fewer parseInts

* Remove unnecessary parseInts

* remove some dupe code add tests

* remove console.log

* remove more parseInts

* WIP: read meta.configs defaults from defaults.json

remove more parseInts

* more work

* add log for failing test

* update admin pwd

* fix tests, dont require posts/cache before configs are initialized

* handle saves

* Test boolean conditions

* remove more parseInts

* Fix boolean values

* remove lots more parseInts

* removed json parsing

* renamed var to number

* categories dont have timestamp

.travis.yml

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ before_install:
 before_script:
   - sleep 15 # wait for mongodb to be ready
   - "mongo mydb_test --eval 'db.createUser({user:\"travis\", pwd: \"test\", roles: []});'"
-  - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mongodb' ]; then node app --setup=\"{\\\"url\\\":\\\"http://127.0.0.1:4567\\\",\\\"secret\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"database\\\":\\\"mongo\\\",\\\"mongo:host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"mongo:port\\\":27017,\\\"mongo:username\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"mongo:password\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"mongo:database\\\":0,\\\"admin:username\\\":\\\"admin\\\",\\\"admin:email\\\":\\\"test@example.org\\\",\\\"admin:password\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"admin:password:confirm\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\"}\" --ci=\"{\\\"host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"port\\\":27017,\\\"database\\\":0}\"; fi"
+  - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mongodb' ]; then node app --setup=\"{\\\"url\\\":\\\"http://127.0.0.1:4567\\\",\\\"secret\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"database\\\":\\\"mongo\\\",\\\"mongo:host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"mongo:port\\\":27017,\\\"mongo:username\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"mongo:password\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"mongo:database\\\":0,\\\"admin:username\\\":\\\"admin\\\",\\\"admin:email\\\":\\\"test@example.org\\\",\\\"admin:password\\\":\\\"hAN3Eg8W\\\",\\\"admin:password:confirm\\\":\\\"hAN3Eg8W\\\"}\" --ci=\"{\\\"host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"port\\\":27017,\\\"database\\\":0}\"; fi"
-  - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'redis' ]; then node app --setup=\"{\\\"url\\\":\\\"http://127.0.0.1:4567\\\",\\\"secret\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"database\\\":\\\"redis\\\",\\\"redis:host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"redis:port\\\":6379,\\\"redis:password\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"redis:database\\\":0,\\\"admin:username\\\":\\\"admin\\\",\\\"admin:email\\\":\\\"test@example.org\\\",\\\"admin:password\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"admin:password:confirm\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\"}\" --ci=\"{\\\"host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"port\\\":6379,\\\"database\\\":0}\"; fi"
+  - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'redis' ]; then node app --setup=\"{\\\"url\\\":\\\"http://127.0.0.1:4567\\\",\\\"secret\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"database\\\":\\\"redis\\\",\\\"redis:host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"redis:port\\\":6379,\\\"redis:password\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"redis:database\\\":0,\\\"admin:username\\\":\\\"admin\\\",\\\"admin:email\\\":\\\"test@example.org\\\",\\\"admin:password\\\":\\\"hAN3Eg8W\\\",\\\"admin:password:confirm\\\":\\\"hAN3Eg8W\\\"}\" --ci=\"{\\\"host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"port\\\":6379,\\\"database\\\":0}\"; fi"
-  - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'postgres' ]; then psql -c 'create database nodebb;' -U postgres; psql -c 'create database travis_ci_test;' -U postgres; node app --setup=\"{\\\"url\\\":\\\"http://127.0.0.1:4567\\\",\\\"secret\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"database\\\":\\\"postgres\\\",\\\"postgres:host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"postgres:port\\\":5432,\\\"postgres:password\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"postgres:database\\\":\\\"nodebb\\\",\\\"admin:username\\\":\\\"admin\\\",\\\"admin:email\\\":\\\"test@example.org\\\",\\\"admin:password\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"admin:password:confirm\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\"}\" --ci=\"{\\\"host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"port\\\":5432,\\\"username\\\":\\\"postgres\\\",\\\"database\\\":\\\"travis_ci_test\\\"}\"; fi"
+  - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'postgres' ]; then psql -c 'create database nodebb;' -U postgres; psql -c 'create database travis_ci_test;' -U postgres; node app --setup=\"{\\\"url\\\":\\\"http://127.0.0.1:4567\\\",\\\"secret\\\":\\\"abcdef\\\",\\\"database\\\":\\\"postgres\\\",\\\"postgres:host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"postgres:port\\\":5432,\\\"postgres:password\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"postgres:database\\\":\\\"nodebb\\\",\\\"admin:username\\\":\\\"admin\\\",\\\"admin:email\\\":\\\"test@example.org\\\",\\\"admin:password\\\":\\\"hAN3Eg8W\\\",\\\"admin:password:confirm\\\":\\\"hAN3Eg8W\\\"}\" --ci=\"{\\\"host\\\":\\\"127.0.0.1\\\",\\\"port\\\":5432,\\\"username\\\":\\\"postgres\\\",\\\"database\\\":\\\"travis_ci_test\\\"}\"; fi"
 after_success:
   - "npm run coveralls"
 language: node_js

install/data/defaults.json

@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 {
     "title": "NodeBB",
     "showSiteTitle": 1,
+    "loginDays": 14,
+    "loginSeconds": 0,
+    "loginAttempts": 5,
+    "adminReloginDuration": 60,
     "postDelay": 10,
     "initialPostDelay": 10,
     "newbiePostDelay": 120,
+    "postEditDuration": 0,
+    "postDeleteDuration": 0,
+    "enablePostHistory": 1,
+    "postCacheSize": 5242880,
+    "disableChat": 0,
+    "chatEditDuration": 0,
+    "chatDeleteDuration": 0,
+    "chatMessageDelay": 200,
     "newbiePostDelayThreshold": 3,
     "minimumPostLength": 8,
     "maximumPostLength": 32767,
@@ -17,26 +29,45 @@
     "allowFileUploads": 0,
     "allowedFileExtensions": "png,jpg,bmp",
     "allowUserHomePage": 1,
+    "allowMultipleBadges": 0,
     "maximumFileSize": 2048,
+    "maximumImageWidth": 760,
+    "rejectImageWidth": 5000,
+    "rejectImageHeight": 5000,
+    "resizeImageQuality": 60,
+    "topicThumbSize": 120,
     "minimumTitleLength": 3,
     "maximumTitleLength": 255,
     "minimumUsernameLength": 2,
     "maximumUsernameLength": 16,
     "minimumPasswordLength": 6,
+    "minimumPasswordStrength": 1,
     "maximumSignatureLength": 255,
     "maximumAboutMeLength": 1000,
+    "maximumUsersInChatRoom": 0,
     "maximumChatMessageLength": 1000,
     "maximumProfileImageSize": 256,
     "maximumCoverImageSize": 2048,
     "profileImageDimension": 200,
+    "profile:convertProfileImageToPNG": 0,
+    "profile:keepAllUserImages": 0,
     "requireEmailConfirmation": 0,
     "allowProfileImageUploads": 1,
     "teaserPost": "last-reply",
     "allowPrivateGroups": 1,
+    "allowGroupCreation": 0,
     "unreadCutoff": 2,
     "bookmarkThreshold": 5,
     "autoDetectLang": 1,
+    "reputation:disabled": 0,
+    "downvote:disabled": 0,
+    "disableSignatures": 0,
     "min:rep:flag": 0,
+    "min:rep:profile-picture": 0,
+    "min:rep:cover-picture": 0,
+    "min:rep:website": 0,
+    "min:rep:aboutme": 0,
+    "min:rep:signature": 0,
     "notificationType_upvote": "notification",
     "notificationType_new-topic": "notification",
     "notificationType_new-reply": "notification",
@@ -45,7 +76,36 @@
     "notificationType_group-invite": "notification",
     "notificationType_mention": "notification",
     "notificationType_new-register": "notification",
-	"notificationType_post-queue": "notification",
+    "notificationType_post-queue": "notification",
-	"notificationType_new-post-flag": "notification",
+    "notificationType_new-post-flag": "notification",
-	"notificationType_new-user-flag": "notification"
+    "notificationType_new-user-flag": "notification",
+    "topicStaleDays": 60,
+    "maxTopicsPerPage": 20,
+    "maxPostsPerPage": 20,
+    "topicsPerPage": 20,
+    "postsPerPage": 20,
+    "userSearchResultsPerPage": 50,
+    "maximumGroupNameLength": 255,
+    "preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies": 0,
+    "sitemapTopics": 500,
+    "maintenanceMode": 0,
+    "votesArePublic": 0,
+    "maximumInvites": 0,
+    "username:disableEdit": 0,
+    "email:disableEdit": 0,
+    "hideFullname": 0,
+    "allowGuestHandles": 0,
+    "disableRecentCategoryFilter": 0,
+    "maximumRelatedTopics": 0,
+    "disableEmailSubscriptions": 0,
+    "emailConfirmInterval": 10,
+    "inviteExpiration": 7,
+    "digestHour": 17,
+    "passwordExpiryDays": 0,
+    "hsts-maxage": 31536000,
+    "hsts-subdomains": 0,
+    "hsts-preload": 0,
+    "hsts-enabled": 0,
+    "eventLoopLagThreshold": 100,
+    "eventLoopInterval": 500
 }

public/src/utils.js

@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
 		},
 
 		isNumber: function (n) {
+			// `isFinite('') === true` so isNan parseFloat check is necessary
 			return !isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n);
 		},
 

src/categories/data.js

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ var validator = require('validator');
 
 var db = require('../database');
 
-const intFields = ['cid', 'parentCid', 'disabled', 'isSection', 'order', 'topic_count', 'post_count'];
+const intFields = [
+	'cid', 'parentCid', 'disabled', 'isSection', 'order',
+	'topic_count', 'post_count',
+];
 
 module.exports = function (Categories) {
 	Categories.getCategoriesFields = function (cids, fields, callback) {

src/controllers/accounts/chats.js

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var helpers = require('../helpers');
 var chatsController = module.exports;
 
 chatsController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config.disableChat, 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config.disableChat) {
 		return callback();
 	}
 

src/controllers/accounts/edit.js

@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ editController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 			if (!userData) {
 				return callback();
 			}
-			userData.maximumSignatureLength = parseInt(meta.config.maximumSignatureLength, 10) || 255;
+			userData.maximumSignatureLength = meta.config.maximumSignatureLength;
-			userData.maximumAboutMeLength = parseInt(meta.config.maximumAboutMeLength, 10) || 1000;
+			userData.maximumAboutMeLength = meta.config.maximumAboutMeLength;
-			userData.maximumProfileImageSize = parseInt(meta.config.maximumProfileImageSize, 10);
+			userData.maximumProfileImageSize = meta.config.maximumProfileImageSize;
-			userData.allowProfilePicture = !userData.isSelf || parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) >= (parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:profile-picture'], 10) || 0);
+			userData.allowProfilePicture = !userData.isSelf || userData.reputation >= meta.config['min:rep:profile-picture'];
-			userData.allowCoverPicture = !userData.isSelf || parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) >= (parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:cover-picture'], 10) || 0);
+			userData.allowCoverPicture = !userData.isSelf || userData.reputation >= meta.config['min:rep:cover-picture'];
-			userData.allowProfileImageUploads = parseInt(meta.config.allowProfileImageUploads, 10) === 1;
+			userData.allowProfileImageUploads = meta.config.allowProfileImageUploads;
-			userData.allowMultipleBadges = parseInt(meta.config.allowMultipleBadges, 10) === 1;
+			userData.allowMultipleBadges = meta.config.allowMultipleBadges === 1;
-			userData.allowAccountDelete = parseInt(meta.config.allowAccountDelete, 10) === 1;
+			userData.allowAccountDelete = meta.config.allowAccountDelete === 1;
-			userData.allowWebsite = !userData.isSelf || parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) >= (parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:website'], 10) || 0);
+			userData.allowWebsite = !userData.isSelf || userData.reputation >= meta.config['min:rep:website'];
-			userData.allowAboutMe = !userData.isSelf || parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) >= (parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:aboutme'], 10) || 0);
+			userData.allowAboutMe = !userData.isSelf || userData.reputation >= meta.config['min:rep:aboutme'];
-			userData.allowSignature = results.canUseSignature && (!userData.isSelf || parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) >= (parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:signature'], 10) || 0));
+			userData.allowSignature = results.canUseSignature && (!userData.isSelf || userData.reputation >= meta.config['min:rep:signature']);
-			userData.profileImageDimension = parseInt(meta.config.profileImageDimension, 10) || 200;
+			userData.profileImageDimension = meta.config.profileImageDimension || 200;
 			userData.defaultAvatar = user.getDefaultAvatar();
 
 			userData.groups = userData.groups.filter(function (group) {
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ function renderRoute(name, req, res, next) {
 			}
 
 			if (name === 'password') {
-				userData.minimumPasswordLength = parseInt(meta.config.minimumPasswordLength, 10);
+				userData.minimumPasswordLength = meta.config.minimumPasswordLength;
-				userData.minimumPasswordStrength = parseInt(meta.config.minimumPasswordStrength || 1, 10);
+				userData.minimumPasswordStrength = meta.config.minimumPasswordStrength;
 			}
 
 			userData.title = '[[pages:account/edit/' + name + ', ' + userData.username + ']]';

src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js

@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ helpers.getUserDataByUserSlug = function (userslug, callerUID, callback) {
 
 			userData.emailClass = 'hide';
 
-			if (!isAdmin && !isGlobalModerator && !isSelf && (!userSettings.showemail || parseInt(meta.config.hideEmail, 10) === 1)) {
+			if (!isAdmin && !isGlobalModerator && !isSelf && (!userSettings.showemail || meta.config.hideEmail)) {
 				userData.email = '';
 			} else if (!userSettings.showemail) {
 				userData.emailClass = '';
 			}
 
-			if (!isAdmin && !isGlobalModerator && !isSelf && (!userSettings.showfullname || parseInt(meta.config.hideFullname, 10) === 1)) {
+			if (!isAdmin && !isGlobalModerator && !isSelf && (!userSettings.showfullname || meta.config.hideFullname)) {
 				userData.fullname = '';
 			}
 
@@ -159,15 +159,15 @@ helpers.getUserDataByUserSlug = function (userslug, callerUID, callback) {
 			userData.isSelfOrAdminOrGlobalModerator = isSelf || isAdmin || isGlobalModerator;
 			userData.canEdit = results.canEdit;
 			userData.canBan = results.canBanUser;
-			userData.canChangePassword = isAdmin || (isSelf && parseInt(meta.config['password:disableEdit'], 10) !== 1);
+			userData.canChangePassword = isAdmin || (isSelf && !meta.config['password:disableEdit']);
 			userData.isSelf = isSelf;
 			userData.isFollowing = results.isFollowing;
 			userData.showHidden = isSelf || isAdmin || (isGlobalModerator && !results.isTargetAdmin);
 			userData.groups = Array.isArray(results.groups) && results.groups.length ? results.groups[0] : [];
-			userData.disableSignatures = meta.config.disableSignatures !== undefined && parseInt(meta.config.disableSignatures, 10) === 1;
+			userData.disableSignatures = meta.config.disableSignatures === 1;
-			userData['reputation:disabled'] = parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1;
+			userData['reputation:disabled'] = meta.config['reputation:disabled'] === 1;
-			userData['downvote:disabled'] = parseInt(meta.config['downvote:disabled'], 10) === 1;
+			userData['downvote:disabled'] = meta.config['downvote:disabled'] === 1;
-			userData['email:confirmed'] = !!parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10);
+			userData['email:confirmed'] = !!userData['email:confirmed'];
 			userData.profile_links = filterLinks(results.profile_menu.links, {
 				self: isSelf,
 				other: !isSelf,
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ helpers.getUserDataByUserSlug = function (userslug, callerUID, callback) {
 			}
 
 			userData['cover:position'] = validator.escape(String(userData['cover:position'] || '50% 50%'));
-			userData['username:disableEdit'] = !userData.isAdmin && parseInt(meta.config['username:disableEdit'], 10) === 1;
+			userData['username:disableEdit'] = !userData.isAdmin && meta.config['username:disableEdit'];
-			userData['email:disableEdit'] = !userData.isAdmin && parseInt(meta.config['email:disableEdit'], 10) === 1;
+			userData['email:disableEdit'] = !userData.isAdmin && meta.config['email:disableEdit'];
 
 			next(null, userData);
 		},

src/controllers/accounts/profile.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ profileController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 
 			req.session.uids_viewed = req.session.uids_viewed || {};
 
-			if (req.uid !== parseInt(userData.uid, 10) && (!req.session.uids_viewed[userData.uid] || req.session.uids_viewed[userData.uid] < Date.now() - 3600000)) {
+			if (req.uid !== userData.uid && (!req.session.uids_viewed[userData.uid] || req.session.uids_viewed[userData.uid] < Date.now() - 3600000)) {
 				user.incrementUserFieldBy(userData.uid, 'profileviews', 1);
 				req.session.uids_viewed[userData.uid] = Date.now();
 			}
@@ -68,23 +68,21 @@ profileController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 			}, next);
 		},
 		function (results, next) {
-			if (parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1) {
+			if (meta.config['reputation:disabled']) {
 				delete userData.reputation;
 			}
 
-			userData.posts = results.posts.posts.filter(function (p) {
+			userData.posts = results.posts.posts.filter(p => p && !p.deleted);
-				return p && parseInt(p.deleted, 10) !== 1;
-			});
 			userData.hasPrivateChat = results.hasPrivateChat;
 			userData.aboutme = translator.escape(results.aboutme);
 			userData.nextStart = results.posts.nextStart;
 			userData.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{ text: userData.username }]);
 			userData.title = userData.username;
-			userData.allowCoverPicture = !userData.isSelf || parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) >= (parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:cover-picture'], 10) || 0);
+			userData.allowCoverPicture = !userData.isSelf || userData.reputation >= (meta.config['min:rep:cover-picture'] || 0);
 			var pageCount = Math.ceil(userData.postcount / itemsPerPage);
 			userData.pagination = pagination.create(page, pageCount, req.query);
 
-			if (!parseInt(userData.profileviews, 10)) {
+			if (!userData.profileviews) {
 				userData.profileviews = 1;
 			}
 

src/controllers/accounts/settings.js

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ settingsController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 		function (results) {
 			userData.homePageRoutes = results.routes;
 			userData.notificationSettings = results.notificationSettings;
-			userData.disableEmailSubscriptions = parseInt(meta.config.disableEmailSubscriptions, 10) === 1;
+			userData.disableEmailSubscriptions = meta.config.disableEmailSubscriptions;
 
 			userData.dailyDigestFreqOptions = [
 				{ value: 'off', name: '[[user:digest_off]]', selected: userData.settings.dailyDigestFreq === 'off' },
@@ -162,17 +162,17 @@ settingsController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 				};
 			});
 
-			userData.disableCustomUserSkins = parseInt(meta.config.disableCustomUserSkins, 10) === 1;
+			userData.disableCustomUserSkins = meta.config.disableCustomUserSkins;
 
-			userData.allowUserHomePage = parseInt(meta.config.allowUserHomePage, 10) === 1;
+			userData.allowUserHomePage = meta.config.allowUserHomePage;
 
-			userData.hideFullname = parseInt(meta.config.hideFullname, 10) === 1;
+			userData.hideFullname = meta.config.hideFullname;
-			userData.hideEmail = parseInt(meta.config.hideEmail, 10) === 1;
+			userData.hideEmail = meta.config.hideEmail;
 
 			userData.inTopicSearchAvailable = plugins.hasListeners('filter:topic.search');
 
-			userData.maxTopicsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.maxTopicsPerPage, 10) || 20;
+			userData.maxTopicsPerPage = meta.config.maxTopicsPerPage;
-			userData.maxPostsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.maxPostsPerPage, 10) || 20;
+			userData.maxPostsPerPage = meta.config.maxPostsPerPage;
 
 			userData.title = '[[pages:account/settings]]';
 			userData.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{ text: userData.username, url: '/user/' + userData.userslug }, { text: '[[user:settings]]' }]);

src/controllers/accounts/uploads.js

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ uploadsController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 			});
 			var pageCount = Math.ceil(results.itemCount / itemsPerPage);
 			userData.pagination = pagination.create(page, pageCount, req.query);
-			userData.privateUploads = parseInt(meta.config.privateUploads, 10) === 1;
+			userData.privateUploads = meta.config.privateUploads === 1;
 			userData.title = '[[pages:account/uploads, ' + userData.username + ']]';
 			userData.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{ text: userData.username, url: '/user/' + userData.userslug }, { text: '[[global:uploads]]' }]);
 			res.render('account/uploads', userData);

src/controllers/admin/groups.js

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ groupsController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 			res.render('admin/manage/group', {
 				group: result.group,
 				groupNames: result.groupNames,
-				allowPrivateGroups: parseInt(meta.config.allowPrivateGroups, 10) === 1,
+				allowPrivateGroups: meta.config.allowPrivateGroups,
 			});
 		},
 	], callback);

src/controllers/admin/languages.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ languagesController.get = function (req, res, next) {
 
 			res.render('admin/general/languages', {
 				languages: languages,
-				autoDetectLang: parseInt(meta.config.autoDetectLang, 10) === 1,
+				autoDetectLang: meta.config.autoDetectLang,
 			});
 		},
 	], next);

src/controllers/admin/users.js

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function getUsers(set, section, min, max, req, res, next) {
 function render(req, res, data) {
 	data.search_display = 'hidden';
 	data.pagination = pagination.create(data.page, data.pageCount, req.query);
-	data.requireEmailConfirmation = parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1;
+	data.requireEmailConfirmation = meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation;
 
 	var registrationType = meta.config.registrationType;
 

src/controllers/api.js

@@ -22,23 +22,23 @@ apiController.loadConfig = function (req, callback) {
 	config.siteTitle = validator.escape(String(meta.config.title || meta.config.browserTitle || 'NodeBB'));
 	config.browserTitle = validator.escape(String(meta.config.browserTitle || meta.config.title || 'NodeBB'));
 	config.titleLayout = (meta.config.titleLayout || '{pageTitle} | {browserTitle}').replace(/{/g, '{').replace(/}/g, '}');
-	config.showSiteTitle = parseInt(meta.config.showSiteTitle, 10) === 1;
+	config.showSiteTitle = meta.config.showSiteTitle === 1;
 	config.minimumTitleLength = meta.config.minimumTitleLength;
 	config.maximumTitleLength = meta.config.maximumTitleLength;
 	config.minimumPostLength = meta.config.minimumPostLength;
 	config.maximumPostLength = meta.config.maximumPostLength;
-	config.minimumTagsPerTopic = parseInt(meta.config.minimumTagsPerTopic || 0, 10);
+	config.minimumTagsPerTopic = meta.config.minimumTagsPerTopic || 0;
-	config.maximumTagsPerTopic = parseInt(meta.config.maximumTagsPerTopic || 5, 10);
+	config.maximumTagsPerTopic = meta.config.maximumTagsPerTopic || 5;
 	config.minimumTagLength = meta.config.minimumTagLength || 3;
 	config.maximumTagLength = meta.config.maximumTagLength || 15;
-	config.useOutgoingLinksPage = parseInt(meta.config.useOutgoingLinksPage, 10) === 1;
+	config.useOutgoingLinksPage = meta.config.useOutgoingLinksPage === 1;
-	config.allowGuestHandles = parseInt(meta.config.allowGuestHandles, 10) === 1;
+	config.allowGuestHandles = meta.config.allowGuestHandles === 1;
-	config.allowFileUploads = parseInt(meta.config.allowFileUploads, 10) === 1;
+	config.allowFileUploads = meta.config.allowFileUploads === 1;
-	config.allowTopicsThumbnail = parseInt(meta.config.allowTopicsThumbnail, 10) === 1;
+	config.allowTopicsThumbnail = meta.config.allowTopicsThumbnail === 1;
-	config.usePagination = parseInt(meta.config.usePagination, 10) === 1;
+	config.usePagination = meta.config.usePagination === 1;
-	config.disableChat = parseInt(meta.config.disableChat, 10) === 1;
+	config.disableChat = meta.config.disableChat === 1;
-	config.disableChatMessageEditing = parseInt(meta.config.disableChatMessageEditing, 10) === 1;
+	config.disableChatMessageEditing = meta.config.disableChatMessageEditing === 1;
-	config.maximumChatMessageLength = parseInt(meta.config.maximumChatMessageLength, 10) || 1000;
+	config.maximumChatMessageLength = meta.config.maximumChatMessageLength || 1000;
 	config.socketioTransports = nconf.get('socket.io:transports') || ['polling', 'websocket'];
 	config.websocketAddress = nconf.get('socket.io:address') || '';
 	config.maxReconnectionAttempts = meta.config.maxReconnectionAttempts || 5;
@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ apiController.loadConfig = function (req, callback) {
 	config.loggedIn = !!req.user;
 	config.uid = req.uid;
 	config['cache-buster'] = meta.config['cache-buster'] || '';
-	config.requireEmailConfirmation = parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1;
+	config.requireEmailConfirmation = meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation === 1;
 	config.topicPostSort = meta.config.topicPostSort || 'oldest_to_newest';
 	config.categoryTopicSort = meta.config.categoryTopicSort || 'newest_to_oldest';
 	config.csrf_token = req.csrfToken && req.csrfToken();
 	config.searchEnabled = plugins.hasListeners('filter:search.query');
 	config.bootswatchSkin = meta.config.bootswatchSkin || 'noskin';
 	config.defaultBootswatchSkin = meta.config.bootswatchSkin || 'noskin';
-	config.enablePostHistory = parseInt(meta.config.enablePostHistory || 1, 10) === 1;
+	config.enablePostHistory = (meta.config.enablePostHistory || 1) === 1;
-	config.notificationAlertTimeout = parseInt(meta.config.notificationAlertTimeout, 10) || 5000;
+	config.notificationAlertTimeout = meta.config.notificationAlertTimeout || 5000;
 
 	if (config.useOutgoingLinksPage) {
 		config.outgoingLinksWhitelist = meta.config['outgoingLinks:whitelist'];
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ apiController.loadConfig = function (req, callback) {
 	config.timeagoCutoff = timeagoCutoff !== '' ? Math.max(0, parseInt(timeagoCutoff, 10)) : timeagoCutoff;
 
 	config.cookies = {
-		enabled: parseInt(meta.config.cookieConsentEnabled, 10) === 1,
+		enabled: meta.config.cookieConsentEnabled === 1,
 		message: translator.escape(validator.escape(meta.config.cookieConsentMessage || '[[global:cookies.message]]')).replace(/\\/g, '\\\\'),
 		dismiss: translator.escape(validator.escape(meta.config.cookieConsentDismiss || '[[global:cookies.accept]]')).replace(/\\/g, '\\\\'),
 		link: translator.escape(validator.escape(meta.config.cookieConsentLink || '[[global:cookies.learn_more]]')).replace(/\\/g, '\\\\'),
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ apiController.loadConfig = function (req, callback) {
 			config.categoryTopicSort = settings.categoryTopicSort || config.categoryTopicSort;
 			config.topicSearchEnabled = settings.topicSearchEnabled || false;
 			config.delayImageLoading = settings.delayImageLoading !== undefined ? settings.delayImageLoading : true;
-			config.bootswatchSkin = (parseInt(meta.config.disableCustomUserSkins, 10) !== 1 && settings.bootswatchSkin && settings.bootswatchSkin !== 'default') ? settings.bootswatchSkin : config.bootswatchSkin;
+			config.bootswatchSkin = (meta.config.disableCustomUserSkins !== 1 && settings.bootswatchSkin && settings.bootswatchSkin !== 'default') ? settings.bootswatchSkin : config.bootswatchSkin;
 			plugins.fireHook('filter:config.get', config, next);
 		},
 	], callback);

src/controllers/authentication.js

@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ function continueLogin(req, res, next) {
 
 		// Alter user cookie depending on passed-in option
 		if (req.body.remember === 'on') {
-			var duration = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 14);
+			var duration = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * meta.config.loginDays;
 			req.session.cookie.maxAge = duration;
 			req.session.cookie.expires = new Date(Date.now() + duration);
 		} else {

src/controllers/category.js

@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ categoryController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 
 			addTags(categoryData, res);
 
-			categoryData['feeds:disableRSS'] = parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1;
+			categoryData['feeds:disableRSS'] = meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'];
-			categoryData['reputation:disabled'] = parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1;
+			categoryData['reputation:disabled'] = meta.config['reputation:disabled'];
 			categoryData.title = translator.escape(categoryData.name);
 			pageCount = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(categoryData.topic_count / settings.topicsPerPage));
 			categoryData.pagination = pagination.create(currentPage, pageCount, req.query);

src/controllers/groups.js

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ groupsController.getGroupsFromSet = function (uid, sort, start, stop, callback)
 		function (groupsData, next) {
 			next(null, {
 				groups: groupsData,
-				allowGroupCreation: parseInt(meta.config.allowGroupCreation, 10) === 1,
+				allowGroupCreation: meta.config.allowGroupCreation,
 				nextStart: stop + 1,
 			});
 		},
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ groupsController.details = function (req, res, callback) {
 			results.group.isOwner = results.group.isOwner || results.isAdmin || (results.isGlobalMod && !results.group.system);
 			results.title = '[[pages:group, ' + results.group.displayName + ']]';
 			results.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{ text: '[[pages:groups]]', url: '/groups' }, { text: results.group.displayName }]);
-			results.allowPrivateGroups = parseInt(meta.config.allowPrivateGroups, 10) === 1;
+			results.allowPrivateGroups = meta.config.allowPrivateGroups;
 
 			res.render('groups/details', results);
 		},

src/controllers/home.js

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function rewrite(req, res, next) {
 
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
-			if (parseInt(meta.config.allowUserHomePage, 10)) {
+			if (meta.config.allowUserHomePage) {
 				getUserHomeRoute(req.uid, next);
 			} else {
 				next(null, adminHomePageRoute());

src/controllers/index.js

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Controllers.reset = function (req, res, next) {
 			valid: valid,
 			displayExpiryNotice: req.session.passwordExpired,
 			code: code,
-			minimumPasswordLength: parseInt(meta.config.minimumPasswordLength, 10),
+			minimumPasswordLength: meta.config.minimumPasswordLength,
-			minimumPasswordStrength: parseInt(meta.config.minimumPasswordStrength, 10),
+			minimumPasswordStrength: meta.config.minimumPasswordStrength,
 			breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([
 				{
 					text: '[[reset_password:reset_password]]',
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ Controllers.register = function (req, res, next) {
 
 			data.authentication = loginStrategies;
 
-			data.minimumUsernameLength = parseInt(meta.config.minimumUsernameLength, 10);
+			data.minimumUsernameLength = meta.config.minimumUsernameLength;
-			data.maximumUsernameLength = parseInt(meta.config.maximumUsernameLength, 10);
+			data.maximumUsernameLength = meta.config.maximumUsernameLength;
-			data.minimumPasswordLength = parseInt(meta.config.minimumPasswordLength, 10);
+			data.minimumPasswordLength = meta.config.minimumPasswordLength;
-			data.minimumPasswordStrength = parseInt(meta.config.minimumPasswordStrength || 1, 10);
+			data.minimumPasswordStrength = meta.config.minimumPasswordStrength;
 			data.termsOfUse = termsOfUse.postData.content;
 			data.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{
 				text: '[[register:register]]',

src/controllers/recent.js

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ recentController.getData = function (req, url, sort, callback) {
 			data.selectedCategory = categoryData.selectedCategory;
 			data.selectedCids = categoryData.selectedCids;
 			data.nextStart = stop + 1;
-			data['feeds:disableRSS'] = parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1;
+			data['feeds:disableRSS'] = meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'];
 			data.rssFeedUrl = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/' + url + '.rss';
 			if (req.loggedIn) {
 				data.rssFeedUrl += '?uid=' + req.uid + '&token=' + rssToken;

src/controllers/sitemap.js

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ sitemapController.getTopicPage = function (req, res, next) {
 };
 
 function sendSitemap(method, res, callback) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableSitemap'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableSitemap']) {
 		return callback();
 	}
 	async.waterfall([

src/controllers/topics.js

@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ topicsController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 		},
 		function (topicData) {
 			topicData.privileges = userPrivileges;
-			topicData.topicStaleDays = parseInt(meta.config.topicStaleDays, 10) || 60;
+			topicData.topicStaleDays = meta.config.topicStaleDays;
-			topicData['reputation:disabled'] = parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1;
+			topicData['reputation:disabled'] = meta.config['reputation:disabled'];
-			topicData['downvote:disabled'] = parseInt(meta.config['downvote:disabled'], 10) === 1;
+			topicData['downvote:disabled'] = meta.config['downvote:disabled'];
-			topicData['feeds:disableRSS'] = parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1;
+			topicData['feeds:disableRSS'] = meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'];
-			topicData.bookmarkThreshold = parseInt(meta.config.bookmarkThreshold, 10) || 5;
+			topicData.bookmarkThreshold = meta.config.bookmarkThreshold;
-			topicData.postEditDuration = parseInt(meta.config.postEditDuration, 10) || 0;
+			topicData.postEditDuration = meta.config.postEditDuration;
-			topicData.postDeleteDuration = parseInt(meta.config.postDeleteDuration, 10) || 0;
+			topicData.postDeleteDuration = meta.config.postDeleteDuration;
 			topicData.scrollToMyPost = settings.scrollToMyPost;
-			topicData.allowMultipleBadges = parseInt(meta.config.allowMultipleBadges, 10) === 1;
+			topicData.allowMultipleBadges = meta.config.allowMultipleBadges === 1;
 			topicData.rssFeedUrl = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + topicData.tid + '.rss';
 			if (req.loggedIn) {
 				topicData.rssFeedUrl += '?uid=' + req.uid + '&token=' + rssToken;

src/controllers/uploads.js

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function uploadAsImage(req, uploadedFile, callback) {
 			uploadsController.uploadFile(req.uid, uploadedFile, next);
 		},
 		function (fileObj, next) {
-			if (parseInt(meta.config.maximumImageWidth, 10) === 0) {
+			if (meta.config.maximumImageWidth === 0) {
 				return next(null, fileObj);
 			}
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function uploadAsFile(req, uploadedFile, callback) {
 			if (!canUpload) {
 				return next(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 			}
-			if (parseInt(meta.config.allowFileUploads, 10) !== 1) {
+			if (!meta.config.allowFileUploads) {
 				return next(new Error('[[error:uploads-are-disabled]]'));
 			}
 			uploadsController.uploadFile(req.uid, uploadedFile, next);
@@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ function resizeImage(fileObj, callback) {
 			image.size(fileObj.path, next);
 		},
 		function (imageData, next) {
-			if (imageData.width < (parseInt(meta.config.maximumImageWidth, 10) || 760)) {
+			if (imageData.width < meta.config.maximumImageWidth) {
 				return callback(null, fileObj);
 			}
 
 			image.resizeImage({
 				path: fileObj.path,
 				target: file.appendToFileName(fileObj.path, '-resized'),
-				width: parseInt(meta.config.maximumImageWidth, 10) || 760,
+				width: meta.config.maximumImageWidth,
-				quality: parseInt(meta.config.resizeImageQuality, 10) || 60,
+				quality: meta.config.resizeImageQuality,
 			}, next);
 		},
 		function (next) {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function resizeImage(fileObj, callback) {
 }
 
 uploadsController.uploadThumb = function (req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config.allowTopicsThumbnail, 10) !== 1) {
+	if (!meta.config.allowTopicsThumbnail) {
 		deleteTempFiles(req.files.files);
 		return next(new Error('[[error:topic-thumbnails-are-disabled]]'));
 	}
@@ -148,11 +148,10 @@ uploadsController.uploadThumb = function (req, res, next) {
 				file.isFileTypeAllowed(uploadedFile.path, next);
 			},
 			function (next) {
-				var size = parseInt(meta.config.topicThumbSize, 10) || 120;
 				image.resizeImage({
 					path: uploadedFile.path,
-					width: size,
+					width: meta.config.topicThumbSize,
-					height: size,
+					height: meta.config.topicThumbSize,
 				}, next);
 			},
 			function (next) {
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ uploadsController.uploadFile = function (uid, uploadedFile, callback) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-file]]'));
 	}
 
-	if (uploadedFile.size > parseInt(meta.config.maximumFileSize, 10) * 1024) {
+	if (uploadedFile.size > meta.config.maximumFileSize * 1024) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:file-too-big, ' + meta.config.maximumFileSize + ']]'));
 	}
 

src/controllers/user.js

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ userController.getUserDataByField = function (callerUid, field, fieldValue, call
 };
 
 userController.getUserDataByUID = function (callerUid, uid, callback) {
-	if (!parseInt(callerUid, 10) && parseInt(meta.config.privateUserInfo, 10) === 1) {
+	if (!parseInt(callerUid, 10) && meta.config.privateUserInfo) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 	}
 
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ userController.getUserDataByUID = function (callerUid, uid, callback) {
 			return callback(err || new Error('[[error:no-user]]'));
 		}
 
-		results.userData.email = results.settings.showemail && parseInt(meta.config.hideEmail, 10) !== 1 ? results.userData.email : undefined;
+		results.userData.email = results.settings.showemail && !meta.config.hideEmail ? results.userData.email : undefined;
-		results.userData.fullname = results.settings.showfullname && parseInt(meta.config.hideFullname, 10) !== 1 ? results.userData.fullname : undefined;
+		results.userData.fullname = results.settings.showfullname && !meta.config.hideFullname ? results.userData.fullname : undefined;
 
 		callback(null, results.userData);
 	});

src/controllers/users.js

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ usersController.getUsersSortedByPosts = function (req, res, next) {
 };
 
 usersController.getUsersSortedByReputation = function (req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['reputation:disabled']) {
 		return next();
 	}
 	usersController.renderUsersPage('users:reputation', req, res, next);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ usersController.getUsers = function (set, uid, query, callback) {
 	}
 
 	var page = parseInt(query.page, 10) || 1;
-	var resultsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage, 10) || 50;
+	var resultsPerPage = meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage;
 	var start = Math.max(0, page - 1) * resultsPerPage;
 	var stop = start + resultsPerPage - 1;
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ function render(req, res, data, next) {
 	data.maximumInvites = meta.config.maximumInvites;
 	data.inviteOnly = registrationType === 'invite-only' || registrationType === 'admin-invite-only';
 	data.adminInviteOnly = registrationType === 'admin-invite-only';
-	data['reputation:disabled'] = parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1;
+	data['reputation:disabled'] = meta.config['reputation:disabled'];
 
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {

src/flags.js

@@ -257,9 +257,8 @@ Flags.validate = function (payload, callback) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
 
-				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['min:rep:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:flag'], 10) : 0;
 				// Check if reporter meets rep threshold (or can edit the target post, in which case threshold does not apply)
-				if (!editable.flag && parseInt(data.reporter.reputation, 10) < minimumReputation) {
+				if (!editable.flag && data.reporter.reputation < meta.config['min:rep:flag']) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-flag]]'));
 				}
 
@@ -273,9 +272,8 @@ Flags.validate = function (payload, callback) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
 
-				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['min:rep:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:flag'], 10) : 0;
 				// Check if reporter meets rep threshold (or can edit the target user, in which case threshold does not apply)
-				if (!editable && parseInt(data.reporter.reputation, 10) < minimumReputation) {
+				if (!editable && data.reporter.reputation < meta.config['min:rep:flag']) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-flag]]'));
 				}
 

src/groups/create.js

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module.exports = function (Groups) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:group-name-too-short]]'));
 		}
 
-		if (!Groups.isPrivilegeGroup(name) && name.length > (parseInt(meta.config.maximumGroupNameLength, 10) || 255)) {
+		if (!Groups.isPrivilegeGroup(name) && name.length > meta.config.maximumGroupNameLength) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:group-name-too-long]]'));
 		}
 

src/image.js

@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ image.checkDimensions = function (path, callback) {
 			return callback(err);
 		}
 
-		const maxWidth = parseInt(meta.config.rejectImageWidth, 10) || 5000;
+		const maxWidth = meta.config.rejectImageWidth;
-		const maxHeight = parseInt(meta.config.rejectImageHeight, 10) || 5000;
+		const maxHeight = meta.config.rejectImageHeight;
 		if (result.width > maxWidth || result.height > maxHeight) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-image-dimensions]]'));
 		}

src/messaging.js

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Messaging.getTeaser = function (uid, roomId, callback) {
 };
 
 Messaging.canMessageUser = function (uid, toUid, callback) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config.disableChat, 10) === 1 || !uid || uid === toUid) {
+	if (meta.config.disableChat || !uid || uid === toUid) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:chat-disabled]]'));
 	}
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Messaging.canMessageUser = function (uid, toUid, callback) {
 				return callback(new Error('[[error:user-banned]]'));
 			}
 
-			if (parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1 && parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10) !== 1) {
+			if (meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation && parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10) !== 1) {
 				return callback(new Error('[[error:email-not-confirmed-chat]]'));
 			}
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Messaging.canMessageUser = function (uid, toUid, callback) {
 };
 
 Messaging.canMessageRoom = function (uid, roomId, callback) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config.disableChat, 10) === 1 || !uid) {
+	if (meta.config.disableChat || !uid) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:chat-disabled]]'));
 	}
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Messaging.canMessageRoom = function (uid, roomId, callback) {
 				return next(new Error('[[error:user-banned]]'));
 			}
 
-			if (parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1 && parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10) !== 1) {
+			if (meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation && parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10) !== 1) {
 				return next(new Error('[[error:email-not-confirmed-chat]]'));
 			}
 

src/messaging/edit.js

@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 			durationConfig = 'chatDeleteDuration';
 		}
 
-		if (parseInt(meta.config.disableChat, 10) === 1) {
+		if (meta.config.disableChat) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:chat-disabled]]'));
-		} else if (parseInt(meta.config.disableChatMessageEditing, 10) === 1) {
+		} else if (meta.config.disableChatMessageEditing) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:chat-message-editing-disabled]]'));
 		}
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:user-banned]]'));
 				}
 
-				if (parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1 && parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10) !== 1) {
+				if (meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation && parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10) !== 1) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:email-not-confirmed]]'));
 				}
 				async.parallel({
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 				if (results.isAdmin) {
 					return callback();
 				}
-				var chatConfigDuration = parseInt(meta.config[durationConfig], 10);
+				var chatConfigDuration = meta.config[durationConfig];
 				if (chatConfigDuration && Date.now() - parseInt(results.messageData.timestamp, 10) > chatConfigDuration * 1000) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:chat-' + type + '-duration-expired, ' + meta.config[durationConfig] + ']]'));
 				}

src/messaging/rooms.js

@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ module.exports = function (Messaging) {
 				room.canReply = results.canReply;
 				room.groupChat = room.hasOwnProperty('groupChat') ? room.groupChat : results.users.length > 2;
 				room.usernames = Messaging.generateUsernames(results.users, uid);
-				room.maximumUsersInChatRoom = parseInt(meta.config.maximumUsersInChatRoom, 10) || 0;
+				room.maximumUsersInChatRoom = meta.config.maximumUsersInChatRoom;
-				room.maximumChatMessageLength = parseInt(meta.config.maximumChatMessageLength, 10) || 1000;
+				room.maximumChatMessageLength = meta.config.maximumChatMessageLength;
 				room.showUserInput = !room.maximumUsersInChatRoom || room.maximumUsersInChatRoom > 2;
 				room.isAdminOrGlobalMod = results.isAdminOrGlobalMod;
 				next(null, room);

src/meta.js

@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ function restart() {
 }
 
 Meta.getSessionTTLSeconds = function () {
-	var ttlDays = 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(Meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 0);
+	var ttlDays = 60 * 60 * 24 * Meta.config.loginDays;
-	var ttlSeconds = (parseInt(Meta.config.loginSeconds, 10) || 0);
+	var ttlSeconds = Meta.config.loginSeconds;
 	var ttl = ttlSeconds || ttlDays || 1209600; // Default to 14 days
 	return ttl;
 };

src/meta/configs.js

@@ -10,11 +10,34 @@ var db = require('../database');
 var pubsub = require('../pubsub');
 var Meta = require('../meta');
 var cacheBuster = require('./cacheBuster');
+const defaults = require('../../install/data/defaults');
 
 var Configs = module.exports;
 
 Meta.config = {};
 
+function deserialize(config) {
+	var deserialized = {};
+	Object.keys(config).forEach(function (key) {
+		if (typeof config[key] !== 'string') {
+			deserialized[key] = config[key];
+			return;
+		}
+
+		var number = parseFloat(config[key]);
+		if (!isNaN(number) && isFinite(config[key])) {
+			deserialized[key] = number;
+		} else if (config[key] === 'true') {
+			deserialized[key] = true;
+		} else if (config[key] === 'false') {
+			deserialized[key] = false;
+		} else {
+			deserialized[key] = config[key];
+		}
+	});
+	return deserialized;
+}
+
 Configs.init = function (callback) {
 	var config;
 	async.waterfall([
@@ -34,20 +57,37 @@ Configs.init = function (callback) {
 };
 
 Configs.list = function (callback) {
-	db.getObject('config', function (err, config) {
+	Configs.getFields([], callback);
-		config = config || {};
-		config.version = nconf.get('version');
-		config.registry = nconf.get('registry');
-		callback(err, config);
-	});
 };
 
 Configs.get = function (field, callback) {
-	db.getObjectField('config', field, callback);
+	Configs.getFields([field], function (err, values) {
+		callback(err, values ? values[field] : null);
+	});
 };
 
 Configs.getFields = function (fields, callback) {
-	db.getObjectFields('config', fields, callback);
+	async.waterfall([
+		function (next) {
+			if (fields.length) {
+				db.getObjectFields('config', fields, next);
+			} else {
+				db.getObject('config', next);
+			}
+		},
+		function (values, next) {
+			try {
+				values = Object.assign({}, defaults, values ? deserialize(values) : {});
+			} catch (err) {
+				return next(err);
+			}
+			if (!fields.length) {
+				values.version = nconf.get('version');
+				values.registry = nconf.get('registry');
+			}
+			next(null, values);
+		},
+	], callback);
 };
 
 Configs.set = function (field, value, callback) {
@@ -56,13 +96,15 @@ Configs.set = function (field, value, callback) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
 	}
 
-	var data = {};
+	Configs.setMultiple({
-	data[field] = value;
+		[field]: value,
-	Configs.setMultiple(data, callback);
+	}, callback);
 };
 
-
+// data comes from client-side
 Configs.setMultiple = function (data, callback) {
+	data = deserialize(data);
+
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
 			processConfig(data, next);
@@ -77,6 +119,22 @@ Configs.setMultiple = function (data, callback) {
 	], callback);
 };
 
+Configs.setOnEmpty = function (values, callback) {
+	async.waterfall([
+		function (next) {
+			db.getObject('config', next);
+		},
+		function (data, next) {
+			var config = Object.assign({}, values, data ? deserialize(data) : {});
+			db.setObject('config', config, next);
+		},
+	], callback);
+};
+
+Configs.remove = function (field, callback) {
+	db.deleteObjectField('config', field, callback);
+};
+
 function processConfig(data, callback) {
 	async.parallel([
 		async.apply(saveRenderedCss, data),
@@ -141,29 +199,3 @@ pubsub.on('config:update', function onConfigReceived(config) {
 		updateLocalConfig(config);
 	}
 });
-
-Configs.setOnEmpty = function (values, callback) {
-	async.waterfall([
-		function (next) {
-			db.getObject('config', next);
-		},
-		function (data, next) {
-			data = data || {};
-			var empty = {};
-			Object.keys(values).forEach(function (key) {
-				if (!data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-					empty[key] = values[key];
-				}
-			});
-			if (Object.keys(empty).length) {
-				db.setObject('config', empty, next);
-			} else {
-				setImmediate(next);
-			}
-		},
-	], callback);
-};
-
-Configs.remove = function (field, callback) {
-	db.deleteObjectField('config', field, callback);
-};

src/meta/themes.js

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Themes.setupPaths = function (callback) {
 			async.parallel({
 				themesData: Themes.get,
 				currentThemeId: function (next) {
-					db.getObjectField('config', 'theme:id', next);
+					Meta.configs.get('theme:id', next);
 				},
 			}, next);
 		},

src/middleware/header.js

@@ -183,19 +183,19 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 				templateValues.isAdmin = results.user.isAdmin;
 				templateValues.isGlobalMod = results.user.isGlobalMod;
 				templateValues.showModMenu = results.user.isAdmin || results.user.isGlobalMod || results.user.isMod;
-				templateValues.canChat = results.canChat && parseInt(meta.config.disableChat, 10) !== 1;
+				templateValues.canChat = results.canChat && meta.config.disableChat !== 1;
 				templateValues.user = results.user;
 				templateValues.userJSON = jsesc(JSON.stringify(results.user), { isScriptContext: true });
-				templateValues.useCustomCSS = parseInt(meta.config.useCustomCSS, 10) === 1 && meta.config.customCSS;
+				templateValues.useCustomCSS = meta.config.useCustomCSS && meta.config.customCSS;
 				templateValues.customCSS = templateValues.useCustomCSS ? (meta.config.renderedCustomCSS || '') : '';
-				templateValues.useCustomHTML = parseInt(meta.config.useCustomHTML, 10) === 1;
+				templateValues.useCustomHTML = meta.config.useCustomHTML;
 				templateValues.customHTML = templateValues.useCustomHTML ? meta.config.customHTML : '';
-				templateValues.maintenanceHeader = parseInt(meta.config.maintenanceMode, 10) === 1 && !results.isAdmin;
+				templateValues.maintenanceHeader = meta.config.maintenanceMode && !results.isAdmin;
 				templateValues.defaultLang = meta.config.defaultLang || 'en-GB';
 				templateValues.userLang = res.locals.config.userLang;
 				templateValues.languageDirection = results.languageDirection;
-				templateValues.privateUserInfo = parseInt(meta.config.privateUserInfo, 10) === 1;
+				templateValues.privateUserInfo = meta.config.privateUserInfo;
-				templateValues.privateTagListing = parseInt(meta.config.privateTagListing, 10) === 1;
+				templateValues.privateTagListing = meta.config.privateTagListing;
 
 				templateValues.template = { name: res.locals.template };
 				templateValues.template[res.locals.template] = true;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 				});
 				addTimeagoLocaleScript(data.templateValues.scripts, res.locals.config.userLang);
 
-				data.templateValues.useCustomJS = parseInt(meta.config.useCustomJS, 10) === 1;
+				data.templateValues.useCustomJS = meta.config.useCustomJS;
 				data.templateValues.customJS = data.templateValues.useCustomJS ? meta.config.customJS : '';
 				data.templateValues.isSpider = req.isSpider();
 				req.app.render('footer', data.templateValues, next);
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 		if (config && config.bootswatchSkin !== 'noskin') {
 			var skinToUse = '';
 
-			if (parseInt(meta.config.disableCustomUserSkins, 10) !== 1) {
+			if (!meta.config.disableCustomUserSkins) {
 				skinToUse = config.bootswatchSkin;
 			} else if (meta.config.bootswatchSkin) {
 				skinToUse = meta.config.bootswatchSkin;

src/middleware/index.js

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ middleware.routeTouchIcon = function (req, res) {
 };
 
 middleware.privateTagListing = function (req, res, next) {
-	if (!req.loggedIn && parseInt(meta.config.privateTagListing, 10) === 1) {
+	if (!req.loggedIn && meta.config.privateTagListing) {
 		controllers.helpers.notAllowed(req, res);
 	} else {
 		next();
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function expose(exposedField, method, field, req, res, next) {
 }
 
 middleware.privateUploads = function (req, res, next) {
-	if (req.loggedIn || parseInt(meta.config.privateUploads, 10) !== 1) {
+	if (req.loggedIn || !meta.config.privateUploads) {
 		return next();
 	}
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ middleware.privateUploads = function (req, res, next) {
 };
 
 middleware.busyCheck = function (req, res, next) {
-	if (global.env === 'production' && (!meta.config.hasOwnProperty('eventLoopCheckEnabled') || parseInt(meta.config.eventLoopCheckEnabled, 10) === 1) && toobusy()) {
+	if (global.env === 'production' && (!meta.config.hasOwnProperty('eventLoopCheckEnabled') || meta.config.eventLoopCheckEnabled) && toobusy()) {
 		analytics.increment('errors:503');
 		res.status(503).type('text/html').sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../public/503.html'));
 	} else {

src/middleware/maintenance.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var user = require('../user');
 
 module.exports = function (middleware) {
 	middleware.maintenanceMode = function (req, res, callback) {
-		if (parseInt(meta.config.maintenanceMode, 10) !== 1) {
+		if (!meta.config.maintenanceMode) {
 			return callback();
 		}
 		var url = req.url.replace(nconf.get('relative_path'), '');

src/middleware/user.js

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 	}
 
 	middleware.checkGlobalPrivacySettings = function (req, res, next) {
-		if (!req.loggedIn && !!parseInt(meta.config.privateUserInfo, 10)) {
+		if (!req.loggedIn && meta.config.privateUserInfo) {
 			return middleware.authenticate(req, res, next);
 		}
 
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 				}
 
 				var loginTime = req.session.meta ? req.session.meta.datetime : 0;
-				var adminReloginDuration = (meta.config.adminReloginDuration || 60) * 60000;
+				var adminReloginDuration = meta.config.adminReloginDuration * 60000;
-				var disabled = parseInt(meta.config.adminReloginDuration, 10) === 0;
+				var disabled = meta.config.adminReloginDuration === 0;
 				if (disabled || (loginTime && parseInt(loginTime, 10) > Date.now() - adminReloginDuration)) {
 					var timeLeft = parseInt(loginTime, 10) - (Date.now() - adminReloginDuration);
 					if (req.session.meta && timeLeft < Math.min(300000, adminReloginDuration)) {

src/posts/cache.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var LRU = require('lru-cache');
 var meta = require('../meta');
 
 var cache = LRU({
-	max: parseInt(meta.config.postCacheSize, 10) || 5242880,
+	max: meta.config.postCacheSize,
 	length: function (n) { return n.length; },
 	maxAge: 0,
 });

src/posts/create.js

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 					postData.toPid = data.toPid;
 				}
 
-				if (data.ip && parseInt(meta.config.trackIpPerPost, 10) === 1) {
+				if (data.ip && meta.config.trackIpPerPost) {
 					postData.ip = data.ip;
 				}
 

src/posts/data.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var async = require('async');
 var db = require('../database');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
 
-const intFields = ['uid', 'pid', 'tid', 'deleted'];
+const intFields = ['uid', 'pid', 'tid', 'deleted', 'timestamp'];
 
 module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	Posts.getPostsFields = function (pids, fields, callback) {

src/posts/diffs.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var translator = require('../translator');
 var Diffs = {};
 
 Diffs.exists = function (pid, callback) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config.enablePostHistory || 1, 10) !== 1) {
+	if (meta.config.enablePostHistory !== 1) {
 		return callback(null, 0);
 	}
 

src/posts/edit.js

@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@ var topics = require('../topics');
 var user = require('../user');
 var privileges = require('../privileges');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
-var cache = require('./cache');
 var pubsub = require('../pubsub');
 var utils = require('../utils');
 var translator = require('../translator');
 
 module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	pubsub.on('post:edit', function (pid) {
-		cache.del(pid);
+		require('./cache').del(pid);
 	});
 
 	Posts.edit = function (data, callback) {
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 				Posts.setPostFields(data.pid, postData, next);
 			},
 			function (next) {
-				if (parseInt(meta.config.enablePostHistory || 1, 10) !== 1) {
+				if (meta.config.enablePostHistory !== 1) {
 					return setImmediate(next);
 				}
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 				postData.topic = results.topic;
 				plugins.fireHook('action:post.edit', { post: _.clone(postData), data: data, uid: data.uid });
 
-				cache.del(String(postData.pid));
+				require('./cache').del(String(postData.pid));
 				pubsub.publish('post:edit', String(postData.pid));
 
 				Posts.parsePost(postData, next);

src/posts/parse.js

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var url = require('url');
 var winston = require('winston');
 
 var meta = require('../meta');
-var cache = require('./cache');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
 var translator = require('../translator');
 var utils = require('../utils');
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 
 	Posts.parsePost = function (postData, callback) {
 		postData.content = String(postData.content || '');
-
+		var cache = require('./cache');
 		if (postData.pid && cache.has(String(postData.pid))) {
 			postData.content = cache.get(String(postData.pid));
 			cache.hits += 1;
@@ -86,11 +85,11 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 		signature = translator.escape(signature);
 		var tagsToStrip = [];
 
-		if (parseInt(meta.config['signatures:disableLinks'], 10) === 1) {
+		if (meta.config['signatures:disableLinks']) {
 			tagsToStrip.push('a');
 		}
 
-		if (parseInt(meta.config['signatures:disableImages'], 10) === 1) {
+		if (meta.config['signatures:disableImages']) {
 			tagsToStrip.push('img');
 		}
 

src/posts/queue.js

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	Posts.shouldQueue = function (uid, data, callback) {
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
-				user.getUserFields(uid, ['reputation', 'postcount'], next);
+				user.getUserFields(uid, ['uid', 'reputation', 'postcount'], next);
 			},
 			function (userData, next) {
-				var shouldQueue = parseInt(meta.config.postQueue, 10) === 1 && (!parseInt(uid, 10) || (parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) <= 0 && parseInt(userData.postcount, 10) <= 0));
+				var shouldQueue = meta.config.postQueue && (!userData.uid || (userData.reputation <= 0 && userData.postcount <= 0));
 				plugins.fireHook('filter:post.shouldQueue', {
 					shouldQueue: shouldQueue,
 					uid: uid,
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 			function (postData, next) {
 				var result = {
 					posts: [postData],
-					'reputation:disabled': parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1,
+					'reputation:disabled': !!meta.config['reputation:disabled'],
-					'downvote:disabled': parseInt(meta.config['downvote:disabled'], 10) === 1,
+					'downvote:disabled': !!meta.config['downvote:disabled'],
 				};
 				socketHelpers.notifyNew(data.uid, 'newPost', result);
 				next();

src/posts/tools.js

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 var async = require('async');
 
 var privileges = require('../privileges');
-var cache = require('./cache');
 
 module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	Posts.tools = {};
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 				}
 
 				if (isDelete) {
-					cache.del(pid);
+					require('./cache').del(pid);
 					Posts.delete(pid, uid, next);
 				} else {
 					Posts.restore(pid, uid, function (err, postData) {
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 				if (!canPurge) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 				}
-				cache.del(pid);
+				require('./cache').del(pid);
 				Posts.purge(pid, uid, next);
 			},
 		], callback);

src/posts/user.js

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 					userData.fullname = userSettings[index].showfullname ? validator.escape(String(userData.fullname || '')) : undefined;
 					userData.selectedGroups = [];
 
-					if (parseInt(meta.config.hideFullname, 10) === 1) {
+					if (meta.config.hideFullname) {
 						userData.fullname = undefined;
 					}
 				});
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 									groups.isMemberOfGroups(userData.uid, userData.groupTitleArray, next);
 								},
 								signature: function (next) {
-									if (!userData.signature || !canUseSignature || parseInt(meta.config.disableSignatures, 10) === 1) {
+									if (!userData.signature || !canUseSignature || meta.config.disableSignatures) {
 										userData.signature = '';
 										return next();
 									}

src/posts/votes.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	var votesInProgress = {};
 
 	Posts.upvote = function (pid, uid, callback) {
-		if (parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1) {
+		if (meta.config['reputation:disabled']) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:reputation-system-disabled]]'));
 		}
 
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	};
 
 	Posts.downvote = function (pid, uid, callback) {
-		if (parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1) {
+		if (meta.config['reputation:disabled']) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:reputation-system-disabled]]'));
 		}
 
-		if (parseInt(meta.config['downvote:disabled'], 10) === 1) {
+		if (meta.config['downvote:disabled']) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:downvoting-disabled]]'));
 		}
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:self-vote]]'));
 				}
 
-				if (command === 'downvote' && parseInt(results.reputation, 10) < parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:downvote'], 10)) {
+				if (command === 'downvote' && results.reputation < meta.config['min:rep:downvote']) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-downvote]]'));
 				}
 

src/privileges/posts.js

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ var topics = require('../topics');
 var user = require('../user');
 var helpers = require('./helpers');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
-var utils = require('../utils');
 
 module.exports = function (privileges) {
 	privileges.posts = {};
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ module.exports = function (privileges) {
 					return next(null, { flag: false, message: '[[error:no-privileges]]' });
 				}
 
-				var postDeleteDuration = parseInt(meta.config.postDeleteDuration, 10);
+				var postDeleteDuration = meta.config.postDeleteDuration;
 				if (postDeleteDuration && (Date.now() - parseInt(postData.timestamp, 10) > postDeleteDuration * 1000)) {
 					return next(null, { flag: false, message: '[[error:post-delete-duration-expired, ' + meta.config.postDeleteDuration + ']]' });
 				}
@@ -204,8 +203,8 @@ module.exports = function (privileges) {
 				}, next);
 			},
 			function (results, next) {
-				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['min:rep:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['min:rep:flag'], 10) : 0;
+				var minimumReputation = meta.config['min:rep:flag'];
-				var canFlag = results.isAdminOrMod || parseInt(results.userReputation, 10) >= minimumReputation;
+				var canFlag = results.isAdminOrMod || (results.userReputation >= minimumReputation);
 				next(null, { flag: canFlag });
 			},
 		], callback);
@@ -249,8 +248,8 @@ module.exports = function (privileges) {
 				posts.getPostFields(pid, ['tid', 'timestamp'], next);
 			},
 			function (postData, next) {
-				var postEditDuration = parseInt(meta.config.postEditDuration, 10);
+				var postEditDuration = meta.config.postEditDuration;
-				if (postEditDuration && Date.now() - parseInt(postData.timestamp, 10) > postEditDuration * 1000) {
+				if (postEditDuration && (Date.now() - postData.timestamp > postEditDuration * 1000)) {
 					return callback(null, { flag: false, message: '[[error:post-edit-duration-expired, ' + meta.config.postEditDuration + ']]' });
 				}
 				topics.isLocked(postData.tid, next);

src/privileges/topics.js

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ module.exports = function (privileges) {
 					return next(null, true);
 				}
 
-				var preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies = parseInt(meta.config.preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies, 10) || 0;
+				var preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies = meta.config.preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies;
 				if (preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies && (topicData.postcount - 1) >= preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies) {
 					var langKey = preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies > 1 ?
 						'[[error:cant-delete-topic-has-replies, ' + meta.config.preventTopicDeleteAfterReplies + ']]' :

src/routes/feeds.js

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function validateTokenIfRequiresLogin(requiresLogin, cid, req, res, callback) {
 }
 
 function generateForTopic(req, res, callback) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function generateForTopic(req, res, callback) {
 }
 
 function generateForCategory(req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 	var cid = req.params.category_id;
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function generateForCategory(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function generateForTopics(req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ function generateForTopics(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function generateForRecent(req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function generateForRecent(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function generateForTop(req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 	var term = terms[req.params.term] || 'day';
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ function generateForTop(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function generateForPopular(req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ function generateTopicsFeed(feedOptions, feedTopics, callback) {
 }
 
 function generateForRecentPosts(req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ function generateForRecentPosts(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function generateForCategoryRecentPosts(req, res, callback) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 	var cid = req.params.category_id;
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ function generateForPostsFeed(feedOptions, posts) {
 }
 
 function generateForUserTopics(req, res, callback) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ function generateForUserTopics(req, res, callback) {
 }
 
 function generateForTag(req, res, next) {
-	if (parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1) {
+	if (meta.config['feeds:disableRSS']) {
 		return controllers404.send404(req, res);
 	}
 	var tag = validator.escape(String(req.params.tag));

src/sitemap.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var sitemap = {
 };
 
 sitemap.render = function (callback) {
-	var topicsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.sitemapTopics, 10) || 500;
+	var topicsPerPage = meta.config.sitemapTopics;
 	var returnData = {
 		url: nconf.get('url'),
 		topics: [],
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ sitemap.getTopicPage = function (page, callback) {
 		return callback();
 	}
 
-	var numTopics = parseInt(meta.config.sitemapTopics, 10) || 500;
+	var numTopics = meta.config.sitemapTopics;
 	var min = (parseInt(page, 10) - 1) * numTopics;
 	var max = min + numTopics;
 

src/socket.io/admin/user.js

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ User.sendValidationEmail = function (socket, uids, callback) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
 	}
 
-	if (parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) !== 1) {
+	if (!meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:email-confirmations-are-disabled]]'));
 	}
 

src/socket.io/groups.js

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SocketGroups.join = function (socket, data, callback) {
 				return next(new Error('[[error:no-group]]'));
 			}
 
-			if (parseInt(meta.config.allowPrivateGroups, 10) !== 1) {
+			if (!meta.config.allowPrivateGroups) {
 				return groups.join(data.groupName, socket.uid, callback);
 			}
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ SocketGroups.kick = isOwner(function (socket, data, callback) {
 SocketGroups.create = function (socket, data, callback) {
 	if (!socket.uid) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
-	} else if (parseInt(meta.config.allowGroupCreation, 10) !== 1) {
+	} else if (!meta.config.allowGroupCreation) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:group-creation-disabled]]'));
 	} else if (groups.isPrivilegeGroup(data.name)) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-group-name]]'));

src/socket.io/index.js

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ function requireModules() {
 
 function checkMaintenance(socket, callback) {
 	var meta = require('../meta');
-	if (parseInt(meta.config.maintenanceMode, 10) !== 1) {
+	if (!meta.config.maintenanceMode) {
 		return setImmediate(callback);
 	}
 	user.isAdministrator(socket.uid, function (err, isAdmin) {

src/socket.io/modules.js

@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ SocketModules.chats.send = function (socket, data, callback) {
 function rateLimitExceeded(socket) {
 	var now = Date.now();
 	socket.lastChatMessageTime = socket.lastChatMessageTime || 0;
-	var delay = meta.config.hasOwnProperty('chatMessageDelay') ? parseInt(meta.config.chatMessageDelay, 10) : 200;
+	if (now - socket.lastChatMessageTime < meta.config.chatMessageDelay) {
-	if (now - socket.lastChatMessageTime < delay) {
 		return true;
 	}
 	socket.lastChatMessageTime = now;
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ SocketModules.chats.addUserToRoom = function (socket, data, callback) {
 			Messaging.getUserCountInRoom(data.roomId, next);
 		},
 		function (userCount, next) {
-			var maxUsers = parseInt(meta.config.maximumUsersInChatRoom, 10) || 0;
+			var maxUsers = meta.config.maximumUsersInChatRoom;
 			if (maxUsers && userCount >= maxUsers) {
 				return next(new Error('[[error:cant-add-more-users-to-chat-room]]'));
 			}

src/socket.io/posts.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require('./posts/tools')(SocketPosts);
 require('./posts/diffs')(SocketPosts);
 
 SocketPosts.reply = function (socket, data, callback) {
-	if (!data || !data.tid || (parseInt(meta.config.minimumPostLength, 10) !== 0 && !data.content)) {
+	if (!data || !data.tid || (meta.config.minimumPostLength !== 0 && !data.content)) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
 	}
 
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ function postReply(socket, data, callback) {
 		function (postData, next) {
 			var result = {
 				posts: [postData],
-				'reputation:disabled': parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1,
+				'reputation:disabled': meta.config['reputation:disabled'] === 1,
-				'downvote:disabled': parseInt(meta.config['downvote:disabled'], 10) === 1,
+				'downvote:disabled': meta.config['downvote:disabled'] === 1,
 			};
 
 			next(null, postData);

src/socket.io/posts/edit.js

@@ -15,24 +15,24 @@ module.exports = function (SocketPosts) {
 	SocketPosts.edit = function (socket, data, callback) {
 		if (!socket.uid) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:not-logged-in]]'));
-		} else if (!data || !data.pid || (parseInt(meta.config.minimumPostLength, 10) !== 0 && !data.content)) {
+		} else if (!data || !data.pid || (meta.config.minimumPostLength !== 0 && !data.content)) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
 		}
 
 		// Trim and remove HTML (latter for composers that send in HTML, like redactor)
 		var contentLen = utils.stripHTMLTags(data.content).trim().length;
 
-		if (data.title && data.title.length < parseInt(meta.config.minimumTitleLength, 10)) {
+		if (data.title && data.title.length < meta.config.minimumTitleLength) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:title-too-short, ' + meta.config.minimumTitleLength + ']]'));
-		} else if (data.title && data.title.length > parseInt(meta.config.maximumTitleLength, 10)) {
+		} else if (data.title && data.title.length > meta.config.maximumTitleLength) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:title-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumTitleLength + ']]'));
-		} else if (data.tags && data.tags.length < parseInt(meta.config.minimumTagsPerTopic, 10)) {
+		} else if (data.tags && data.tags.length < meta.config.minimumTagsPerTopic) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:not-enough-tags, ' + meta.config.minimumTagsPerTopic + ']]'));
-		} else if (data.tags && data.tags.length > parseInt(meta.config.maximumTagsPerTopic, 10)) {
+		} else if (data.tags && data.tags.length > meta.config.maximumTagsPerTopic) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:too-many-tags, ' + meta.config.maximumTagsPerTopic + ']]'));
-		} else if (parseInt(meta.config.minimumPostLength, 10) !== 0 && contentLen < parseInt(meta.config.minimumPostLength, 10)) {
+		} else if (meta.config.minimumPostLength !== 0 && contentLen < meta.config.minimumPostLength) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:content-too-short, ' + meta.config.minimumPostLength + ']]'));
-		} else if (contentLen > parseInt(meta.config.maximumPostLength, 10)) {
+		} else if (contentLen > meta.config.maximumPostLength) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:content-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumPostLength + ']]'));
 		}
 

src/socket.io/posts/votes.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function (SocketPosts) {
 
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
-				if (parseInt(meta.config.votesArePublic, 10) !== 0) {
+				if (meta.config.votesArePublic) {
 					return next(null, true);
 				}
 				privileges.categories.isAdminOrMod(data.cid, socket.uid, next);

src/socket.io/topics/infinitescroll.js

@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ module.exports = function (SocketTopics) {
 				}
 
 				topicData.privileges = userPrivileges;
-				topicData['reputation:disabled'] = parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1;
+				topicData['reputation:disabled'] = meta.config['reputation:disabled'] === 1;
-				topicData['downvote:disabled'] = parseInt(meta.config['downvote:disabled'], 10) === 1;
+				topicData['downvote:disabled'] = meta.config['downvote:disabled'] === 1;
 
 				topics.modifyPostsByPrivilege(topicData, userPrivileges);
 				next(null, topicData);

src/socket.io/user.js

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SocketUser.emailConfirm = function (socket, data, callback) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 	}
 
-	if (parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) !== 1) {
+	if (!meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:email-confirmations-are-disabled]]'));
 	}
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ SocketUser.invite = function (socket, email, callback) {
 			if (registrationType === 'admin-invite-only' && !isAdmin) {
 				return next(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 			}
-			var max = parseInt(meta.config.maximumInvites, 10);
+			var max = meta.config.maximumInvites;
 			email = email.split(',').map(email => email.trim()).filter(Boolean);
 			async.eachSeries(email, function (email, next) {
 				async.waterfall([

src/socket.io/user/profile.js

@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ module.exports = function (SocketUser) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 				}
 
-				if (!results.isAdminOrGlobalMod && parseInt(meta.config['username:disableEdit'], 10) === 1) {
+				if (!results.isAdminOrGlobalMod && meta.config['username:disableEdit']) {
 					data.username = oldUserData.username;
 				}
 
-				if (!results.isAdminOrGlobalMod && parseInt(meta.config['email:disableEdit'], 10) === 1) {
+				if (!results.isAdminOrGlobalMod && meta.config['email:disableEdit']) {
 					data.email = oldUserData.email;
 				}
 

src/topics.js

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Topics.getTopicsByTids = function (tids, uid, callback) {
 		},
 		function (results, next) {
 			results.users.forEach(function (user, index) {
-				if (parseInt(meta.config.hideFullname, 10) === 1 || !results.userSettings[index].showfullname) {
+				if (meta.config.hideFullname || !results.userSettings[index].showfullname) {
 					user.fullname = undefined;
 				}
 			});

src/topics/create.js

@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 				postData.index = parseInt(results.topicInfo.postcount, 10) - 1;
 
 				// Username override for guests, if enabled
-				if (parseInt(meta.config.allowGuestHandles, 10) === 1 && parseInt(postData.uid, 10) === 0 && data.handle) {
+				if (meta.config.allowGuestHandles && postData.uid === 0 && data.handle) {
 					postData.user.username = validator.escape(String(data.handle));
 				}
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	}
 
 	function guestHandleValid(data, callback) {
-		if (parseInt(meta.config.allowGuestHandles, 10) === 1 && parseInt(data.uid, 10) === 0 && data.handle) {
+		if (meta.config.allowGuestHandles && parseInt(data.uid, 10) === 0 && data.handle) {
 			if (data.handle.length > meta.config.maximumUsernameLength) {
 				return callback(new Error('[[error:guest-handle-invalid]]'));
 			}

src/topics/data.js

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ var categories = require('../categories');
 var utils = require('../utils');
 var translator = require('../translator');
 
-const intFields = ['tid', 'cid', 'uid', 'mainPid', 'deleted', 'locked', 'pinned'];
+const intFields = [
+	'tid', 'cid', 'uid', 'mainPid', 'deleted', 'locked', 'pinned',
+	'timestamp',
+];
 
 module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	Topics.getTopicsFields = function (tids, fields, callback) {

src/topics/fork.js

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			title = title.trim();
 		}
 
-		if (title.length < parseInt(meta.config.minimumTitleLength, 10)) {
+		if (title.length < meta.config.minimumTitleLength) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:title-too-short, ' + meta.config.minimumTitleLength + ']]'));
-		} else if (title.length > parseInt(meta.config.maximumTitleLength, 10)) {
+		} else if (title.length > meta.config.maximumTitleLength) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:title-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumTitleLength + ']]'));
 		}
 

src/topics/posts.js

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 						postObj.selfPost = !!parseInt(uid, 10) && parseInt(uid, 10) === parseInt(postObj.uid, 10);
 
 						// Username override for guests, if enabled
-						if (parseInt(meta.config.allowGuestHandles, 10) === 1 && parseInt(postObj.uid, 10) === 0 && postObj.handle) {
+						if (meta.config.allowGuestHandles && postObj.uid === 0 && postObj.handle) {
 							postObj.user.username = validator.escape(String(postObj.handle));
 						}
 					}

src/topics/sorted.js

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			function (tids, next) {
 				async.parallel({
 					ignoredCids: function (next) {
-						if (filter === 'watched' || parseInt(meta.config.disableRecentCategoryFilter, 10) === 1) {
+						if (filter === 'watched' || meta.config.disableRecentCategoryFilter) {
 							return next(null, []);
 						}
 						user.getIgnoredCategories(uid, next);

src/topics/tags.js

@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			return plugins.fireHook('filter:topic.getRelatedTopics', { topic: topicData, uid: uid }, callback);
 		}
 
-		var maximumTopics = parseInt(meta.config.maximumRelatedTopics, 10) || 0;
+		var maximumTopics = meta.config.maximumRelatedTopics;
 		if (maximumTopics === 0 || !topicData.tags || !topicData.tags.length) {
 			return callback(null, []);
 		}

src/topics/thumb.js

@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 				file.isFileTypeAllowed(pathToUpload, next);
 			},
 			function (next) {
-				var size = parseInt(meta.config.topicThumbSize, 10) || 120;
 				image.resizeImage({
 					path: pathToUpload,
-					width: size,
+					width: meta.config.topicThumbSize,
-					height: size,
+					height: meta.config.topicThumbSize,
 				}, next);
 			},
 			function (next) {

src/topics/unread.js

@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	};
 
 	Topics.unreadCutoff = function () {
-		var cutoff = parseInt(meta.config.unreadCutoff, 10) || 2;
+		return Date.now() - (meta.config.unreadCutoff * 86400000);
-		return Date.now() - (cutoff * 86400000);
 	};
 
 	Topics.getUnreadTids = function (params, callback) {

src/user/auth.js

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 				db.increment('loginAttempts:' + uid, next);
 			},
 			function (attemps, next) {
-				var loginAttempts = parseInt(meta.config.loginAttempts, 10) || 5;
+				if (attemps <= meta.config.loginAttempts) {
-				if (attemps <= loginAttempts) {
 					return db.pexpire('loginAttempts:' + uid, 1000 * 60 * 60, callback);
 				}
 				// Lock out the account

src/user/create.js

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 								async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'user:' + userData.uid + ':emails', timestamp, userData.email),
 							], next);
 
-							if (parseInt(userData.uid, 10) !== 1 && parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1) {
+							if (userData.uid > 1 && meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation) {
 								User.email.sendValidationEmail(userData.uid, {
 									email: userData.email,
 								});

src/user/data.js

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ var meta = require('../meta');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
 var utils = require('../utils');
 
-const intFields = ['uid', 'postcount', 'topiccount', 'banned'];
+const intFields = [
+	'uid', 'postcount', 'topiccount', 'reputation', 'profileviews',
+	'banned', 'email:confirmed', 'joindate', 'lastonline', 'lastqueuetime',
+	'lastposttime',
+];
 
 module.exports = function (User) {
 	var iconBackgrounds = [
@@ -205,7 +209,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		if (!Array.isArray(user.groupTitleArray)) {
 			user.groupTitleArray = [user.groupTitleArray];
 		}
-		if (parseInt(meta.config.allowMultipleBadges, 10) !== 1) {
+		if (!meta.config.allowMultipleBadges) {
 			user.groupTitleArray = [user.groupTitleArray[0]];
 		}
 	}

src/user/digest.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var Digest = module.exports;
 Digest.execute = function (payload, callback) {
 	callback = callback || function () {};
 
-	var digestsDisabled = parseInt(meta.config.disableEmailSubscriptions, 10) === 1;
+	var digestsDisabled = meta.config.disableEmailSubscriptions === 1;
 	if (digestsDisabled) {
 		winston.info('[user/jobs] Did not send digests (' + payload.interval + ') because subscription system is disabled.');
 		return callback();

src/user/email.js

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ UserEmail.sendValidationEmail = function (uid, options, callback) {
 	var confirm_code = utils.generateUUID();
 	var confirm_link = nconf.get('url') + '/confirm/' + confirm_code;
 
-	var emailInterval = meta.config.hasOwnProperty('emailConfirmInterval') ? parseInt(meta.config.emailConfirmInterval, 10) : 10;
+	var emailInterval = meta.config.emailConfirmInterval;
 
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {

src/user/invite.js

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		var token = utils.generateUUID();
 		var registerLink = nconf.get('url') + '/register?token=' + token + '&email=' + encodeURIComponent(email);
 
-		var expireDays = (parseInt(meta.config.inviteExpiration, 10) || 7);
+		var expireDays = meta.config.inviteExpiration;
 		var expireIn = expireDays * 86400000;
 
 		async.waterfall([

src/user/jobs.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		winston.verbose('[user/jobs] (Re-)starting user jobs...');
 
 		var started = 0;
-		var digestHour = parseInt(meta.config.digestHour, 10);
+		var digestHour = meta.config.digestHour;
 
 		// Fix digest hour if invalid
 		if (isNaN(digestHour)) {

src/user/picture.js

@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
 				var size = data.file ? data.file.size : image.sizeFromBase64(data.imageData);
-				meta.config.maximumCoverImageSize = meta.config.maximumCoverImageSize || 2048;
+				if (size > meta.config.maximumCoverImageSize * 1024) {
-				if (size > parseInt(meta.config.maximumCoverImageSize, 10) * 1024) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:file-too-big, ' + meta.config.maximumCoverImageSize + ']]'));
 				}
 
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 	};
 
 	User.uploadCroppedPicture = function (data, callback) {
-		if (parseInt(meta.config.allowProfileImageUploads, 10) !== 1) {
+		if (!meta.config.allowProfileImageUploads) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:profile-image-uploads-disabled]]'));
 		}
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		}
 
 		var size = data.file ? data.file.size : image.sizeFromBase64(data.imageData);
-		var uploadSize = parseInt(meta.config.maximumProfileImageSize, 10) || 256;
+		var uploadSize = meta.config.maximumProfileImageSize;
 		if (size > uploadSize * 1024) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:file-too-big, ' + uploadSize + ']]'));
 		}
@@ -123,11 +122,10 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 			},
 			function (path, next) {
 				picture.path = path;
-				var imageDimension = parseInt(meta.config.profileImageDimension, 10) || 200;
 				image.resizeImage({
 					path: picture.path,
-					width: imageDimension,
+					width: meta.config.profileImageDimension,
-					height: imageDimension,
+					height: meta.config.profileImageDimension,
 				}, next);
 			},
 			function (next) {
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 	};
 
 	function convertToPNG(path, extension, callback) {
-		var convertToPNG = parseInt(meta.config['profile:convertProfileImageToPNG'], 10) === 1;
+		var convertToPNG = meta.config['profile:convertProfileImageToPNG'] === 1;
 		if (!convertToPNG) {
 			return setImmediate(callback, null, path);
 		}
@@ -176,8 +174,8 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 	}
 
 	function generateProfileImageFilename(uid, type, extension) {
-		var keepAllVersions = parseInt(meta.config['profile:keepAllUserImages'], 10) === 1;
+		var keepAllVersions = meta.config['profile:keepAllUserImages'] === 1;
-		var convertToPNG = parseInt(meta.config['profile:convertProfileImageToPNG'], 10) === 1;
+		var convertToPNG = meta.config['profile:convertProfileImageToPNG'] === 1;
 		return uid + '-' + type + (keepAllVersions ? '-' + Date.now() : '') + (convertToPNG ? '.png' : extension);
 	}
 

src/user/posts.js

@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:user-banned]]'));
 				}
 
-				if (parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1 && parseInt(userData['email:confirmed'], 10) !== 1) {
+				if (meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation && !userData['email:confirmed']) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:email-not-confirmed]]'));
 				}
 
 				var now = Date.now();
-				if (now - parseInt(userData.joindate, 10) < parseInt(meta.config.initialPostDelay, 10) * 1000) {
+				if (now - userData.joindate < meta.config.initialPostDelay * 1000) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:user-too-new, ' + meta.config.initialPostDelay + ']]'));
 				}
 
 				var lasttime = userData[field] || 0;
 
-				if (parseInt(meta.config.newbiePostDelay, 10) > 0 && parseInt(meta.config.newbiePostDelayThreshold, 10) > parseInt(userData.reputation, 10) && now - parseInt(lasttime, 10) < parseInt(meta.config.newbiePostDelay, 10) * 1000) {
+				if (meta.config.newbiePostDelay > 0 && meta.config.newbiePostDelayThreshold > userData.reputation && now - lasttime < meta.config.newbiePostDelay * 1000) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:too-many-posts-newbie, ' + meta.config.newbiePostDelay + ', ' + meta.config.newbiePostDelayThreshold + ']]'));
-				} else if (now - parseInt(lasttime, 10) < parseInt(meta.config.postDelay, 10) * 1000) {
+				} else if (now - lasttime < meta.config.postDelay * 1000) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:too-many-posts, ' + meta.config.postDelay + ']]'));
 				}
 

src/user/profile.js

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 
 	User.checkMinReputation = function (callerUid, uid, setting, callback) {
 		var isSelf = parseInt(callerUid, 10) === parseInt(uid, 10);
-		if (!isSelf || parseInt(meta.config['reputation:disabled'], 10) === 1) {
+		if (!isSelf || meta.config['reputation:disabled']) {
 			return setImmediate(callback);
 		}
 		async.waterfall([
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 				User.getUserField(uid, 'reputation', next);
 			},
 			function (reputation, next) {
-				if (parseInt(reputation, 10) < (parseInt(meta.config[setting], 10) || 0)) {
+				if (reputation < meta.config[setting]) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:not-enough-reputation-' + setting.replace(/:/g, '-') + ']]'));
 				}
 				next();
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 						User.setUserField(uid, 'email', newEmail, next);
 					},
 					function (next) {
-						if (parseInt(meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation, 10) === 1 && newEmail) {
+						if (meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation && newEmail) {
 							User.email.sendValidationEmail(uid, {
 								email: newEmail,
 								subject: '[[email:email.verify-your-email.subject]]',

src/user/reset.js

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ UserReset.commit = function (code, password, callback) {
 
 UserReset.updateExpiry = function (uid, callback) {
 	var oneDay = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
-	var expireDays = parseInt(meta.config.passwordExpiryDays || 0, 10);
+	var expireDays = meta.config.passwordExpiryDays;
 	var expiry = Date.now() + (oneDay * expireDays);
 
 	callback = callback || function () {};

src/user/search.js

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 				searchResult.matchCount = uids.length;
 
 				if (paginate) {
-					var resultsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage, 10) || 20;
+					var resultsPerPage = meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage;
 					var start = Math.max(0, page - 1) * resultsPerPage;
 					var stop = start + resultsPerPage;
 					searchResult.pageCount = Math.ceil(uids.length / resultsPerPage);
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		var min = query;
 		var max = query.substr(0, query.length - 1) + String.fromCharCode(query.charCodeAt(query.length - 1) + 1);
 
-		var resultsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage, 10) || 20;
+		var resultsPerPage = meta.config.userSearchResultsPerPage;
 		hardCap = hardCap || resultsPerPage * 10;
 
 		async.waterfall([

src/user/settings.js

@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 			return callback(null, []);
 		}
 
-		var keys = uids.map(function (uid) {
+		var keys = uids.map(uid => 'user:' + uid + ':settings');
-			return 'user:' + uid + ':settings';
-		});
 
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
@@ -60,8 +58,8 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 			function (data, next) {
 				settings = data.settings;
 
-				var defaultTopicsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.topicsPerPage, 10) || 20;
+				var defaultTopicsPerPage = meta.config.topicsPerPage;
-				var defaultPostsPerPage = parseInt(meta.config.postsPerPage, 10) || 20;
+				var defaultPostsPerPage = meta.config.postsPerPage;
 
 				settings.showemail = parseInt(getSetting(settings, 'showemail', 0), 10) === 1;
 				settings.showfullname = parseInt(getSetting(settings, 'showfullname', 0), 10) === 1;

src/webserver.js

@@ -179,12 +179,11 @@ function setupExpressApp(app, callback) {
 	}));
 
 	var hsts_option = {
-		maxAge: parseInt(meta.config['hsts-maxage'], 10) || 31536000,
+		maxAge: meta.config['hsts-maxage'],
-		includeSubdomains: !!parseInt(meta.config['hsts-subdomains'], 10),
+		includeSubdomains: !!meta.config['hsts-subdomains'],
-		preload: !!parseInt(meta.config['hsts-preload'], 10),
+		preload: !!meta.config['hsts-preload'],
 		setIf: function () {
-			// If not set, default to on - previous and recommended behavior
+			return !!meta.config['hsts-enabled'];
-			return meta.config['hsts-enabled'] === undefined || !!parseInt(meta.config['hsts-enabled'], 10);
 		},
 	};
 	app.use(helmet({
@@ -196,8 +195,8 @@ function setupExpressApp(app, callback) {
 	auth.initialize(app, middleware);
 
 	var toobusy = require('toobusy-js');
-	toobusy.maxLag(parseInt(meta.config.eventLoopLagThreshold, 10) || 100);
+	toobusy.maxLag(meta.config.eventLoopLagThreshold);
-	toobusy.interval(parseInt(meta.config.eventLoopInterval, 10) || 500);
+	toobusy.interval(meta.config.eventLoopInterval);
 
 	setupAutoLocale(app, callback);
 }
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ function setupAutoLocale(app, callback) {
 		});
 
 		app.use(function (req, res, next) {
-			if (parseInt(req.uid, 10) > 0 || parseInt(meta.config.autoDetectLang, 10) !== 1) {
+			if (parseInt(req.uid, 10) > 0 || !meta.config.autoDetectLang) {
 				return next();
 			}
 

test/meta.js

@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ describe('meta', function () {
 		it('should get config fields', function (done) {
 			meta.configs.getFields(['minimumTagLength', 'maximumTagLength'], function (err, data) {
 				assert.ifError(err);
-				assert.equal(data.minimumTagLength, 3);
+				assert.strictEqual(data.minimumTagLength, 3);
-				assert.equal(data.maximumTagLength, 15);
+				assert.strictEqual(data.maximumTagLength, 15);
 				done();
 			});
 		});
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('meta', function () {
 			});
 		});
 
-		it('should set single config value', function (done) {
+		it('should set multiple config values', function (done) {
 			socketAdmin.config.set({ uid: fooUid }, { key: 'someKey', value: 'someValue' }, function (err) {
 				assert.ifError(err);
 				meta.configs.getFields(['someKey'], function (err, data) {
@@ -141,7 +141,51 @@ describe('meta', function () {
 				assert.ifError(err);
 				meta.configs.getFields(['someField'], function (err, data) {
 					assert.ifError(err);
-					assert.equal(data.someField, 'someValue');
+					assert.strictEqual(data.someField, 'someValue');
+					done();
+				});
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should set numeric config value', function (done) {
+			meta.configs.set('numericField', 123, function (err) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				meta.configs.getFields(['numericField'], function (err, data) {
+					assert.ifError(err);
+					assert.strictEqual(data.numericField, 123);
+					done();
+				});
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should set boolean config value', function (done) {
+			meta.configs.set('booleanField', true, function (err) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				meta.configs.getFields(['booleanField'], function (err, data) {
+					assert.ifError(err);
+					assert.strictEqual(data.booleanField, true);
+					done();
+				});
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should set boolean config value', function (done) {
+			meta.configs.set('booleanField', 'true', function (err) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				meta.configs.getFields(['booleanField'], function (err, data) {
+					assert.ifError(err);
+					assert.strictEqual(data.booleanField, true);
+					done();
+				});
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should set string config value', function (done) {
+			meta.configs.set('stringField', '123', function (err) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				meta.configs.getFields(['stringField'], function (err, data) {
+					assert.ifError(err);
+					assert.strictEqual(data.stringField, 123);
 					done();
 				});
 			});
@@ -173,7 +217,7 @@ describe('meta', function () {
 		it('should not set config if not empty', function (done) {
 			meta.configs.setOnEmpty({ someField1: 'foo' }, function (err) {
 				assert.ifError(err);
-				db.getObjectField('config', 'someField1', function (err, value) {
+				meta.configs.get('someField1', function (err, value) {
 					assert.ifError(err);
 					assert.equal(value, 'someValue1');
 					done();

test/mocks/databasemock.js

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ function setupDefaultConfigs(meta, next) {
 
 	var defaults = require(path.join(nconf.get('base_dir'), 'install/data/defaults.json'));
 	defaults.eventLoopCheckEnabled = 0;
+	defaults.minimumPasswordStrength = 0;
 	meta.configs.setOnEmpty(defaults, next);
 }
 

test/posts.js

@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ describe('Post\'s', function () {
 		});
 
 		it('should error if title is too long', function (done) {
-			var longTitle = new Array(parseInt(meta.config.maximumTitleLength, 10) + 2).join('a');
+			var longTitle = new Array(meta.config.maximumTitleLength + 2).join('a');
 			socketPosts.edit({ uid: voterUid }, { pid: pid, content: 'edited post content', title: longTitle }, function (err) {
 				assert.equal(err.message, '[[error:title-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumTitleLength + ']]');
 				done();
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ describe('Post\'s', function () {
 		});
 
 		it('should error if content is too long', function (done) {
-			var longContent = new Array(parseInt(meta.config.maximumPostLength, 10) + 2).join('a');
+			var longContent = new Array(meta.config.maximumPostLength + 2).join('a');
 			socketPosts.edit({ uid: voterUid }, { pid: pid, content: longContent }, function (err) {
 				assert.equal(err.message, '[[error:content-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumPostLength + ']]');
 				done();

test/user.js

@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ describe('User', function () {
 					assert(!userData.hasOwnProperty('another_secret'));
 					assert(!userData.hasOwnProperty('password'));
 					assert(!userData.hasOwnProperty('rss_token'));
-					assert.equal(userData.postcount, '123');
+					assert.strictEqual(userData.postcount, 123);
+					assert.strictEqual(userData.uid, testUid);
 					done();
 				});
 			});