From 19c54040bce431f3394ae98ee02440f6edccbd44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koen Kanters <koenkanters94@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:54:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow string values for permit_join call.
 https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt/issues/5644

---
 lib/extension/bridge.js |  4 ++++
 test/bridge.test.js     | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/extension/bridge.js b/lib/extension/bridge.js
index e8b83f47..613fb207 100644
--- a/lib/extension/bridge.js
+++ b/lib/extension/bridge.js
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ class Bridge extends Extension {
             value = message;
         }
 
+        if (typeof value === 'string') {
+            value = value.toLowerCase() === 'true';
+        }
+
         await this.zigbee.permitJoin(value, resolvedEntity, time);
         const response = {value};
         if (resolvedEntity) response.device = message.device;
diff --git a/test/bridge.test.js b/test/bridge.test.js
index db9c034b..33e4db17 100644
--- a/test/bridge.test.js
+++ b/test/bridge.test.js
@@ -219,6 +219,18 @@ describe('Bridge', () => {
             {retain: false, qos: 0}, expect.any(Function)
         );
 
+        zigbeeHerdsman.permitJoin.mockClear();
+        MQTT.publish.mockClear();
+        MQTT.events.message('zigbee2mqtt/bridge/request/permit_join', stringify({"value": "False"}));
+        await flushPromises();
+        expect(zigbeeHerdsman.permitJoin).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(zigbeeHerdsman.permitJoin).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false, undefined, undefined);
+        expect(MQTT.publish).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'zigbee2mqtt/bridge/response/permit_join',
+            stringify({"data":{"value":false},"status":"ok"}),
+            {retain: false, qos: 0}, expect.any(Function)
+        );
+
         // Invalid payload
         zigbeeHerdsman.permitJoin.mockClear();
         MQTT.publish.mockClear();