diff --git a/include/asterisk/conversions.h b/include/asterisk/conversions.h
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+/*
+ * Asterisk -- An open source telephony toolkit.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, Digium, Inc.
+ *
+ * Kevin Harwell <kharwell@digium.com>
+ *
+ * See http://www.asterisk.org for more information about
+ * the Asterisk project. Please do not directly contact
+ * any of the maintainers of this project for assistance;
+ * the project provides a web site, mailing lists and IRC
+ * channels for your use.
+ *
+ * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License Version 2. See the LICENSE file
+ * at the top of the source tree.
+ */
+
+/*! \file
+ * \brief Conversion utility functions
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASTERISK_CONVERSIONS_H
+#define _ASTERISK_CONVERSIONS_H
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Convert the given string to an unsigned integer
+ *
+ * This function will return failure for the following reasons:
+ *
+ *   The given string to convert is NULL
+ *   The given string to convert is empty.
+ *   The given string to convert is negative (starts with a '-')
+ *   The given string to convert contains non numeric values
+ *   Once converted the number is out of range (greater than UINT_MAX)
+ *
+ * \param str The string to convert
+ * \param res [out] The converted value
+ *
+ * \returns -1 if it fails to convert, 0 on success
+ */
+int ast_str_to_uint(const char *str, unsigned int *res);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Convert the given string to an unsigned long
+ *
+ * This function will return failure for the following reasons:
+ *
+ *   The given string to convert is NULL
+ *   The given string to convert is empty.
+ *   The given string to convert is negative (starts with a '-')
+ *   The given string to convert contains non numeric values
+ *   Once converted the number is out of range (greater than ULONG_MAX)
+ *
+ * \param str The string to convert
+ * \param res [out] The converted value
+ *
+ * \returns -1 if it fails to convert, 0 on success
+ */
+int ast_str_to_ulong(const char *str, unsigned long *res);
+
+#endif /* _ASTERISK_CONVERSIONS_H */
diff --git a/main/conversions.c b/main/conversions.c
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+/*
+ * Asterisk -- An open source telephony toolkit.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, Digium, Inc.
+ *
+ * See http://www.asterisk.org for more information about
+ * the Asterisk project. Please do not directly contact
+ * any of the maintainers of this project for assistance;
+ * the project provides a web site, mailing lists and IRC
+ * channels for your use.
+ *
+ * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License Version 2. See the LICENSE file
+ * at the top of the source tree.
+ */
+
+/*! \file
+ *
+ * \brief Conversion utility functions
+ */
+
+/*** MODULEINFO
+	<support_level>core</support_level>
+ ***/
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "asterisk/conversions.h"
+
+static int str_is_negative(const char *str)
+{
+	/* Ignore any preceding white space */
+	while (isspace(*str) && *++str);
+	return *str == '-';
+}
+
+int ast_str_to_uint(const char *str, unsigned int *res)
+{
+	unsigned long val;
+
+	if (ast_str_to_ulong(str, &val) || val > UINT_MAX) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*res = val;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int ast_str_to_ulong(const char *str, unsigned long *res)
+{
+	char *end;
+	unsigned long val;
+
+	if (!str || str_is_negative(str)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	errno = 0;
+	val = strtoul(str, &end, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * If str equals end then no digits were found. If end is not pointing to
+	 * a null character then the string contained some numbers that could be
+	 * converted, but some characters that could not, which we'll consider
+	 * invalid.
+	 */
+	if ((str == end || *end != '\0' || (errno == ERANGE && val == ULONG_MAX))) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*res = val;
+	return 0;
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_conversions.c b/tests/test_conversions.c
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+/*
+ * Asterisk -- An open source telephony toolkit.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, Digium, Inc.
+ *
+ * Kevin Harwell <kharwell@digium.com>
+ *
+ * See http://www.asterisk.org for more information about
+ * the Asterisk project. Please do not directly contact
+ * any of the maintainers of this project for assistance;
+ * the project provides a web site, mailing lists and IRC
+ * channels for your use.
+ *
+ * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License Version 2. See the LICENSE file
+ * at the top of the source tree.
+ */
+
+/*!
+ * \file
+ * \brief Conversions Unit Tests
+ *
+ * \author Kevin Harwell <kharwell@digium.com>
+ *
+ */
+
+/*** MODULEINFO
+	<depend>TEST_FRAMEWORK</depend>
+	<support_level>core</support_level>
+ ***/
+
+#include "asterisk.h"
+
+#include "asterisk/test.h"
+#include "asterisk/module.h"
+#include "asterisk/conversions.h"
+
+#define CATEGORY "/main/conversions/"
+
+AST_TEST_DEFINE(str_to_uint)
+{
+	const char *invalid = "abc";
+	const char *invalid_partial = "7abc";
+	const char *negative = "-7";
+	const char *negative_spaces = "  -7";
+	const char *out_of_range = "9999999999";
+	const char *spaces = "  ";
+	const char *valid = "7";
+	const char *valid_spaces = "  7";
+	unsigned int val;
+	char str[64];
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case TEST_INIT:
+		info->name = __func__;
+		info->category = CATEGORY;
+		info->summary = "convert a string to an unsigned integer";
+		info->description = info->summary;
+		return AST_TEST_NOT_RUN;
+	case TEST_EXECUTE:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_uint(NULL, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_uint(invalid, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_uint(invalid_partial, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_uint(negative, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_uint(negative_spaces, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_uint(out_of_range, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_uint(spaces, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, !ast_str_to_uint(valid, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, !ast_str_to_uint(valid_spaces, &val));
+
+	ast_test_validate(test, snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%u", UINT_MAX) > 0);
+	ast_test_validate(test, !ast_str_to_uint(str, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, val == UINT_MAX);
+
+	return AST_TEST_PASS;
+}
+
+AST_TEST_DEFINE(str_to_ulong)
+{
+	const char *invalid = "abc";
+	const char *invalid_partial = "7abc";
+	const char *negative = "-7";
+	const char *negative_spaces = "  -7";
+	const char *out_of_range = "99999999999999999999";
+	const char *spaces = "  ";
+	const char *valid = "7";
+	const char *valid_spaces = "  7";
+	unsigned long val;
+	char str[64];
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case TEST_INIT:
+		info->name = __func__;
+		info->category = CATEGORY;
+		info->summary = "convert a string to an unsigned long";
+		info->description = info->summary;
+		return AST_TEST_NOT_RUN;
+	case TEST_EXECUTE:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_ulong(NULL, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_ulong(invalid, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_ulong(invalid_partial, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_ulong(negative, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_ulong(negative_spaces, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_ulong(out_of_range, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, ast_str_to_ulong(spaces, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, !ast_str_to_ulong(valid, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, !ast_str_to_ulong(valid_spaces, &val));
+
+	ast_test_validate(test, snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%lu", ULONG_MAX) > 0);
+	ast_test_validate(test, !ast_str_to_ulong(str, &val));
+	ast_test_validate(test, val == ULONG_MAX);
+
+	return AST_TEST_PASS;
+}
+
+static int load_module(void)
+{
+	AST_TEST_REGISTER(str_to_uint);
+	AST_TEST_REGISTER(str_to_ulong);
+	return AST_MODULE_LOAD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static int unload_module(void)
+{
+	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(str_to_uint);
+	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(str_to_ulong);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+AST_MODULE_INFO_STANDARD(ASTERISK_GPL_KEY, "URI test module");