diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.c b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
index cb9446cd6..86e07b567 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.c
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
@@ -1234,14 +1234,14 @@ static void codecs_config_read(LinphoneCore *lc)
 	if( lp_config_get_int(lc->config, "misc", "add_missing_video_codecs", 1) == 1 ){
 		video_codecs=add_missing_codecs(lc->default_video_codecs,video_codecs);
 	}
-	
+
 	for (i=0;get_codec(lc,SalText,i,&pt);i++){
 		if (pt){
 			text_codecs=codec_append_if_new(text_codecs, pt);
 		}
 	}
 	text_codecs = add_missing_codecs(lc->default_text_codecs, text_codecs);
-	
+
 	linphone_core_set_audio_codecs(lc,audio_codecs);
 	linphone_core_set_video_codecs(lc,video_codecs);
 	linphone_core_set_text_codecs(lc, text_codecs);
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ static void linphone_core_init(LinphoneCore * lc, const LinphoneCoreVTable *vtab
 	lc->sal=sal_init();
 	sal_set_http_proxy_host(lc->sal, linphone_core_get_http_proxy_host(lc));
 	sal_set_http_proxy_port(lc->sal, linphone_core_get_http_proxy_port(lc));
-	
+
 	sal_set_user_pointer(lc->sal,lc);
 	sal_set_callbacks(lc->sal,&linphone_sal_callbacks);
 
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ int linphone_core_set_video_codecs(LinphoneCore *lc, MSList *codecs){
 int linphone_core_set_text_codecs(LinphoneCore *lc, MSList *codecs) {
 	if (lc->codecs_conf.text_codecs != NULL)
 		ms_list_free(lc->codecs_conf.text_codecs);
-	
+
 	lc->codecs_conf.text_codecs = codecs;
 	_linphone_core_codec_config_write(lc);
 	return 0;
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ void linphone_core_set_video_port_range(LinphoneCore *lc, int min_port, int max_
 	lc->rtp_conf.video_rtp_min_port=min_port;
 	lc->rtp_conf.video_rtp_max_port=max_port;
 }
- 
+
 /**
  * Sets the UDP port used for text streaming.
  * A value if -1 will request the system to allocate the local port randomly.
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ void linphone_core_set_video_port_range(LinphoneCore *lc, int min_port, int max_
 void linphone_core_set_text_port(LinphoneCore *lc, int port) {
 	lc->rtp_conf.text_rtp_min_port = lc->rtp_conf.text_rtp_max_port = port;
 }
- 
+
 /**
  * Sets the UDP port range from which to randomly select the port used for text streaming.
  * @ingroup media_parameters
@@ -3707,7 +3707,7 @@ int linphone_core_accept_call_with_params(LinphoneCore *lc, LinphoneCall *call,
 	}
 
 	linphone_call_update_remote_session_id_and_ver(call);
-	
+
 	sal_call_accept(call->op);
 	linphone_core_notify_display_status(lc,_("Connected."));
 	lc->current_call=call;
@@ -6306,9 +6306,9 @@ static void linphone_core_uninit(LinphoneCore *lc)
 
 	if (lc->friends) /* FIXME we should wait until subscription to complete*/
 		ms_list_for_each(lc->friends,(void (*)(void *))linphone_friend_close_subscriptions);
-	
+
 	lc->chatrooms = ms_list_free_with_data(lc->chatrooms, (MSIterateFunc)linphone_chat_room_release);
-	
+
 	linphone_core_set_state(lc,LinphoneGlobalShutdown,"Shutting down");
 #ifdef VIDEO_ENABLED
 	if (lc->previewstream!=NULL){
@@ -7299,7 +7299,7 @@ void linphone_core_set_http_proxy_host(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *host) {
 		sal_set_http_proxy_port(lc->sal,linphone_core_get_http_proxy_port(lc)); /*to make sure default value is set*/
 	}
 }
-	
+
 void linphone_core_set_http_proxy_port(LinphoneCore *lc, int port) {
 	lp_config_set_int(lc->config,"sip","http_proxy_port",port);
 	if (lc->sal)
@@ -7308,7 +7308,16 @@ void linphone_core_set_http_proxy_port(LinphoneCore *lc, int port) {
 const char *linphone_core_get_http_proxy_host(const LinphoneCore *lc) {
 	return lp_config_get_string(lc->config,"sip","http_proxy_host",NULL);
 }
-	
+
 int linphone_core_get_http_proxy_port(const LinphoneCore *lc) {
 	return lp_config_get_int(lc->config,"sip","http_proxy_port",3128);
 }
+
+const char* linphone_transport_to_string(LinphoneTransportType transport) {
+	return sal_transport_to_string((SalTransport)transport);
+}
+
+LinphoneTransportType linphone_transport_parse(const char* transport) {
+	return (LinphoneTransportType)sal_transport_parse(transport);
+}
+
diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.h b/coreapi/linphonecore.h
index 77053bfe2..948cc226f 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.h
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.h
@@ -2990,6 +2990,7 @@ LINPHONE_PUBLIC	int linphone_core_get_sip_transports(LinphoneCore *lc, LCSipTran
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC void linphone_core_get_sip_transports_used(LinphoneCore *lc, LCSipTransports *tr);
 
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC	bool_t linphone_core_sip_transport_supported(const LinphoneCore *lc, LinphoneTransportType tp);
+
 /**
  *
  * Give access to the UDP sip socket. Can be useful to configure this socket as persistent I.E kCFStreamNetworkServiceType set to kCFStreamNetworkServiceTypeVoIP)
@@ -4124,7 +4125,7 @@ LINPHONE_PUBLIC const char * linphone_core_get_video_preset(const LinphoneCore *
  * Gets if realtime text is enabled or not
  * @param[in] lc LinphoneCore object
  * @return true if realtime text is enabled, false otherwise
- */ 
+ */
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC bool_t linphone_core_realtime_text_enabled(LinphoneCore *lc);
 
 /**
@@ -4133,28 +4134,41 @@ LINPHONE_PUBLIC bool_t linphone_core_realtime_text_enabled(LinphoneCore *lc);
  * @param[in] hostname of IP adress of the http proxy (can be NULL to disable).
  */
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC	void linphone_core_set_http_proxy_host(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *host) ;
-	
+
 /**
  * Set http proxy port to be used for signaling.
  * @param[in] lc LinphoneCore object
  * @param[in] port of the http proxy.
  */
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC void linphone_core_set_http_proxy_port(LinphoneCore *lc, int port) ;
-	
+
 /**
  * Get http proxy address to be used for signaling.
  * @param[in] lc LinphoneCore object
  * @return hostname of IP adress of the http proxy (can be NULL to disable).
  */
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC	const char *linphone_core_get_http_proxy_host(const LinphoneCore *lc);
-	
+
 /**
  * Get http proxy port to be used for signaling.
  * @param[in] lc LinphoneCore object
  * @return port of the http proxy.
  */
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC	int linphone_core_get_http_proxy_port(const LinphoneCore *lc);
-	
+
+/**
+ * Converts a LinphoneTransportType enum to a lowercase string.
+ * @ingroup misc
+**/
+LINPHONE_PUBLIC const char* linphone_transport_to_string(LinphoneTransportType transport);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a lowercase string to a LinphoneTransportType enum.
+ * @ingroup misc
+ * @return Transport matching input, or LinphoneTransportUdp if nothing is found
+**/
+LINPHONE_PUBLIC LinphoneTransportType linphone_transport_parse(const char* transport);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif