Use correct types for the command line arguments

infra_libs/event_mon/config.py

 # Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import logging
 import os
 import socket
 
 import infra_libs
 from infra_libs.event_mon.protos.chrome_infra_log_pb2 import (
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                      help="Path to a json file containing a service account's"
                      "\ncredentials. This is relative to the path specified\n"
                      "in --event-mon-service-accounts-creds-root\n"
                      "Defaults to '%(default)s'")
   group.add_argument('--event-mon-service-accounts-creds-root',
                      metavar='DIR',
                      default=infra_libs.SERVICE_ACCOUNTS_CREDS_ROOT,
                      help="Directory containing service accounts credentials.\n"
                      "Defaults to %(default)s"
                      )
-  group.add_argument('--event-mon-http-timeout', default=10,
+  group.add_argument('--event-mon-http-timeout', default=10, type=int,
                      help='Timeout in seconds for HTTP requests to send events')
-  group.add_argument('--event-mon-http-retry-backoff', default=2.,
+  group.add_argument('--event-mon-http-retry-backoff', default=2., type=float,
                      help='Time in seconds before retrying POSTing to the HTTP '
                      'endpoint. Randomized exponential backoff is applied on '
                      'subsequent retries.')
 
 
 def process_argparse_options(args):  # pragma: no cover
   """Initializes event monitoring based on provided arguments.
 
   Args:
     args(argparse.Namespace): output of ArgumentParser.parse_args.
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   Call this right before exiting the program.
 
   Returns:
     success (bool): False if an error occured
   """
   global _router, _cache
   _router = None
   _cache = {}
   return True