WoW:API GetAddOnInfo

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Get information about an AddOn.

name, title, notes, enabled, loadable, reason, security = GetAddOnInfo(index or "name")

Parameters

Arguments

(index or "name")

index

Integer - The index of the AddOn in the user's AddOn list. Note that you cannot access Blizzard-provided AddOns through this mechanism.

name

String - The name of the AddOn to be queried. You can access Blizzard-provided AddOns through this mechanism.

Returns

name, title, notes, enabled, loadable, reason, security

name

String - The name of the AddOn.

title

String - The title of the AddOn from its .toc file (presumably this is the appropriate localized one).

notes

String - The notes about the AddOn from its .toc file (presumably this is the appropriate localized one).

enabled

Flag - Indicates if the AddOn is currently enabled, 1 if it is, nil if it is not.

loadable

Flag - Indicates if the AddOn is eligible to be loaded, 1 if it is, nil if it is not.

reason

String - The reason why the AddOn cannot be loaded. This is nil if the addon is loadable, otherwise it contains a code indicating the reason. (Observed reason codes: "DISABLED" and "MISSING")

security

String - Indicates the security status of the AddOn. This is currently "INSECURE" for all user provided addons and "SECURE" for Blizzard_* AddOns.

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