WoW:API GetFriendInfo

GetFriendInfo - Documentation by IonDefender

Gets the name, level, class, location and status of a friend

name, level, class, area, connected = GetFriendInfo(friendIndex)

Parameters

Arguments

(friendIndex)

friendIndex

Integer - Index of friend in the friend list (Note that status changes can re-order the friend list, indexes are not guaranteed to remain stable across events)

Returns

name, level, class, area, connected

name

String - Friend's name ("Unknown" if index is out of bounds.)

level

Integer - Friend's level (0 if player is not online, 1 if index is out of bounds (confirmed by Topaz 22:37, 12 Mar 2005 (EST))

class

String - Friend's class ("Unknown" if index is out of bounds or friend is offline).

area

String - Friend's current location ("Unknown" if index is out of bounds or friend is offline).

connected

Flag - 1 if friend is online, nil if not online (or index out of bounds).

Example

local name, level, class, loc = GetFriendInfo(1);
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Your friend "..name.." (The level "..level.." "..class..") is in "..loc..".");

Result

Your friend Bill (The level 99 Leprechaun) is in Neverland.

Details

Friend information isn't necessarily automatically kept up to date. You can use the ShowFriends function to request an update from the server.

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