WoW:API GetGlyphSocketInfo

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Returns information on a glyph socket.

enabled, glyphType, glyphTooltipIndex, glyphSpellID, icon = GetGlyphSocketInfo(socketID[, talentGroup]);

Arguments

socketID

Number - glyph [Glyph SocketID|socket index]] (1 to GetNumGlyphSockets() )

talentGroup

Optional Number - (dual) specialization index (1 to GetNumTalentGroups(...)).

Returns

enabled

Boolean - 1 if available, nil if locked.

glyphType

Number - GLYPHTYPE_PRIME (0), GLYPHTYPE_MAJOR (1), or GLYPHTYPE_MINOR (2)

glyphTooltipIndex

Number - Index to be used with GLYPH_SLOT_TOOLTIP#

glyphSpellID

Number - spell ID of socketted glyph, nil if no glyph is socketed.

icon

String - Glyph rune texture path.

Examples

The following code scans all the glyph sockets and prints out the status of each one.

for i = 1, NUM_GLYPH_SLOTS do
 local enabled, glyphType, glyphTooltipIndex, glyphSpellID, icon = GetGlyphSocketInfo(i);
 if ( enabled ) then
  local link = GetGlyphLink(i);-- Retrieves the Glyph's link ("" if no glyph in Socket);
  if ( link ~= "") then
   DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Glyph Socket "..i.." contains "..link);
  else
   DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Glyph Socket "..i.." is unlocked and empty!");
  end
 else
  DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Glyph Socket "..i.." is locked!");
 end
end

Notes

• GetSpellInfo can be used to translate glyphSpellID to a glyph name.
• The talentGroup argument was added in Patch 3.1.
• The glyphTooltipIndex argument was added in Patch 4.0.1.