WoW API: GetPlayerInfoByGUID

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Returns basic information about another player from their GUID.

locClass, engClass, locRace, engRace, gender = GetPlayerInfoByGUID("guid")

Arguments

guid

String - The GUID of the player you're querying about.

Returns

locClass

String - Class of the character in question (localized)

engClass

String - Class of the character in question (in English)

locRace

String - Race of the character in question (localized)

engRace

String - Race of the character in question (in English)

gender

String - Gender of the character in question (2: male, 3: female).

Notes

• This function was added in Patch 3.2
• The information is not encoded in the GUID itself; as such, no data is available until the client has encountered the queried GUID.