WoW API: GetSpellLink
← WoW API < GetSpellLink
Get chat-link for a spell.
link = GetSpellLink(spellId or spellName)
Arguments
(spellId/spellName, spellRank)
- spellId
- Integer - The global spell number, found on wowhead or through COMBAT_LOG_EVENT.
or
- spellName
- String - The name of the spell (Rank may be specified, defaults to highest if omitted)
- spellRank
- String - The rank of the spell "Rank 1" etc. You can use "" and still get a response of the highest rank known. (usefull for things like GetSpellLink("Faerie Fire (Feral)") which would return nil unless you use GetSpellLink("Faerie Fire (Feral)", "")
Returns
- link
- String - A link to the spell
- TradeSkillLink
- String - A link to the tradeskill if available, otherwise nil. (3.0.1+)
Details
Returns
Note that this does link does not contain any ranks, for instance if you request a link for fireball rank 10 it would look like: [Fireball]
If you wish to display rank use GetSpellInfo and output using the following code:
local name, rank = GetSpellInfo(SpellID);
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Spell: |Hspell:" .. SpellID .."|h|r|cff71d5ff[" .. name .. " " .. rank .. "]|r|h");