WoW:API UnitBuff
Retrieve info about a certain buff on a certain unit.
buffTexture, buffApplications = UnitBuff(unit, buffIndex, showCastable);
- Arguments
- (String unit)
- unit
- String - The UnitId to select as a target.
- buffIndex
- Number - The index num of the buff to retrieve info on. Starts at 1 and goes up to (and possibly beyond) a certain number. The maximum numbers used by the Blizzard code are 16 for party/pet and 8(?) for target buffs.
- showCastable
- Boolean - Flag (optional) - Can be 0, 1, or nil. If present and 1, then only buffs will be returned which are castable by the player. Index is still starting with 1 and counting up. (new in 1.9, works in 1.9.3)
- Returns
- buffTexture
- String - The identifier of (path and filename to) the indicated buff, or nil if no buff
- buffApplications
- String - The number of times the buff has been applied to the target.
- Example
buff = UnitBuff("pet", i);
- Result
Retrieves the buff texture of the pets buff with the index of "i".
- Description
- Retrieve info (texture name) about a certain buff of the specified unit.
- See Also
- UnitDebuff
- Sample Code Check Hunter Aspect
- List of known buff and debuff effects that can be queried