WoW API: GetSpellTexture

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Returns the texture path of the specified spellbook spell

texture = GetSpellTexture(spellName | spellID, bookType)

Parameters

Arguments

(spellName | spellID, bookType)

spellName

String - The name of the spell, as it would be seen in the player's spellbook.

spellID

Integer - Valid values are 1 through total number of spells in the spellbook on all pages and all tabs, ignoring empty slots.

bookType

String - Either BOOKTYPE_SPELL or BOOKTYPE_PET.

Returns

texture

String - Path of the texture used for displaying the spell in the spellbook.

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Example

Displays the name of every texture in your spellbook

for tabIndex = 1, MAX_SKILLLINE_TABS do
	local tabName, tabTexture, tabSpellOffset, tabNumSpells = GetSpellTabInfo(tabIndex)
	
	if not tabName then
		break
	end
	
	for spellIndex = tabSpellOffset + 1, tabSpellOffset + tabNumSpells do
		local spellName, spellRank = GetSpellName(spellIndex, BOOKTYPE_SPELL)
		local spellTexture = GetSpellTexture(spellIndex)

		DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Spell "..spellName.." uses texture "..spellTexture)
	end
end

Details

If you're trying to read the spell book at login, register for the PLAYER_LOGIN event.

This function won't grab textures for spells the character does not have.