Get Player Info Method

[Argusus]

is there a way to display a persons information? such as the Location, Level, Alliance and other player specific information just by passing a "character name" ?

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by skobyjay is there a way to display a persons information? such as the Location, Level, Alliance and other player specific information just by passing a "character name" ?

No, it's not possible to get such information from character name.

You can get this kind of information only if that person has unitTag, i.e. if it is player himself ("player"), target ("target", "reticleoverplayer") or group member ("group<num>").

As for the character name - you can build lookup table for friends and guild members, you can get the same information as in friend list/guild roster. I don't think that there is much more you can do. Maybe you can store some information for all "reticleoverplayer" and group members you have met, but it probably won't be helpful.

[Argusus]

thanks for the information.

[Sasky]

You can get location, level, alliance, class, and character name from the guild list or friends list functions.

From API page on wiki:

     GetFriendInfo(luaindex friendIndex)
        Returns: string displayName, string note, integer playerStatus, integer secsSinceLogoff 

    GetFriendCharacterInfo(luaindex friendIndex)
        Returns: bool hasCharacter, string characterName, string zoneName, integer classType, integer alliance, integer level, integer veteranRank 

     GetGuildMemberInfo(integer guildId, luaindex memberIndex)
        Returns: string name, string note, luaindex rankIndex, integer playerStatus, integer secsSinceLogoff 

    GetGuildMemberCharacterInfo(integer guildId, luaindex memberIndex)

They operate on an index, so you have to iterate through the list to find a player with certain name.

[Argusus]

awesome thanks!