GetFriendInfo help

sinnereso · 03/04/23, 01:33 AM

im working on additional feature for my addon and having issues with the "GetFriendInfo()". Im looking to find a specific friend in friends list and check if they're online before executing code. im currently messing with this sort of thing.

Code:

local savedPlayer = xxx.savedVariables.savedPlayer
if not IsPlayerInGroup(savedPlayer) and IsFriend(savedPlayer) then
	for iD = 1, GetNumFriends() do
		if GetFriendInfo(iD) == (savedPlayer, nil, PLAYER_STATUS_ONLINE, nil) then

the formatting of these keeps messing me up.. ive tried in brackets etc. Any suggestions for something I've missed?

FlatBadger · 03/04/23, 02:09 AM

I use the FRIENDS_LIST_MANAGER for this, e.g.

Code:

local masterList = FRIENDS_LIST_MANAGER:GetMasterList()

for _, friend in ipairs(masterList) do
   if (friend.online) then
      -- do something
   elseif (friend.status == _G.PLAYER_STATUS_OFFLINE) then
      -- do something else
   else
      -- might be afk, eg.
   end
end

If you just need a single player you could instead use:

Code:

local friendData = FRIENDS_LIST_MANAGER:FindDataByDisplayName(displayName)

That will give you all kinds of info like zone, alliance, level, online status ...

sirinsidiator · 03/04/23, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by sinnereso

im working on additional feature for my addon and having issues with the "GetFriendInfo()". Im looking to find a specific friend in friends list and check if they're online before executing code. im currently messing with this sort of thing.

Code:

local savedPlayer = xxx.savedVariables.savedPlayer
if not IsPlayerInGroup(savedPlayer) and IsFriend(savedPlayer) then
	for iD = 1, GetNumFriends() do
		if GetFriendInfo(iD) == (savedPlayer, nil, PLAYER_STATUS_ONLINE, nil) then

the formatting of these keeps messing me up.. ive tried in brackets etc. Any suggestions for something I've missed?

That's not valid Lua syntax.
You need to store each return value you want to compare into a local variable and then compare each of them separately:

Lua Code:

local savedPlayer = xxx.savedVariables.savedPlayer
if not IsPlayerInGroup(savedPlayer) and IsFriend(savedPlayer) then
    for iD = 1, GetNumFriends() do
        local friendName, _, status = GetFriendInfo(iD)
        if friendName == savedPlayer and status == PLAYER_STATUS_ONLINE then

sinnereso · 03/04/23, 02:58 AM

oh cool ty.. but my issue is retriving that data...i can getinfo(somebody) but the specific info like which friend and online status etc from it is confusing me.

Oh i think i get it... and for the info i dont want put _?

*EDIT*

OK got it ty.. its just for a single saved player and your corrections there worked perfectly ty so much!

FlatBadger · 03/04/23, 10:57 AM

No need to loop through anything at all or make additional API calls if you just use the FRIENDS_LIST_MANAGER:FindDataByDisplayName(displayName) - all the info you could ever need is just there for takin.

sirinsidiator · 03/04/23, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by sinnereso

oh cool ty.. but my issue is retriving that data...i can getinfo(somebody) but the specific info like which friend and online status etc from it is confusing me.

Oh i think i get it... and for the info i dont want put _?

*EDIT*

OK got it ty.. its just for a single saved player and your corrections there worked perfectly ty so much!

You could use any variable name, but in Lua the general consent is to name the variables you don't plan to use "_", to make the code more readable.

And as others have mentioned, you do not actually need to loop over the friend data yourself, since ZOS already has a method that does it for you.
You can check the code on github.