Get Account Name from Character Name

[Argusus]

Is there a way to get someones "Account Name" (i.e. their @username) from their character name? i'm thinking some function like GetDisplayName() but allows me to pass a parameter to get someone else's account name.

[Ayantir]

The only link you can use between character names and userID are rosters
They are : friendlist, ignorelist (i never tested but it should work), guild rosters.
If the source is not on those lists, you cannot guess the other field

If people is on those list, you can build lookup table and refresh them at every login :

exemple for guild : (some params like GuildNames are not all accessible from events, but it's easier to build guildrosters with Guildnames to void reorganization problems) I didn't show all the code ..

-- Initialises the settings and settings menu
function myAddon.onAddonLoaded(event, addonName)
 
    --Protect
    if addonName ~= myAddon.name then return end
    
    -- Only build Roster at 1st startup
    myAddon.onlyAt1stLaunch = true
    
end
 
-- Triggers when EVENT_PLAYER_ACTIVATED
function myAddon.onPlayerActivated()
    
    -- Only executed a single time
    if myAddon.onlyAt1stLaunch then
    
        myAddon.onlyAt1stLaunch = false
        
        -- Because when onAddonLoaded triggers, guildRoster is not yet ready, createTable() here
        -- Init tables for name conversion
        for guild = 1, GetNumGuilds() do
        
            -- Guildname
            local guildId = GetGuildId(guild)
            local guildName = GetGuildName(guildId)
            
            -- Occurs sometimes
            if(not guildName or (guildName):len() < 1) then
                guildName = "Guild " .. guildId
            end
            
            myAddon.createTable(guildId, guildName)
        
        end
        
    end
    
end
 
 
 
-- Creates the lookup table
function myAddon.createTable(guildId, guildName)
    
    -- Init array for guild
    myAddon.lookup[guildName] = {}
    
    -- Iterate over each guild member
    for member = 1, GetNumGuildMembers(guildId) do
        -- Get account name and character name
        local account = GetGuildMemberInfo(guildId, member)
        local hasChar, character = GetGuildMemberCharacterInfo(guildId, member)
        
        if hasChar and character then
            
            -- Remove extra characters.
            character = zo_strformat(SI_UNIT_NAME, character)
            myAddon.lookup[guildName][account] = character
            
        end
    end
    
end
 
-- Update the lookup table, triggered when EVENT_GUILD_MEMBER_PLAYER_STATUS_CHANGED
function myAddon.updateTable(guildId, guildName, account)
    
    -- Get character name
    for member = 1, GetNumGuildMembers(guildId) do
        if account == GetGuildMemberInfo(guildId, member) then
            
            local hasChar, character = GetGuildMemberCharacterInfo(guildId, member)
            
            if hasChar and character then
                -- Remove extra characters.
                character = zo_strformat(SI_UNIT_NAME, character)
                
                if myAddon.lookup[guildName] then
                    if myAddon.lookup[guildName][account] then
                        myAddon.lookup[guildName][account] = character
                    end
                end
                
            end
            
        end
    end
    
end

[Argusus]

thanks for the detailed response... i'll guess i'll have to go with the roster or friendlist.

[Argusus]

I found the method below for ignore. but I don't see a way to iterate the "IgnoreList" like you can a friends list or guild list.

Ignore
GetNumIgnored()
Returns: integer numIgnored
GetIgnoredInfo(luaindex index)
Returns: string displayName, string note
IsIgnored(string displayName)
Returns: bool isIgnored
AddIgnore(string charOrDisplayName)
RemoveIgnore(string displayName)
SetIgnoreNote(luaindex ignoreIndex, string note)

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by skobyjay I found the method below for ignore. but I don't see a way to iterate the "IgnoreList" like you can a friends list or guild list. Ignore GetNumIgnored() Returns: integer numIgnored GetIgnoredInfo(luaindex index) Returns: string displayName, string note IsIgnored(string displayName) Returns: bool isIgnored AddIgnore(string charOrDisplayName) RemoveIgnore(string displayName) SetIgnoreNote(luaindex ignoreIndex, string note)

There is no function that will return character name for ignored player, but you can probably use ignore list for conversion from character name to display/account name.

local function ConvertToDisplayName(name)
    local displayName
    if IsDecoratedDisplayName(name) then
        displayName = name
    else
        if IsFriend(name) then
            for i, GetNumFriends() do
                local _, characterName = GetFriendCharacterInfo(i)
                if characterName == name then
                    displayName = GetFriendInfo(i)
                    break
                end
            end
        end
        if not displayName then
            if not IsIgnored(name) then
                AddIgnore(name) --add player to the ignore list
                displayName = GetIgnoredInfo(GetNumIgnored()) --get display name of the last added ignored player
                RemoveIgnore(displayName) --remove player from the ignore list
            else
                d("Name is on the ignore list, conversion failed.")
            end
        end
    end
    return displayName
end

Code is untested and probably won't work because there is a limit how often you can use social requests. Maybe adding of some delay between requests can solve the issue.

[Argusus]

awesome!! thanks. i will give this a shot, that looks like exactly what i'm needing.

[Argusus]

this runs good. i think it submits the requests too fast to the API to process I got a "Busy Processing Social requests" or something like that. maybe I need to add a delay in there between the calls to ignore?