C_AddOns.GetAddOnInfo

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	C_AddOns.GetAddOnInfo		+ 10.2.0 / 1.15.0
	GetAddOnInfo		+ 1.7.0 / 1.13.2

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name, title, notes, loadable, reason, security, updateAvailable = C_AddOns.GetAddOnInfo(name)

Arguments

name

string|number - The name of the addon to be queried, or an index from 1 to C_AddOns.GetNumAddOns. The state of Blizzard addons can only be queried by name.

Returns

name

string - The name of the AddOn (the folder name).

title

string - The localized title of the AddOn as listed in the .toc file.

notes

string - The localized notes about the AddOn from its .toc file.

loadable

boolean - Indicates if the AddOn is loaded or eligible to be loaded, true if it is, false if it is not.

reason

string - The reason why the AddOn cannot be loaded. This is nil if the addon is loadable, otherwise it contains a string token indicating the reason that can be localized by prepending "ADDON_".

security

string - Indicates the security status of the AddOn. This is currently "INSECURE" for all user provided addons, "SECURE_PROTECTED" for guarded Blizzard addons, and "SECURE" for all other Blizzard AddOns.

updateAvailable

boolean - Not currently used.

Details

• A full list of all reason codes can be found below.

Reason	Message
CORRUPT	Corrupt
DEMAND_LOADED	Only loadable on demand
DEP_BANNED	Dependency banned
DEP_CORRUPT	Dependency corrupt
DEP_DEMAND_LOADED	Dependency only loadable on demand
DEP_DISABLED	Dependency disabled
DEP_EXCLUDED_FROM_BUILD	Dependency excluded from build
DEP_INSECURE	Dependency incompatible
DEP_INTERFACE_VERSION	Dependency insecure
DEP_LOADABLE	Dependency out of date
DEP_MISSING	Dependency missing
DEP_NO_ACTIVE_INTERFACE	Dependency has no active UI
DEP_NOT_AVAILABLE	Dependency not available
DEP_USER_ADDONS_DISABLED	Dependency user addons disabled
DEP_WRONG_ACTIVE_INTERFACE	Dependency has wrong active UI
DEP_WRONG_GAME_TYPE	Dependency has wrong game type
DEP_WRONG_LOAD_PHASE	Dependency has wrong load phase
EXCLUDED_FROM_BUILD	Excluded from build
INSECURE	Insecure
INTERFACE_VERSION	Out of date
MISSING	Missing
NO_ACTIVE_INTERFACE	No active UI
NOT_AVAILABLE	Not available
USER_ADDONS_DISABLED	User addons disabled
WRONG_ACTIVE_INTERFACE	Wrong active UI
WRONG_GAME_TYPE	Wrong game type
WRONG_LOAD_PHASE	Wrong load phase