C_PetJournal.FindPetIDByName

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Added in 5.1.0 / 1.15.0

Returns pet species and GUID by pet name.

speciesId, petGUID = C_PetJournal.FindPetIDByName(petName)

Arguments

petName

string - Name of the pet to find species/GUID of.

Returns

speciesId

number - Species ID of the first battle pet (or species) with the specified name, nil if no such pet exists.

petGUID

string - GUID of the first battle pet collected by the player with the specified name, nil if the player has not collected any pets with the specified name.

Patch changes

Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): Added.