C_Spell.GetSpellInfo

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Added in 11.0.0

Returns spell info.

spellInfo = C_Spell.GetSpellInfo(spellIdentifier)

Arguments

spellIdentifier

number|string|link - New "spellIdentifier" parameter type accepts a Spell ID, name, name(subtext), or link.

Returns

spellInfo

SpellInfo

Field	Type	Description
name	string	The localized name of the spell
iconID	number	fileID - The spell icon texture
originalIconID	number	fileID - The original icon texture for this spell
castTime	number	Cast time in milliseconds, or 0 for instant spells
minRange	number	Minimum range of the spell, or 0 if not applicable
maxRange	number	Maximum range of the spell, or 0 if not applicable
spellID	number	The ID of the spell

Details

• The player's form or stance may affect return values on relevant spells, such as a warlock's Corruption spell transforming to Doom while Metamorphosis is active.
• When dealing with base spells that have been overridden by another spell, the iconID return will represent the icon of the overriding spell, and originalIconID the icon of the base spell.
  • For example, if a Rogue has learned [Gloomblade] then any queries for [Backstab] will yield Gloomblades' icon as the iconID return, and the original icon for Backstab would be exposed through the originalIconID return value.

Example

/dump C_Spell.GetSpellInfo(2061) -- [1]={castTime=1317, name="Flash Heal", minRange=0, originalIconID=135907, iconID=135907, maxRange=40, spellID=2061}

Some spell data - such as subtext and description - are load on demand. You can use SpellMixin:ContinueOnSpellLoad() to asynchronously query the data.

local spell = Spell:CreateFromSpellID(139)

spell:ContinueOnSpellLoad(function()
	local name = spell:GetSpellName()
	local desc = spell:GetSpellDescription()
	print(name, desc) -- "Renew", "Fill the target with faith in the light, healing for 295 over 15 sec."
end)

Patch changes

Patch 11.0.0 (Beta): Added, replacement for GetSpellInfo and C_SpellBook.GetSpellInfo.