GetPlayerInfoByGUID

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Added in 3.2.0 / 1.13.2

Returns character info for another player from their GUID.

localizedClass, englishClass, localizedRace, englishRace, sex, name, realmName = GetPlayerInfoByGUID(guid)

Arguments

guid

string - The GUID of the player you're querying.

Returns

localizedClass

string - Localized class name.

englishClass

string - Localization-independent class name.

localizedRace

string - Localized race name.

englishRace

string - Localization-independent race name.

sex

number - Gender ID of the character. 2 for male, or 3 for female.

name

string - The name of the character.

realmName

string - Normalized realm name of the character. Returns an empty string if the character is from the same realm as the player.

Example

• When used on yourself.

/dump UnitGUID("target"), GetPlayerInfoByGUID(UnitGUID("target"))

> "Player-1096-06DF65C1", "Priest", "PRIEST", "Human", "Human", 3, "Xiaohuli", ""

• When used on a player from another realm, in this case from the same connected realm.

> "Player-1096-0971D0BE", "Monk", "MONK", "Night Elf", "NightElf", 2, "Coldbits", "DarkmoonFaire"

Patch changes

Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Added.