CHAT_MSG_ADDON

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Added in 4.3.4 / 1.13.2

Fires when the client receives an addon message.

CHAT_MSG_ADDON: prefix, text, channel, sender, target, zoneChannelID, localID, name, instanceID

Payload

1. prefix

string - The registered prefix as used in C_ChatInfo.RegisterAddonMessagePrefix()

2. text

string - The message body

3. channel

string - The addon channel's chat type, e.g. "PARTY"

4. sender

string - Player who initiated the message

5. target

string - The channel index and name, e.g. "4. test"; or for the "WHISPER" chat type, same as sender

6. zoneChannelID

number - Seems to be always 0

7. localID

number - The channel index or 0 if not applicable.

8. name

string - The channel name or an empty string if not applicable.

9. instanceID

number - Seems to be always 0

Details

Related API	C_ChatInfo.SendAddonMessage
Related Events	CHAT_MSG_ADDON_LOGGED

Patch changes

Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Added.