CHAT_MSG_ADDON

Predicates
SynchronousEvent
Game Types
midnight alpha mainline mists vanilla
Links
GitHub search Globe Townlong Yak Blizzard Docs /api addon Wowprogramming
Patch
Added in 4.3.4 / 1.13.2

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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

Related API	C_ChatInfo.SendAddonMessage
Related Events	CHAT_MSG_ADDON_LOGGED