SuperCleveRoidMacros/docs/CLASSICAPI-TODO.md

ClassicAPI Adoption Backlog

Opportunities to use ClassicAPI (C:\Git\ClassicAPI, see docs/API.md) in SuperCleveRoidMacros. ClassicAPI is a client mod (sibling to nampower/SuperWoW) that backports the modern C_* API into the 1.12.1 client. We already gate nampower behind version detection — every ClassicAPI path below must follow the same pattern: feature-detect, then fall back to the current implementation so users without ClassicAPI are unaffected.

API references are line numbers into C:\Git\ClassicAPI\docs\API.md.

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Tier 1 — high impact (new capabilities, not just refactors)

1. C_UnitAuras — native aura data for any unit

• API: API.md:8670 — GetAuraDataBySpellName(unit, name, filter), GetUnitAuraBySpellID(unit, spellID, filter), GetAuraDataByIndex.

• Returns spellId, dispelName ("Magic"/"Curse"/"Disease"/"Poison"), applications (stacks), duration.

• Unlocks: [dispellable] / [curse] / [magic] target conditionals and spellID-based (rank/locale-proof) aura matching.

• Caveat: expirationTime is only populated for unit=="player"; it's 0 for target/focus (vanilla server limitation). Target debuff timers still need the existing libdebuff tracking — only presence/stacks/school/spellId are reliable cross-unit.

• DONE (slice 1 — dispel-type conditionals): added ClassicAPI.lua detection module (CleveRoids.ClassicAPI, mirrors NampowerAPI's HasMinimumVersion) and the [magic]/[curse]/[disease]/[poison]/ [dispellable] conditionals + negations, backed by C_UnitAuras.GetDebuffDataByIndex(...).dispelName. No-arg booleans, honor @unit, graceful fallback (positive→false, negated→true) when ClassicAPI is absent. Purely additive — the existing ValidateAura path is untouched.

• DONE (slice 2 — buff-side / offensive dispel): UnitHasDispelType now takes a helpful flag (scans GetBuffDataByIndex), exposed as [magicbuff]/[dispellablebuff] + negations — detect a dispellable buff to strip off an enemy (e.g. [harm,magicbuff] Dispel Magic). Magic-only is the practical set since 1.12 offensive dispel removes Magic buffs.

• Follow-ups (still TODO):

  • spellID-based aura matching via GetUnitAuraBySpellID (rank/locale-proof), optionally wired into ValidateAura as a fast path with libdebuff fallback.
  • more reliable cross-unit stacks via applications.
  • class-aware [dispellable] (only types this character can actually remove).
  • optional name filtering on the type keywords (e.g. [magic:Polymorph]).

2. C_Item.GetWeaponEnchantInfo() — temp-enchant IDs

• API: API.md:7159 — returns 12-tuple including enchantID for main/off/ranged.
• Unlocks: detect which temp enchant (poison/oil/sharpening stone) is applied to a weapon, not just that one exists.
• Naming: [poison] is now taken by the target dispel-type conditional (slice 1 above). Use weapon-specific keywords for this — e.g. [mhenchant:<id>] / [ohenchant:<id>] (or [mhpoison:<id>]/[ohpoison:<id>]), not a bare [poison].
• Vanilla's global only reports presence; this is a genuinely new capability (rogue/shaman/enhance).

3. GetUnitSpeed(unit) + IsFalling() / IsSwimming()

• API: API.md:8312, API.md:7629.
• Replaces today: MonkeySpeed addon dependency (which needs SuperWoW UnitPosition) for [moving] — Conditionals.lua:2981.

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Tier 2 — replace custom scanning / extra deps

4. C_Spell.* / GetSpellInfo(spellID)

• API: API.md:6649+ — GetSpellCooldown, IsUsableSpell, IsSpellKnown, SpellHasRange, GetSpellSchool, FindSpellBookSlotByID.
• Replaces today: spellbook scanning via GetSpellName(i, BOOKTYPE_SPELL) (Conditionals.lua:2500) and the Slam-slot hack. Simplifies [known], [usable], range checks.

5. C_Timer.After / NewTicker (+ coroutines)

• API: API.md:8008+.
• Replaces today: manual OnUpdate frames (Core.lua:5082, :80, :460) and the UnitXP aura-cleanup timer (Conditionals.lua:1474).

6. UnitGUID / UnitTokenFromGUID

• API: API.md:8206+.
• Replaces today: SuperWoW GUIDs in ComboPointTracker (ComboPointTracker.lua).
• Verify first: confirm GUID string format matches SuperWoW's before swapping.

7. Native focus token + FocusUnit/ClearFocus + PLAYER_FOCUS_CHANGED

• API: API.md:2624+.
• Replaces today: custom/pfUI focus resolution (Conditionals.lua:5799, :3148). Gives engine-backed @focus for non-pfUI users.

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Tier 3 — situational

• C_NamePlate.GetNamePlates() / nameplateN tokens (API.md:5742+) — alternative to UnitXP enemy enumeration for AoE counting (Conditionals.lua:3099).
• GetShapeshiftFormID() + UPDATE_SHAPESHIFT_FORM (API.md:7792) — cleaner stance/form conditionals.
• CastSpellNoToggle / numeric spellIDs in /cast (API.md:5336+) — rank-specific casting by ID, no-toggle behavior; could back a /cast <spellID>.
• State helpers IsStealthed / IsMounted / UnitStandState (API.md:7574+) — back simple [stealth] / [mounted] / [standing] conditionals.

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Cross-cutting requirement

Gate every ClassicAPI path behind feature-detection with graceful fallback, mirroring the nampower HasMinimumVersion pattern (Conditionals.lua:227):

if C_UnitAuras and C_UnitAuras.GetAuraDataBySpellName then
    -- ClassicAPI path
else
    -- existing libdebuff/tooltip path
end