Show Faction/Race icons in chat

api/api.lua

@@ -262,6 +262,45 @@ function pfUI.api.GetUnitColor(unitstr)
   return classColor:GenerateHexColorMarkup(), classColor:GetRGB()
 end
 
+-- [ GetRaceIcon ]
+-- Builds an inline race icon texture from the shared races atlas.
+-- 'raceKey'    [string]        englishRace key (e.g. "NightElf")
+-- 'sex'        [int]           unit sex (3 = female)
+-- return:      [string]        inline texture escape, or an empty string
+function pfUI.api.GetRaceIcon(raceKey, sex)
+  if not raceKey then return "" end
+  local gender = sex == 3 and "FEMALE" or "MALE"
+  local coords = RACE_ICON_TCOORDS[strupper(raceKey) .. "_" .. gender]
+  if not coords then return "" end
+  return string.format(
+    "|TInterface\\Glues\\CharacterCreate\\UI-CharacterCreate-Races:0:0:0:0:512:512:%d:%d:%d:%d|t",
+    coords[1] * 512, coords[2] * 512, coords[3] * 512, coords[4] * 512)
+end
+
+-- inline faction emblems (cropped from the target-frame PvP banners)
+local FACTION_ICON = {
+  Alliance = "|TInterface\\TargetingFrame\\UI-PVP-Alliance:0:0:0:0:64:64:5:37:3:35|t",
+  Horde    = "|TInterface\\TargetingFrame\\UI-PVP-Horde:0:0:0:0:64:64:5:37:3:35|t",
+}
+
+-- [ GetFactionIcon ]
+-- Resolves an inline faction emblem from the englishRace key stored in L["race"].
+-- 'raceKey'    [string]        englishRace key (e.g. "Orc")
+-- return:      [string]        inline texture escape, or an empty string
+function pfUI.api.GetFactionIcon(raceKey)
+  local info = raceKey and L["race"][raceKey]
+  if not info then return "" end
+  return FACTION_ICON[info.faction] or ""
+end
+
+-- [ GetPlayerRaceIcons ]
+-- Returns the faction and race emblems of the player character.
+-- return:      [string]        both inline textures, or an empty string
+function pfUI.api.GetPlayerRaceIcons()
+  local _, raceKey = UnitRace("player")
+  return pfUI.api.GetFactionIcon(raceKey) .. pfUI.api.GetRaceIcon(raceKey, UnitSex("player"))
+end
+
 -- [ strvertical ]
 -- Creates vertical text using linebreaks. Multibyte char friendly.
 -- 'str'        [string]        String to columnize.