Owner names on pets/vehicles

[v6o]

I'm currently doing this for raid members but not sure how to do it on other units.

if string.find(unit, "raidpet%d") then
	self.Name:SetText(UnitName(string.gsub(unit, "raidpet", "raid")))
end

[jadakren]

i don't suppose you have tried matching for the generic 'pet' term, instead of the specific 'raidpet' term.

 print(("raidpet3"):gmatch("pet(%d)")())

[v6o]

My code works for group members (party / raid) i'm looking for a way to do it on, for example, target.

Would it require a tooltip scan or how do people do it?

[SDPhantom]

Unless a valid UnitID points to the pet's owner, there's no way to get info about that unit other than getting their name from the pet's tooltip.

Note that there is no UnitID that refers to a pet's owner directly, you'll have to find it through party/raid or target/focus.

[acapela]

FYI, Aloft uses a tooltip scan for these things (for unit "Comments", such as appear on vendors, as well as pet ownership; don't know about vehicles).

[v6o]

Not being the best coder but I got it to work
If anyone notice some flaws and know if this is in need of optimization then I'd be grateful if you pointed it out

CreateFrame("GameTooltip", "oufscan")
oufscan:SetOwner(WorldFrame, "ANCHOR_NONE")
oufscan:AddFontStrings(
	oufscan:CreateFontString("$parentTextLeft1", nil, "GameTooltipText"),
	oufscan:CreateFontString("$parentTextRight1", nil, "GameTooltipText")
)

local function UnitIsPet(unit)
	local guidtype = tonumber(strsub(UnitGUID(unit),5,5),16)%8
	if guidtype==4 then return true end
	return false
end

local function GetPetOwner(unit)
	oufscan:SetUnit(unit)
	local name = strmatch(oufscanTextLeft2:GetText(), ("(.+)'"))
	oufscan:ClearLines()
	if name then return name end
	return nil
end