UnitAura/UnitBuff/UnitDebuff changes in BfA

[Lyak]

Hi all,

Before BfA, I was able to check whether the specific buff/debuff exists or not by following lines of code.

function eventFunction:UNIT_AURA(spellID)
    local spellName = GetSpellInfo(spellID);
 
    local _, _, count, _, duration, expiration = UnitBuff("player", spellName);
 
    if (duration) then
        -- Buff exists, do something
    else
        -- Buff does not exist, do something
    end
end

But, since the querying with spell name is gone from BfA, what would be the best way to achieve the same behavior?

I currently have the following tho...

function eventFunction:UNIT_AURA(id)
    for i = 1, BUFF_MAX_DISPLAY do
        local _, _, count, _, duration, expiratio, _, _, _, spellID = UnitBuff("player", i);
 
        if (id == spellID) then
            if (duration) then
                -- Buff exists, do something
 
                return; -- Buff found, no need to iterate any further
            end
        end
    end
 
    -- Buff does not exist, do something
end

Do I really have to loop through all the buffs to check?