API GetItemInfo

GetItemInfo -Documentation by Darjk-

Return information about a specific item.

args = GetItemInfo(itemID | "itemString");

Parameters

Arguments

(itemID or "itemString")

itemID: Integer - The numeric ID of the item. ie. 12345
"itemString": String - The full item ID in string format. ie. "item:12345:0:0:0"

Returns

itemName, itemLink, itemRarity, itemMinLevel, itemType, itemSubType, itemStackCount, itemEquipLoc, itemTexture

itemName: String - The name of the item.
itemLink: String - The item link ie. "item:12345:0:0:0".
itemRarity: Integer - The value is 0 to 6, which represents Poor to Artifact.
itemMinLeveL: Integer - The minimum level required to use the item, 0 being no level requirement.
itemType: String - The type of the item. Armor, Weapon, Quest, Key, etc.
itemSubType: String - The sub type of the item. Enchanting, Cloth, Sword, etc.
itemStackCount: Integer - How many of the item per stack. ie. 20 for Runecloth, 1 for weapon, 100 for Alterac Ram Hide, etc.
itemEquipLoc: String - Equip location of the item specified. The string contains the name a global string variable, such as "INVTYPE_HEAD", which contains the localized name of the location.
itemTexture: String - The name and path for the inventory icon texture for the item.

Example

local sName, sLink, iQuality, iLevel, sType, sSubType, iCount = GetItemInfo(16846);
message(sName..","..iQuality..","..sType..","..iCount);

Result

Message box will pop-up with - "Giantstalker's Helmet,4,Armor,1".

Details

This function will ONLY retrieve data that is in your local cache.

If you have never seen the item that belongs to the Item ID or Item Link it will return nil.

All string returns (itemName, itemType, itemSubType, itemEquipLoc(until 1.9)) are localized.

itemString is a subset of an item's link, not the actual link returned from functions like GetContainerItemLink()

Common usage

function GetItemInfoFromItemLink(link)
 local itemId = nil;
 if ( type(link) == "string" ) then
  _,_, itemId = string.find(link, "item:(%d+):");
 end
 if ( itemId ) then
  return = GetItemInfo(itemId);
 end
end

local link = FunctionThatGetsItemLink(arg1, arg2);
local itemName, itemLink, itemQuality, itemLevel, itemType, itemSubType, itemCount, itemTexture 
  = GetItemInfoFromItemLink(link);
-- do stuff with the info.

Most people want to know how to get the item code needed to get item information (among them, me) so I decided to add it here. Sarf

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