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Returns instantly-available information about a specific item.
itemID, itemType, itemSubType, itemEquipLoc, icon, itemClassID, itemSubClassID = GetItemInfoInstant(itemID or "itemString" or "itemName" or "itemLink")
Arguments
One of the following four ways to specify which item to query:
- itemId
- Number - Numeric ID of the item. e.g. 30234 for
[Nordrassil Wrath-Kilt] - itemName
- String - Name of an item owned by the player at some point during this play session, e.g. "Nordrassil Wrath-Kilt".
- itemString
- String - A fragment of the itemString for the item, e.g. "item:30234:0:0:0:0:0:0:0" or "item:30234".
- itemLink
- String - The full itemLink.
Returns
- 1. itemID
- Number - ID of the item.
- 2. itemType
- String : ItemType - The localized type of the item: Armor, Weapon, Quest, Key, etc.
- 3. itemSubType
- String : ItemType - The localized sub-type of the item: Enchanting, Cloth, Sword, etc.
- 4. itemEquipLoc
- String : Enum.InventoryType - The type of inventory equipment location in which the item may be equipped, or "" if it can't be equipped. The string returned is also the name of a global string variable e.g. if "INVTYPE_WEAPONMAINHAND" is returned,
_G["INVTYPE_WEAPONMAINHAND"]will be the localized, displayable name of the location. - 5. icon
- Number : FileID - The icon texture of the icon.
- 6. itemClassID
- Number : ItemType - This is the numerical value that determines the string to display for
itemType - 7. itemSubClassID
- Number : ItemType - This is the numerical value that determines the string to display for
itemSubType
Details
- Though it is not documented, this function apparently returns info available directly in client files. Because of that it returns less data, but have several advantages over GetItemInfo: it always return data, when GetItemInfo can return nil for valid, but not loaded items and it never initiates requests to server, that could be subject to throttling or forced disconnection.
Patch changes
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.
