C_Item.GetItemInfoInstant

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	C_Item.GetItemInfoInstant		+ 10.2.6
	GetItemInfoInstant		+ 7.0.3 / 1.13.2

Returns readily available info for an item.

itemID, itemType, itemSubType, itemEquipLoc, icon, classID, subClassID = C_Item.GetItemInfoInstant(itemInfo)

Arguments

item

number|string : Item ID, Link or Name

• Accepts any valid item ID.
• Accepts an item link, or minimally in item:%d format.
• Accepts a localized item name but this requires the item to be or have been in the player's inventory (bags/bank) for that session.

Returns

itemID

number - ID of the item.

itemType

string : ItemType - The localized type name of the item: Armor, Weapon, Quest, etc.

itemSubType

string : ItemType - The localized sub-type name of the item: Bows, Guns, Staves, etc.

itemEquipLoc

string : ItemEquipLoc - The inventory equipment location in which the item may be equipped e.g. "INVTYPE_HEAD", or an empty string if it cannot be equipped.

icon

number : fileID - The texture for the item icon.

classID

number : ItemType - The numeric ID of itemType

subClassID

number : ItemType - The numeric ID of itemSubType

Details

• This function only returns info that don't require a query to the server. Which has the advantage over GetItemInfo() it will always return data for valid items.

Example

• Prints item information for  [Silk Cloth]

/dump GetItemInfoInstant(4306)

[1] = 4306,         -- itemID
[2] = "Tradeskill", -- itemType
[3] = "Cloth",      -- itemSubType
[4] = "",           -- itemEquipLoc
[5] = 132905,       -- icon
[6] = 7,            -- classID
[7] = 5             -- subclassID

Patch changes

Patch 10.2.6 (2024-03-19): Namespaced to C_Item.GetItemInfoInstant.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.