WoW API: GetItemIcon

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Return the icon texture for the item.

itemIcon = GetItemIcon(itemID or "itemString" or "itemName" or "itemLink") 

Parameters

Arguments

(itemId or "itemString" or "itemName" or "itemLink")

itemId

Integer - The numeric ID of the item. ie. 12345

itemString

String - The full item ID in string format, e.g. "item:12345:0:0:0:0:0:0:0".

Also supports partial itemStrings, by filling up any missing ":x" value with ":0", e.g. "item:12345:0:0:0"

itemName

String - The Name of the Item, ex: "Hearthstone"

The item must have been equiped, in your bags or in your bank once in this session for this to work.

itemLink

String - The itemLink, when Shift-Clicking items.

Returns

"itemIcon"

itemIcon

String - The name and path of the icon texture of the item.

Example

local itemIcon = GetItemIcon("item:6948")
print("itemIcon :", itemIcon)

itemIcon = GetItemIcon("Hearthstone")
print("itemIcon :", itemIcon)

itemIcon = GetItemIcon(6948)
print("itemIcon :", itemIcon)

Result

prints Hearthstone icon 3 times - "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_Rune_01".

Common usage

local itemIcon = GetItemIcon(link)