GetCharacterInfo
ESO Lua API function — used by 109 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 23,565,994 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.
Official signature
GetCharacterInfo(luaindex index)Returns: string name, gender, integer level, integer classId, integer raceId, alliance, string id, integer locationId
Real usage — from Inventory Insight
GetCharacterInfo(luaindex index)
Returns: string name,Short excerpt from the shipping addon Inventory Insight — its ESOUI page; the code belongs to its author. Shown because documentation without a working example is half a reference.
Most-downloaded addons using it
| Addon | Total downloads |
|---|---|
| Inventory Insight | 2,763,446 |
| ESO Master Recipe List | 2,130,985 |
| Urich's Skill Point Finder | 1,834,266 |
| pChat (Chat customization & help: look/notification/sound/automation/history) | 1,832,805 |
| LibCharacterKnowledge | 1,771,857 |
| Research Assistant (Find your researchable items) | 1,749,216 |