ESODecoded

GetItemLinkItemType

ESO Lua API function — used by 218 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 97,691,598 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

GetItemLinkItemType(string itemLink)

Returns: itemType, specializedItemType

Real usage — from Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafter

local function numPotEffects(link)
	local typei= GetItemLinkItemType(link)
	if typei == ITEMTYPE_POTION or typei == ITEMTYPE_POISON then else return 0 end

Short excerpt from the shipping addon Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafterits ESOUI page; the code belongs to its author. Shown because documentation without a working example is half a reference.

Most-downloaded addons using it

AddonTotal downloads
Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafter9,498,314
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LibLazyCrafting6,538,592
Tamriel Trade Centre5,234,232
CraftStore5,176,147