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GetJournalQuestInfo

ESO Lua API function — used by 69 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 29,648,546 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

GetJournalQuestInfo(luaindex journalQuestIndex)

Returns: string questName, string backgroundText, string activeStepText, integer activeStepType, string activeStepTrackerOverrideText, bool completed, bool tracked, integer questLevel, bool pushed, integer questType, zoneDisplayType

Real usage — from Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafter

			if (GetJournalQuestType(i) == QUEST_TYPE_CRAFTING or GetJournalQuestType(i) == QUEST_TYPE_HOLIDAY_EVENT ) and GetJournalQuestRepeatType(i)==QUEST_REPEAT_DAILY then
				local _, _, _, _, _, completed = GetJournalQuestInfo(i)
				local rew

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
Map Pins8,061,548
CraftStore5,176,147
WritWorthy2,484,332
Ravalox' Quest Tracker1,460,568
Votan's Improved Quests557,578