ESODecoded

GetJournalQuestStepInfo

ESO Lua API function — used by 28 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 12,265,079 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

GetJournalQuestStepInfo(luaindex journalQuestIndex, luaindex stepIndex)

Returns: string journalText, :nilable visibility, comparisonType, string trackerOverrideText, integer numConditions

Real usage — from Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafter

    for stepIndex = QUEST_MAIN_STEP_INDEX, GetJournalQuestNumSteps(questIndex) do
        local a, visibility, stepType, stepOverrideText, conditionCount = GetJournalQuestStepInfo(questIndex, stepIndex)
        if visibility == nil or visib

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
Ravalox' Quest Tracker1,460,568
CookeryWiz239,380
FCM Quest Tracker199,980
LibCraftText167,985
Community Leveling Guides161,490