GetLoreBookInfo
ESO Lua API function — used by 30 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 38,404,233 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.
Official signature
GetLoreBookInfo(luaindex categoryIndex, luaindex collectionIndex, luaindex bookIndex)Returns: string title, textureName icon, bool known, integer bookId
Real usage — from LoreBooks
function LoreBooks_GetNewLoreBookInfo(categoryIndex, collectionIndex, bookIndex)
local title, icon, known, bookId = GetLoreBookInfo(categoryIndex, collectionIndex, bookIndex)
Short excerpt from the shipping addon LoreBooks — 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 |
|---|---|
| LoreBooks | 13,090,355 |
| HarvestMap | 9,454,533 |
| Map Pins | 8,061,548 |
| CraftStore | 5,176,147 |
| TraitBuddy | 1,101,730 |
| ESO-Database.com Export AddOn | 272,910 |