`GetString`

ESO Lua API function — used by 1,111 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 230,547,018 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

GetString(string stringVariablePrefix, integer contextId)

Returns: string stringValue

Real usage — from LoreBooks

  local pinTag = mapPinObject.m_PinTag
  local title = pinTag.pinName or GetString(LBOOKS_BOOKSHELF)
  local icon = GetPinTextureBookshelf(mapPinObject)

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
SkyShards	12,943,031
HarvestMap	9,454,533
Destinations	8,211,449
Map Pins	8,061,548
Action Duration Reminder	6,522,011