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C_CurrencyInfo.GetCurrencyInfo

Blizzard removed the texture path argument from GetCurrencyInfo() when they changed it over to C_CurrencyInfo.GetCurrencyInfo(). I'm trying to create fontstrings for currencies and can't find a way to get the filePath from textureID/FileID for anything. Any suggestions?

I think you can use the id number in place of an actual path based on Blizzard's code:

Lua Code:

function CreateTextureMarkup(file, fileWidth, fileHeight, width, height, left, right, top, bottom, xOffset, yOffset)
    return ("|T%s:%d:%d:%d:%d:%d:%d:%d:%d:%d:%d|t"):format(
          file
        , height
        , width
        , xOffset or 0
        , yOffset or 0
        , fileWidth
        , fileHeight
        , left * fileWidth
        , right * fileWidth
        , top * fileHeight
        , bottom * fileHeight
    );
end
 
function GetCurrencyString(currencyID, overrideAmount, colorCode, abbreviate)
    colorCode = colorCode or HIGHLIGHT_FONT_COLOR_CODE;
 
    local currencyInfo = C_CurrencyInfo.GetCurrencyInfo(currencyID);
    if currencyInfo then
        local currencyTexture = currencyInfo.iconFileID;
        local markup = CreateTextureMarkup(currencyTexture, 64, 64, 16, 16, 0, 1, 0, 1);
        local amountString;
        if abbreviate then
            amountString = AbbreviateNumbers(overrideAmount or currencyInfo.quantity);
        else
            amountString = BreakUpLargeNumbers(overrideAmount or currencyInfo.quantity);
        end
        return ("%s%s %s|r"):format(colorCode, amountString, markup);
    end
 
    return "";
end

It was not removed, it was converted to a fileID instead back in I believe Legion. Then, Shadowlands converted the function to return a table. The fileID is under the key "iconFileID".

https://wow.gamepedia.com/API_C_Curr...etCurrencyInfo

The following code will print "You have ## of Soul Ash" in chat with the Soul Ash icon right before the name.

Lua Code:

local data = C_CurrencyInfo.GetCurrencyInfo(1828)
 
if data.name and tonumber(data.quantity) then
    local color = data.quality and ITEM_QUALITY_COLORS[data.quality].hex or ""
    local message = "You have " .. data.quantity .. " of " .. (data.iconFileID and "|T"..data.iconFileID..":12|t" or "") .. color .. data.name .. "|r"
    DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(message)
end

Thanks for the help.

@Kanegasi; Yeah I know they swapped over to ID, perhaps removed was the wrong word but you knew what I meant. I didn't even try to put the FileID in the fontstring, now I feel like an idiot, lol.