Get gear item level question?

[Codger]

I'm working on an addon and I want to report the gear item level but I'm having trouble with
lua errors when I attempt it.

Here's what I'm doing:

local slotID = GetInventorySlotInfo(Headslot)
--this works, returning a 1

local ilvl = C_Item.GetCurrentItemLevel(slotID)
--This fails (*temporary) = "bad argument #1 to '?' (Usage: local currentItemLevel = C_Item.GetCurrentItemLevel(itemLocation))"

I obviously don't have the correct itemLocation but not sure how to find that.
I'm currently attempting to get the gear level when I open the mailbox but I could change this
to use the character screen, just not sure what event triggers when I open it.

I think I have a solution now. Here is what I'm doing...oops not quite - numbers don't match character screen??

local function getGearItemLvl(slotName)
    print("getGearItemLvl("..slotName..")")
    local slotId, texture, checkRelic = GetInventorySlotInfo(slotName)
    local itemId = GetInventoryItemID("player", slotId)    
    if (itemId ~= nil) then
        local name, _, quality, iLevel, reqLevel, class, subclass, maxStack, equipSlot, texture, vendorPrice = GetItemInfo(itemId)
        print("getGearItemLvl("..slotName.." is "..iLevel..")")
    end
end

[Fizzlemizz]

C_Item.GetCurrentItemLevel requires an ItemLocationMixin not slotID

local slotID = GetInventorySlotInfo(Headslot)
local itemLocation = ItemLocation:CreateFromEquipmentSlot(slotID)
local lvl = C_Item.GetCurrentItemLevel(itemLocation)

[Xrystal]

Oh, thanks for reminding me of that change. I haven't updated my item level addon in ages as I forgot that was added a while back.

Nevermind, I already updated to Dragonflight with no issues. Either I didn't need to use that function or I added it. But it did remind me of something I was envisioning adding to it at some point.

[Fizzlemizz]

You never know what 11 may bring to the table

[Codger]

Thank you for the help.
It's working now... had a bit of trouble with empty slots and used a clunky workaround by looking at the texture. I'm sure there must be a better way to detect an empty slot but haven't found it yet.
Here's what I have now...

local function getGearItemLvl(slotName)
    local lvl = 0
    local slotID, texture, checkRelic = GetInventorySlotInfo(slotName)
    if (slotID ~= nil) then
        if (texture ~= 136525) then
            local itemLocation = ItemLocation:CreateFromEquipmentSlot(slotID)
            if (itemLocation ~= nil) then
                lvl = C_Item.GetCurrentItemLevel(itemLocation)
            end
        end    
    end
    --print("getGearItemLvl("..slotName..") " .. "  slotID: " .. slotID .. "  itemlevel: " .. lvl)
    return format("%s", lvl)
end

[Fizzlemizz]

C_Item.DoesItemExist

local slotID = GetInventorySlotInfo(Headslot)
local itemLocation = ItemLocation:CreateFromEquipmentSlot(slotID)
if C_Item.DoesItemExist(itemLocation) then
    local lvl = C_Item.GetCurrentItemLevel(itemLocation)
    -- ...
end

[Codger]

Thank you for your help!!
It's working the way I want now.

local function getGearItemLvl(slotName)
    local lvl = 0
    if (slotName ~= nil) then
        local slotID, texture, checkRelic = GetInventorySlotInfo(slotName)
        --print("getGearItemLvl    " .. slotID .. "     " .. texture .. "     " .. tostring(checkRelic))
        if (slotID ~= nil) then
            local itemLocation = ItemLocation:CreateFromEquipmentSlot(slotID)
            if C_Item.DoesItemExist(itemLocation) then
                lvl = C_Item.GetCurrentItemLevel(itemLocation)
            end
        end
    end
    --print("getGearItemLvl("..slotName..") " .. "  slotID: " .. slotID .. "  itemlevel: " .. lvl)
    return format("%s", lvl)
end

For anyone that needs this the slotName is one of "HeadSlot", "NeckSlot", "ShoulderSlot", "BackSlot"...

[Fizzlemizz]

Originally Posted by Codger For anyone that needs this the slotName is one of "HeadSlot", "NeckSlot", "ShoulderSlot", "BackSlot"...

For completeness: List of Slot IDs