API GetTradePlayerItemLink

Returns the item link for an item in the trade window. chatItemLink = GetTradePlayerItemLink(ID);

• ID:numeric - index value of the "player's" (your character) trade slots (starts at 1 and proceeds to 6. 7 may be used for the will-not-be-traded-slot.)

• chatItemLink: - a string that can be used to link items in the chat log

for i = 1, 7 do chatItemLink = GetTradePlayerItemLink(i); end

-- Function: extractItemLinkFromChatItemLink Purpose: gets an item link string from a chat item link string Note: don't ask questions, it works function extractItemLinkFromChatItemLink(message) local _, _, _, _itemLink = string.find(message, "(|H(.+)|h)"); _, _, _itemLink = string.find(_itemLink, "(.-|h)"); return _itemLink; end

• Remember, chatItemLink(s) are different than itemLink parameters needed by many APIs. To properly extract an itemLink from a chatItemLink, here is a neat function:

• Here is a chatItemLink Example:

|cffffffff|Hitem:3771:0:0:0|h[Wild Hog Shank]|h|r

• Here is an itemLink Example:

item:3771:0:0:0