ffxiv-datamining/docs/IconPaths.md

# FFXIV Icon Paths

The path for icons are very funky, depending on the icon number you need to format the path very specifically, here is a function that does it in PHP which should be easy to translate into other languages:

```php
// Is the number 6 or more characters?
$extended = (strlen($number) >= 6);

// get icon based on number size, prepend 0 if its below 6 characters.
$icon = $extended 
  ? str_pad($number, 5, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT) 
  : '0' . str_pad($number, 5, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT);
  
// build path, take values [0, 1, 2] from the number, add 000 for extended
// for non extended start with 0 and add [1,2] + 000 for path.
$path = $extended 
  ? $icon[0] . $icon[1] . $icon[2] .'000' 
  : '0'. $icon[1] . $icon[2] .'000';
```

The result would be:

- `26039`
- Is less than 5? **yes**
- Folder: `0 26 000` (the 0 we prepended)
- Filename: `026039`
- Result: /026000/026039.png ![Icon!](https://secure.xivdb.com/img/game/026000/026039.png)

XIVDB Icons can be obtained via: `https://secure.xivdb.com/img/game/{id path}`

# XIVDB Icons

> Items only.

It's possible to obtain icons based on their in-game ID, for example:

- Word of the Magnate Replica = `16923`
- Take first number for folder: `1`
- Path: `/img/game_local/ 1 / 16923 .jpg`
- Result: ![Icon!](https://secure.xivdb.com/img/game_local/1/16923.jpg)

The XIVDB icons are not always available, when a new patch comes out it is difficult to get the latest icons.