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:
// 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
XIVDB Icons can be obtained via: https://secure.xivdb.com/img/game/{id path}
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:
The XIVDB icons are not always available, when a new patch comes out it is difficult to get the latest icons.