[runamonk]

You can parse the item level out of the tooltip, that is accurate. That's what we're all doing at this point.

function mnkDurability.GetItemLevel(slotID)
    local tip = CreateFrame("GameTooltip", "scanTip", UIParent, "GameTooltipTemplate")
    tip:ClearLines()
    tip:SetOwner(UIParent,"ANCHOR_NONE")
    tip:SetInventoryItem("player", slotID)
    for i=1, 5 do
        local l = _G["scanTipTextLeft"..i]:GetText()
        if l and l:find('Item Level') then
            local _, i = string.find(l, 'Item Level%s%d')
            -- check for boosted levels ie Chromeie scenarios.
            local _, x = string.find(l, " (", 1, true)
            --print(t, ' ', x)
            if x then
                return string.sub(l, i, x-2) or '-'
            end
            return string.sub(l, i) or -'-'            
        end 
    end
 
    return '-'
end