Identifying items - different methods?

[DerVagabund]

Hello,

currently I use item names in order to recognize items - but this is not very well suited for different languages because of different translations. Is there another way how to identify item without using the name? As for the documentation of API functions I did not find any method that gives me an ID for a given item, except the lootid, which is per session and not unique to special items. What I would like to have would be at least for crafting mats an id I can use instead of the material name.

I am open for any suggestions

Thanks,
best regards,
DV