WebGLRenderingContext: getShaderSource() method

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The WebGLRenderingContext.getShaderSource() method of the WebGL API returns the source code of a WebGLShader as a string.

Syntax

js

getShaderSource(shader)

Parameters

shader: A WebGLShader object to get the source code from.

Return value

A string containing the source code of the shader.

Examples

js

const shader = gl.createShader(gl.VERTEX_SHADER);
gl.shaderSource(shader, originalSource);

const source = gl.getShaderSource(shader);

Specifications

WebGL Specification

See also