WebGLRenderingContext: getShaderSource() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
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
WebGLShaderobject 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
| Specification |
|---|
| WebGL Specification # 5.14.9 |
Browser compatibility
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