WebGLRenderingContext: getShaderParameter() method

The WebGLRenderingContext.getShaderParameter() method of the WebGL API returns information about the given shader.

Syntax

getShaderParameter(shader, pname)

Parameters

shader

A WebGLShader to get parameter information from.

pname

A GLenum specifying the information to query. Possible values:

gl.DELETE_STATUS

Returns a GLboolean indicating whether or not the shader is flagged for deletion.

gl.COMPILE_STATUS

Returns a GLboolean indicating whether or not the last shader compilation was successful.

gl.SHADER_TYPE

Returns a GLenum indicating whether the shader is a vertex shader (gl.VERTEX_SHADER) or fragment shader (gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER) object.

Return value

Returns the requested shader information (as specified with pname).

Examples

gl.getShaderParameter(shader, gl.SHADER_TYPE);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• WebGLRenderingContext.getProgramParameter()