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WebGLRenderingContext: shaderSource() method

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{{APIRef("WebGL")}}{{AvailableInWorkers}}

The WebGLRenderingContext.shaderSource() method of the WebGL API sets the source code of a {{domxref("WebGLShader")}}.

Syntax

js-nolint
shaderSource(shader, source)

Parameters

  • shader
    • : A {{domxref("WebGLShader")}} object in which to set the source code.
  • source
    • : A string containing the GLSL source code to set.

Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

Exceptions

  • {{jsxref("TypeError")}}
    • : Thrown if the specified shader is not of type WebGLShader.

Examples

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

const source = gl.getShaderSource(shader);

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

  • {{domxref("WebGLRenderingContext.createShader()")}}
  • {{domxref("WebGLRenderingContext.isShader()")}}
  • {{domxref("WebGLRenderingContext.deleteShader()")}}
  • {{domxref("WebGLRenderingContext.getShaderSource()")}}