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OpenGL 4
OpenGL ES 3

# glGetProgramInterface

## Name

glGetProgramInterface — query a property of an interface in a program

## C Specification

`void glGetProgramInterfaceiv(` | GLuint program,
| GLenum programInterface,
| GLenum pname,
| GLint * params`)`;

## Parameters

`program`

  The name of a program object whose interface to query.

`programInterface`

  A token identifying the interface within `program` to query.

`pname`

  The name of the parameter within `programInterface` to query.

`params`

  The address of a variable to retrieve the value of `pname` for the program interface.

## Description

`glGetProgramInterfaceiv` queries the property of the interface identifed by `programInterface` in `program`, the property name of which is given by `pname`.

`program` must be the name of an existing program object. `programInterface` is the name of the interface within `program` to query and must be one of the following values:

`GL_UNIFORM`

  The query is targeted at the set of active uniforms within `program`.

`GL_UNIFORM_BLOCK`

  The query is targeted at the set of active uniform blocks within `program`.

`GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER`

  The query is targeted at the set of active atomic counter buffer binding points within `program`.

`GL_PROGRAM_INPUT`

  The query is targeted at the set of active input variables used by the first shader stage of `program`. If `program` contains multiple shader stages then input variables from any stage other than the first will not be enumerated.

`GL_PROGRAM_OUTPUT`

  The query is targeted at the set of active output variables produced by the last shader stage of `program`. If `program` contains multiple shader stages then output variables from any stage other than the last will not be enumerated.

`GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_VARYING`

  The query is targeted at the set of output variables from the last non-fragment stage of `program` that would be captured if transform feedback were active.

`GL_BUFFER_VARIABLE`

  The query is targeted at the set of active buffer variables used by `program`.

`GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCK`

  The query is targeted at the set of active shader storage blocks used by `program`.

`GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_BUFFER`

  The query is targeted at the set of active buffer binding points to which output variables in the `GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_VARYING` interface are written.

`pname` identifies the property of `programInterface` to return in `params`.

If `pname` is `GL_ACTIVE_RESOURCES`, the value returned is the number of resources in the active resource list for `programInterface`. If the list of active resources for `programInterface` is empty, zero is returned.

If `pname` is `GL_MAX_NAME_LENGTH`, the value returned is the length of the longest active name string for an active resource in `programInterface`. This length includes an extra character for the null terminator. If the list of active resources for `programInterface` is empty, zero is returned. It is an error to specify `GL_MAX_NAME_LENGTH` when `programInterface` is `GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER`, as active atomic counter buffer resources are not assigned name strings.

If `pname` is `GL_MAX_NUM_ACTIVE_VARIABLES`, the value returned is the number of active variables belonging to the interface block or atomic counter buffer resource in `programInterface` with the most active variables. If the list of active resources for `programInterface` is empty, zero is returned. When `pname` is `GL_MAX_NUM_ACTIVE_VARIABLES`, `programInterface` must be `GL_UNIFORM_BLOCK`, `GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER`, or `GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCK`.

## Errors

`GL_INVALID_ENUM` is generated if `identifier` is not one of the accepted object types.

`GL_INVALID_VALUE` is generated if `program` is not the name of an existing program object.

`GL_INVALID_OPERATION` is generated if `pname` is `GL_MAX_NAME_LENGTH` and `programInterface` is `GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER` or `GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_BUFFER`, since active atomic counter and transform feedback buffer resources are not assigned name strings.

`GL_INVALID_OPERATION` error is generated if `pname` is `GL_MAX_NUM_ACTIVE_VARIABLES` and `programInterface` is not `GL_UNIFORM_BLOCK`, `GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCK`, `GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER`, or `GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_BUFFER`.

## Associated Gets

glGet with argument `GL_MAX_LABEL_LENGTH`.

## API Version Support

| OpenGL ES API Version
--- | ---
Function Name | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.1
`glGetProgramInterfaceiv` | - | - | ✔

## See Also

glGetProgramResourceName, glGetProgramResourceIndex, glGetProgramResourceLocation, glGetProgramResourceiv.

## Copyright

Copyright © 2012-2014 Khronos Group. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999. https://opencontent.org/openpub/.

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