# llGetTexture

*LSL function*

```lsl
string string llGetTexture(integer face);
```

- `integer face`: Face number or ALL_SIDES.

- Returns: `string`
- Energy: 10

If the texture is in the prim's inventory, the return value is the inventory name, otherwise the returned value is the texture [UUID](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/UUID).

Returns a [string](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/string) that is the [Blinn-Phong](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/PBR_Materials#nomenclature-changes) diffuse texture on **face**

```lsl title="How to use" frame="terminal"
string result = llGetTexture(0);
```

## Caveats

[NULL_KEY](/constants/NULL_KEY/)

is returned when the [owner](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:LSL_Owner) does not have [full permissions](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:LSL_Permissions/Asset) to the object and the texture is not in the prim's inventory.

- The white texture from the texture picker is "[5748decc-f629-461c-9a36-a35a221fe21f](/constants/TEXTURE_BLANK/)"
- The default texture (plywood) is "[89556747-24cb-43ed-920b-47caed15465f](/constants/TEXTURE_PLYWOOD/)"

## Examples

<details open>
<summary>Example 1</summary>

```lsl
//Tells (on chat) the texture keys / texture names on 6 sides
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        integer i = 0;
        integer max = llGetNumberOfSides();
        while(i < max)
        {
            llSay(0,"Side " + (string)i + " texture is: " + (string)llGetTexture(i));
            ++i;
        }
    }
}
```

</details>

## History

- On 5/15/2005 (give or take a day) `llGetTexture` was changed to check the host object's permissions and if inadequate return

[NULL_KEY](/constants/NULL_KEY/)

.

- http://forums-archive.secondlife.com/54/a1/47066/1.html
- http://forums-archive.secondlife.com/54/09/33388/1.html

## See also

### Functions

- [PrimitiveParams](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:LSL_PrimitiveParams) — [PRIM_TEXTURE](/constants/PRIM_TEXTURE/)
- [llSetTexture](/functions/llSetTexture/)
- [llSetLinkTexture](/functions/llSetLinkTexture/) — Sets link's texture
- [llGetNumberOfSides](/functions/llGetNumberOfSides/) — Gets the number of faces on the prim

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*Source: [LlGetTexture](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlGetTexture) on the Second Life Wiki. Content from the Second Life Wiki articles LlGetTexture (revision 1215657, 2023-11-30), Template:LSL Constant/NULL KEY (revision 59847, 2008-03-24) and Template:LSL Function/face (revision 1175878, 2013-01-06), CC BY-SA 3.0.*

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From lsl.dev: https://lsl.dev/functions/llGetTexture/