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title: "URL Parameters"
weight: 4
summary: A list of all parameters that can be used in the default frontend.
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## URL Parameters

### instance

**Example**: instance=https://pipedapi.kavin.rocks

This parameter can be used to force the frontend to use a specific instance.

### watchHistory

**Example**: watchHistory=true

This parameter can be used to enable saving of watch history in the IndexedDB.

### hl

**Example**: hl=fr

This parameter can be used to set the language to be used by the frontend.

### region

**Example**: region=us

This parameter can be used to set the region to be used when fetching the trending videos.

### theme

**Example**: theme=light

This parameter can be used to set the theme to be used by the frontend.

### playerAutoPlay

**Example**: playerAutoPlay=true

This parameter can be used to control the autoplay of the player on a page's load.

### listen

**Example**: listen=true

This parameter can be used to enable audio-only mode on a particular video.

### quality

**Example**: quality=1080

This parameter can be used to set the quality of the video on a page.

### bufferGoal

**Example**: bufferGoal=120

This parameter sets the buffer goal of the video in seconds.

### minimizeDescription

**Example**: minimizeDescription=true

This parameter can be used to hide the description of a video by default.

### minimizeComments

**Example**: minimizeComments=true

This parameter can be used to hide the list of comments on the bottom, by default.

### minimizeRecommendations

**Example**: minimizeRecommendations=true

This parameter can be used to hide the list of recommendations on the right, by default.

### enabledCodecs

**Example**: av1,vp9,avc

This parameter can be used to set the enabled codecs for the the video player.

### disableLBRY

**Example**: disableLBRY=true

This parameter can be used to disable using LBRY's servers for streaming.

### proxyLBRY

**Example**: proxyLBRY=false

This parameter can be used to use LBRY's servers instead of Google's servers for streaming when available.

### sponsorblock

**Example**: sponsorblock=true

This parameter can be used to enable or disable SponsorBlock on a video.

### selectedSkip

**Example**: selectedSkip=sponsor,intro,outro,preview,interaction,selfpromo,music_offtopic,poi_highlight,filler

This parameter can be used to set the parameters to be used in SponsorBlock.

### volume

**Example**: volume=0.75

This parameter can be used to set the volume of the video player.

### rate

**Example**: rate=2

This parameter can be used to set the playback rate of the video player.

### autoplay

**Example**: autoplay=true

This parameter can be used to set the autoplay of the next video.