By default, Restream Chat uses appearance parameters stored in the user's token.
The Chat link looks like this:
https://chat.restream.io/embed?token=YOUR_CHAT_TOKEN
You can override chat settings with the following query parameters:
theme - the name of the theme. Values:
any theme listed in theme selector (lowercased, hyphen instead of spaces)
alignment - message insertion place. Values:
top || bottom
msgOpacity - opacity of message background. Values:
1 to 100
chatOpacity - opacity of chat background. Values:
1 to 100
scale - font size modifier. Values:
10 to anything
hideMessages - whether to hide messages or not. Values:
true || false
timeout - hide message delay in seconds. Values:
1 to 180no-welcome - removes "The chat is ready to display messages" confirmation on load
no-congrats - removes chat congratulation message about reaching a certain amount of messages received.
show-avatars - will show avatars in the default chat theme. It will not work with other themes
You can customise chat even more by using Chat CSS. Learn how in this article:
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