---
title: "Live Custom URL"
slug: "custom-url"
description: "Change live URL parameters to include user names for new sessions. Learn how to format names in URLs for seamless integration in live calls."
updated: 2022-01-25T21:26:49Z
published: 2022-01-25T21:26:49Z
canonical: "docs.screenmeet.com/custom-url"
---

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# Custom URL

**Purpose**: Change the live URL parameters to include user names as part of the url for starting a new session

After the session pin, append &name= and then the user’s name to the end of the URL. The Live call will receive the name from the URL, update the name input field in the lobby and then remove the name from the URL.

Here are some examples including first name, both names and using initials. (When using a space in the names, we require the space be replaced with ‘%20` to properly encode the URL.

**Both names**:

http://live.screenmeet.com/?aAJHacxMqvek&name=Bill%20Person

**First name and Last initial**:

http://live.screenmeet.com/?aAJHacxMqvek&name=Bill%20P

**First Name only**:

http://live.screenmeet.com/?aAJHacxMqvek&name=Bill