Custom Source Parameter

The source parameter gives a technical source name to an audio request. For example, use it to make a newsletter link different from other links.

Analytics count qualifying downloads. They do not count all clicks or identify people. A click without the necessary audio request is not such a download. The value does not show actual listening.

Change a direct audio link

1. Copy the existing audio link from Media File or the download button.
2. Use a short source value with letters, numbers and underscores, such as newsletter_2026.
3. If the URL already contains source=, replace only its value. Do not add a second source parameter.
4. If the URL has no question mark, add ?source=newsletter_2026.
5. If other parameters follow a question mark, add &source=newsletter_2026.

Keep the original host, file path and all other parameters. Edit a copy of the link. Do not use names, email addresses or access credentials as the source value.

Use an embedded web player

First, copy the complete embed code from Podigee. Change only the URL in its data-configuration attribute. Add or change the source parameter with the same rules. Do not change the script address in src.

The example below shows the structure. Do not use it unchanged. Use the configuration and script addresses from your own embed code.

<script src="https://player.podigee-cdn.net/podcast-player/javascripts/podigee-podcast-player.js" data-configuration="https://YOUR-PODCAST.podigee.io/embed.json?context=external&source=newsletter_2026"></script>

Check the result

Before you share the link or player, check that it works. Then check the period and Sources view in analytics. A source value is technical information. It does not show that a person read a newsletter or scanned a QR code.

The source parameter described here is an available adjustment. Do not change other URL parameters or embed code without instructions for that change.