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Kindle Widget — Help

All options are passed as URL parameters. They persist across auto-refreshes — set them once in the browser address bar and the dashboard keeps them.

URL Parameters

Parameter	What it does	Default
`tz`	Timezone for the clock and calendar. Any IANA timezone string.	`Asia/Kolkata`
`city`	City name for weather (e.g. `London`, `Tokyo`, `New York`).	—
`units`	Temperature unit: `metric` (°C) or `imperial` (°F).	`metric`
`quotes`	Raw URL of a plain-text file with one quote per line (e.g. a GitHub Gist raw URL). Overrides the built-in quote list.	Built-in quotes
`refresh`	Page auto-refresh interval in seconds. Minimum 5.	`60`

Example URLs

Different timezone:
https://kw.dineshdtech.in/?tz=America/New_York

Weather for London in °F:
https://kw.dineshdtech.in/?city=London&units=imperial

Custom quotes from a GitHub Gist:
https://kw.dineshdtech.in/?quotes=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/you/abc123/raw/quotes.txt

Everything together:
https://kw.dineshdtech.in/?tz=Europe/Berlin&city=Berlin&units=metric&quotes=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/you/abc123/raw/quotes.txt&refresh=120

Kindle Tips

Disable auto-sleep (older Kindles): Open the search bar, type ~ds and press Search. The screen will flash once — auto-sleep is now disabled. Type ~ds again to re-enable it.
Paperwhite 10th gen & newer (firmware 5.12+): The ~ds command may not work on these models. Open the search bar and type ;ReadingTimeGoal off and press Search instead.
Keep the browser open: After navigating to the dashboard URL, just leave the Kindle on. The page refreshes itself every 60 seconds (or whatever you set with refresh=).
Dark mode: Activates automatically between 19:00 and 5:00 in your configured timezone.

Custom Quotes (GitHub Gist)

Go to gist.github.com and create a new Gist.
Add one quote per line, save as a public Gist.
Click Raw and copy that URL.
Add ?quotes=<raw-url> to the dashboard URL.