Handle skype message using Ruby

Question

Is there any library that allows to handle Skype messages using Ruby?

Answer 1

There are currently two ways of accessing the Skype network in a sanctioned manner. The first is the Skype Public API, which requires talking to the official Skype client running on a local machine. The other is SkypeKit which I am led to believe has a very restrictive agreement attached to it.

SkypeKit for ruby is available as a gem here.

The following is historical only; Skype no longer supports the Public API for their client. I have also been working on a Ruby wrapper around the Skype Public API. It's far from finished at the moment but supports Windows and Linux currently (OSX should be easy to implement as well, however I currently don't have a Mac) and allows you to connect and send commands to Skype manually. Long term the entire API will be wrapped.

In the interests of full disclosure, there seem to be a few other projects hanging around too, however they seem to only target a single platform and the ones I found seem to be abandonware at the moment.

Answer 2

You can use the RestClient gem and the tropo.com service to send and receive Skype IMs. See the documentation for their REST api here:

https://www.tropo.com/docs/scripting/message.htm?search=skype#anchor

They're currently not charging for the service that sends/receives instant messages.

Answer 3

Take a look at this: http://rubyforge.org/projects/skyperapper

If you are using JRuby http://skype.sourceforge.jp/ might be a better option

For the public API doc: http://developer.skype.com/accessories

Answer 4

libpurple have a plugin for Skype, but this is not easy to Setup.

Unfortunately, Skype protocol is closed & encripted, so there are no good libs out there.