Reputation: 15358

Can I embed Skype Chat into my website

I'd like to embed a skype chat box into my website. Is that possible? I'm running a LAMP architecture but am open to using a different vps if needed

Upvotes: 34

Answers (6)

Heroselohim

Reputation: 1291

UPDATED 2019-11-23

Skype Webcontrol has been removed from the Microsoft platform. Could be related to the release of Skype for Web.

In this moment it's strongly recommended to use an alternative solution like Facebook Web Messenger for your site.

UPDATED 2018-09-05 (This information is not valid anymore)

Yes, now it's possible on the following link Skype Webcontrol

The HTML code to add a call button is:

<span class="skype-button rounded" data-contact-id="skype-user-name"></span>
<script src="https://swc.cdn.skype.com/sdk/v1/sdk.min.js"></script>

Set the "skype-user-name" and voilá... nothing else is required.

OLD POST:

No, you cannot embed Skype chat in your website by the time this post is done. But these are some resources that might be useful:

This is the official site for creating a Skype button in your website for chat or call: https://www.skype.com/en/developer/create-contactme-buttons/

But I will have to advise that your visitors require Skype Software installed and it's correspondent extension installed. On mobile browsers it will require only the Skype App installed.

This is the HTML code for the website:

SKYPE CALL

<a href="skype:USERNAME?call">call using Skype</a>

SKYPE CHAT

<a href="skype:USERNAME?chat">Chat with Skype</a>

SKYPE VOICEMAIL

<a href="skype:USERNAME?voicemail">Leave a voicemail</a>

Source: http://www.vividstar.co.uk/2012/09/embedding-skype-html-on-your-website/

Skype URI API for the Web: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn745883.aspx

Skype API: https://www.skype.com/en/developer/

Upvotes: 10

Sekhu

Reputation: 139

Someone may found this helpful.

<span class="skype-button bubble " data-contact-id="your-skype-id"></span>
<script src="https://swc.cdn.skype.com/sdk/v1/sdk.min.js"></script>

found here..

Upvotes: 2

Bruce

Reputation: 1071

These answers are old and not relevant at the moment. Using the unofficial NodeJS API for skype, one can embed the newer cloud based chat groups.

https://github.com/ShyykoSerhiy/skyweb (I am in no way associated with this project)

var skyweb = new Skyweb();
skyweb.login(username, password).then((skypeAccount) => {
    skyweb.createThread([{"id":"8:someuserid","role":"User"},
    {"id":"8:live:someliveuserid","role":"User"}
    {"id":"8:youruserid","role":"Admin"}]);
});

Upvotes: 1