For developers

GMail Contacts to Skype Import/Sync

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:40:06 +0000

Hi,
If anyone here is interested, I've written a PHP script that will connect to the GMail contacts API, download all your contacts, then add any with telephone numbers as SkypeOut contacts to Skype using the Skype4com API.

I cant provide any support for this, but if you think it may be useful and can figure it out on your own I'm happy to give it away, some info:

It uses the Zend Frameworks HTTP client to connect to Google, so you'll need a copy of that locally
It uses the Skype4com API, so windows only
It currently removes all SkypeOut contacts before adding any back in again (can easily be disabled if you want)
It only does a one way sync, from Google to Skype
You'll need to use the script via the command line
It is very hacky (something I literally just threw together) and has no error checking at all

Let me know if you're interested and I'll post the code.

Dissconnect SkypeIN line using Skype4Java wrapper

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:53:26 +0000

Hi all

Im developing an application which uses the "Caller ID" when receive calls using Skype4Java. The issue is when I disconnect the line, the user is directed to VM (Voice Message) automatically. I learned that disabling VM is not possible in Skype yet. Is there a way to disconnect the line without forwarding calls to VM?

My OS is Windows XP and the Skype Tracer shows the same when I disconnect it manually and using Skype4Java but disconnecting manually does not direct to VM.

Skype Tracer displays:

> CALL 12109 STATUS RINGING
> CALL 12109 CONF_ID 0
> CALL 12109 STATUS REFUSED

PHP API integration problem

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:10:15 +0000

Hi,

I am using the skype API for PHP to call my clients and play some audio file (abc.wav) when the call in progress. I am pasting the code here ,

// Event sink:
class _ISkypeEvents {

function AttachmentStatus($status) {
echo ">Attachment status $status\n";
}
function CallStatus($call, $status) {
echo ">Call $call->id status $status\n";
}
}

// Create a Skype4COM object:
$skype = new COM("Skype4COM.Skype");

// Create a sink object:
$sink =& new _ISkypeEvents ();
$sink->convert = $skype->convert();

// Connect to the sink:
com_event_sink($skype, $sink, "_ISkypeEvents");

// Create a conversion object:
$convert = $skype->convert;
$convert->language = "en";

// Start the Skype client, minimized and with no splash screen:
if (!$skype->client()->isRunning()) {
$skype->client()->start(true, true);
}

// If the user status is not "online", change user status to "online":
if ($skype->currentUserStatus() == $convert->textToUserStatus("OFFLINE")) {
$skype->changeUserStatus($convert->textToUserStatus("ONLINE"));
}

// Create a user object
$user = $skype->user("ali-khan");
echo "User " . $user->handle . " online status is " . $convert->onlineStatusToText($user->onlineStatus) . "\n";

// Place a call
$call = $skype->PlaceCall($user->handle);
while ($call->status <> $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) {
$wavfile = "ALTER CALL 175 SET_OUTPUT file='C:\tst.wav'";

$skype->SendCommand($wavfile);

if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("FAILED") ||
$call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("REFUSED") ||
$call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("CANCELLED") ||
$call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("FINISHED") ||
$call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("BUSY"))
die ("Call status " . $convert->callStatusToText($call->status));
else
com_message_pump (500);
}

// Send dtmf tones:
com_message_pump (10000);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "0";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "1";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "2";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "3";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "4";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "5";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "6";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "7";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "8";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "9";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "#";
com_message_pump (500);
if ($call->status == $convert->textToCallStatus("INPROGRESS")) $call->dtmf = "*";

// Finish the call:
if ($call->status <> $convert->textToCallStatus("FINISHED")) $call->finish();

//Sleep:
com_message_pump (1000);

?>

==================================================================

Here is what I am getting (error) .

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Source: Skype4COM.Skype.1
Description: Not attached.' in E:\wamp\www\skype\skype.php:34 Stack trace: #0 E:\wamp\www\skype\skype.php(34): com->currentUserStatus() #1 {main} thrown in E:\wamp\www\skype\skype.php on line ....

Same error I got on xampp. Please help me to know what is wrong. Am i using the wrong method?

Thanks .

SMS

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:10:40 +0000

Can anyone provide me an example of VB code that would allow me using a variable to set the 'ReplyToNumber' for individual SMS messages. In other words each SMS message has its own discrete 'ReplyToNumber' rather than the Skype Name or Skype verified Mobile Phone Number.

Is it the third variable in SendSms($PhoneNum, $Message, "ReplyToNumber)????

Ant..

full screen video?

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:22:16 +0000

Hi all,

I have used Skype4COM to start a video call. All works fine so far.
But how can I make the video full-screen using the API (not clicking on the skype window)???

thanks a lot for your help,
ermutarra

redirecting of speech from Skype to other application

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:00:33 +0000

Hello :-)!

I'd like to create little system with the use of Skype. Can anybody suggest me how to start, please?

It should work like this:
I. user makes a call from mobile phone (do I need to have Skype and/or access to Internet on mobile phone?)
II. Skype on server automatically receives the call, redirects speech to Sphinx4 (CMU Sphinx is speech recognition system), recognizes the spoken numbers, calculates control sum based on those recognized numbers, answers to the user that numbers are OK or bad, user hears server's answer on mobile phone

In fact the only one issues which I'd like you to help me are those:
1. how to call Skype on server from mobile phone?
2. how to automatically receive call on Skype on server, without need to manually click any button in Skype?
3. how to redirect speech from/to other application and Skype (i.e. allow Skype to send speech to Sphinx4 and receive speech from Sphinx4)?

Thanks very much for your help in advance :-)!
Greetins :-)!

Skype recorder

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:04:54 +0000

Hello,

inspite of a lot of people looking for a good free skype recorder there doesn't seem to exist any. Does anyone know why this is the case?

Any suggestion on how to get started, other than the obvious "read the docs".

Thanks!

Skype4Com/Javascript - SendSms works but PlaceCall gets "no answer"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:06:15 +0000

We have a website on a dedicated server in a data centre. The server runs various tasks during the day and night and I'm trying to get it to call me on my mobile if it runs into problems.

I've built a very simple test webpage that references a local copy of the Skype4Com dll as an ActiveX object.

When I navigate to the page from the server itself, I can send Skype messages and SMSs but whenever I try to use Skype.PlaceCall it immediately says "no answer".

If I use the UI on the server, exactly the same thing happens.

I've navigated to the webpage from a couple of laptops and am able to use the PlaceCall function to call the server. The server shows an incoming call which, when you click Answer, is dropped with a message saying "Missed call from ..." and an alert at the top of the UI saying there is no sound due to a problem with the sound card inside the computer.

Is this the reason that the server is unable to place a call? If so, is there any way round this issue? I only really need the server to be able to make my mobile ring, I don't actually need to speak to it. I can use SMS messages but I'm more likely to wake up in the dead of night if the mobile rings rather than just being notified that an SMS has arrived!

Voice Modem (PSTN Line) Call transfer to Skype user/Skype Online Number

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:37:00 +0000

I have a very special need in regards to call tranfers. skype does not provides an Online number in the country in south america where we will have a small office. so we are purchasing a PSTN line there.

We need a system that is able to get an indbound call on the Voice Modem and transfer that call to a desired skype user / skype online number. this is the only way we will be able to receive local calls and have the person attending the phone to forward that call to europe via skype.

has anyone develop such a solution ? could anyone tell me how i could do this, any c# code example will be nice.

I will be using TAPI to control the voice modem and the skype api to control skype.

thanks in advanced

Skype plugin (C# example)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:14:00 +0000

Hello! I try write skype plugin in C#. For example i want to add custom menu item and run this plugin everytime when skype is running.

CODE

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Skype skype = new Skype();

            const string pluginIconPath = @"d:\menuicon.png";
            var menu1 = skype.Client.CreateMenuItem("MENU_ID_1",     TPluginContext.pluginContextCall, "MenuCaption",
                                                    "Menu  item hint",
                                                    pluginIconPath, true, TPluginContactType.pluginContactTypeAll, true);
        }

What is ISkypePlugin interface and how use it?
What type should my program (dll or executable application)?

I use 4.0.0215 Skype version and Skype4Com.dll library 1.0.33.0!

PHP and skype

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:29:15 +0000

Hey guys me a newbie integrating api's

Can someone give a complete overview of how to integrate skype api in php..Remember me a complete newbie so i would like to know everything..

Thanks in advance

Php rocks

Attaching from Windows service (Vista/7)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:27:22 +0000

Is it correct that it's not possible to connect to the Public API from Windows services in Vista and 7 anymore, as the session 0 is no longer associated with a user account?

In XP it helped to check the checkbox to allow interaction between desktop and service, but in Vista / 7 this does not work any more.

So far this is understandable. It is more curious that I can't even attach when the service is running on a user account. (client.Start leads to an unexpected internal COM error 0x80040206).

Again, running the same code from a user application or service with desktop interaction rights in XP works fine.

Thank you.
Tobias

Video call integration in c# application

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:52:02 +0000

Hi!
I saw it's possible to control Skype through API, I also used Skype4Java to start a call in a simple application.
But is it possible to integrate the Skype in a new application with Skype4com APIs? The application is a sort of whiteboard developed in C# where I would integrate a video call.

online meeting room using Skype

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:04:51 +0000

Hi! I’d like to develop a web meeting room using skype, and I have no experience in coding with skype API. So before diving into the skype API docs, I’d appreciate if any guru can let me know if it’s possible to implement the following functions using skype API, assuming all the members in the web meeting room have skype in their local PC and are connected to internet.

1. The host of the meeting room, given the skypeID of a meeting attendant Mr. Lucky, can press a button “Allow” on the website to let Mr. Lucky join the meeting. And in the background, the website will automatically setup skype voice connection between the host and the attendant. Or, if there is already voice conversation going on between the host and other attendants, the web site can automatically add and connect Mr. Lucky to the current conversation.

2. The host can press a button “Remove” to close Mr. Lucky’s skype connection to the current conversion, and Mr. Lucky can also, in his interface, press a button “Quit” to close his skype connection to the current conversion at any time.

3. The website can monitor how many minutes each meeting attendant stays in the meeting.

Thanks a lot!

Jack

Skype API on iPhone

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:40:48 +0000

Hello,

Is there Skype Public API available on iPhone?
If not, any plans in the future?

Thanks,
Ramaz

Determining sample rate

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:26:06 +0000

I am using the Skype4Com object and receiving audio from the MicDevice. How do I determine what the current sample rate is? I know that the audio is 16 bit mono, but there seems to be no way of accessing the sample rate.

Packet Collision arbitration

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:33:50 +0000

Is there packet collision arbitration in the codec or in the main skype code?

How to create a permanent menu item for my plugin?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:29:30 +0000

How to create a permanent menu item for my plugin?
I've tried delphi example with Skype.Client.CreateMenuItem(...)
but my menu is disappear after I close my application.
In the manual I've found this:
"Note that custom menu items are removed automatically when the client application that created them is disconnected."

But I didn't find HOW TO CREATE A PERMANENT MENU ITEM... Like "Send Fax" or something like this.
Thanks.

Injecting Audio into a call doesn't work under Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:08:47 +0000

I use Skype4Com v 1.0.32 + C# and have some problems with Injecting Audio into a call

I have following code:

pCall.set_InputDevice(TCallIoDeviceType.callIoDeviceTypeFile, "c:\\sample.wav");

This code works fine under Windows XP and Windows 2003 and I hear sound from wav file in my cell phone. But I hear nothing if I use my program under Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. How can I fix it?. Please help me.

Skype4Com in .Net web service running in IIS7

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:24:38 +0000

Hi

I am integrating Skype4COM.dll in a .net web service in Visual Studio 2008. When I configure the web service to run under IIS 7, with the service and skype running under same user account, I am not able to see the authorization dialog in Skype interface to allow access to IIS worker process. And, because this does not happen I cannot send messages.

I have tried out all solutions posted in the forums without any success.

Any help will be appreciated.