About calls with skype

[Alex Tsi]

On Wednesday 19 of September 2012 22:30:17 David Edmundson 
wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Alex Tsi <alexhs.tsi at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > I noticed that calls with skype are not implemented yet. At least 
they do
> > not work for me. Are there plans (or, is it even possible?) to 
make skype
> > calls using the call-ui etc? Or skype calls will be made from skype
> > itself? Because if the case is the latter, i think it would be easy 
(but
> > i am not sure as i haven't looked at the code) to implemented it 
using
> > dbus api.
> 
> Calls inside the call-ui is not a viable option. Outside code
> difficulties, there's legal ramifications. The decent proper Skype API
> is not freely distributable or even free of cost.
> 
> As for loading up skype, potentially do-able with hacks. If you think
> it's easy; find us links to the DBus API, highlight the relevant
> sections, document anything relevant and report back.
> 
> We certainly have no official plans, the way the skype-telepathy 
stuff
> currently works is a horrible mess.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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Well there is this site which has a lot of information:
http://developer.skype.com/public-api-reference#Linux
also i have a python script, that i had found on the internet, which 
can be used to answer a call. It uses the dbus API.
I just added possibility to call, however i can call only a specific 
username. If by pressing the "Make Call" button in the telepathy 
contact-list we could take the skype-username of that contact, then 
we can pass it to the dbus command and start a call;) 
(However starting video calls is not possible. Someone should start a 
voice call, and then enable video.)
I could send you the python script if you want it.