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| - | ===== skcmd ===== | ||
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| - | This page tries to explain quicly how to install and use skcmd. skcmd enables | ||
| - | you to control Skype, while it's running, through your commandline. It is perfect | ||
| - | to work around the accessibility problems of the main interface of Skype, as well as the major bugs in the plugin pidgin-skype. | ||
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| - | The following instructions were tested on Vinux 4.0, i.e. Ubuntu 12.04, as well as | ||
| - | Debian Wheezy 7.0. | ||
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| - | ===== What to Install ===== | ||
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| - | First, install the package python-authkit. It installs a lot of important | ||
| - | dependencies. Then, download the needed utilities, i.e. skcmd and skype4py. | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | git clone http://github.com:/lsmithso/skcmd.git | ||
| - | git clone https://github.com/awahlig/skype4py.git | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | In any order, install both packages. For this, change to their respective directories | ||
| - | and run, in each one: | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | sudo python setup.py install | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | ===== Usage ===== | ||
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| - | Now, to use skcmd, you need to run the daemon, as regular user: | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | skcmd.py s | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | Skype will ask you to accept that an outside program wants to use its API. Say | ||
| - | yes. | ||
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| - | On another tab on window, run the appropriate commands. | ||
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| - | ===== Commands ===== | ||
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| - | The complete list of client commands are: | ||
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| - | authz handle 0|1 - Authorize the contact with handle. | ||
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| - | contacts - Prints a list of all your contacts in the format handle/display name/full name/status. | ||
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| - | auto_answer 0|1 - Turns off/on autoanswer. Default is off. | ||
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| - | hangup - Finish the current call. | ||
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| - | exit - Terminate the skcmd server. | ||
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| - | answer - Answer the current inbound call. | ||
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| - | call handle - Place an outbound call to the user with handle. Handle | ||
| - | is the Skype id printed in the 1st column of the 'contacts' command. | ||
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| - | tone tones - send DTMF tones, ie for POTS conferencing. | ||
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| - | add_contact - Sends an authz requests to handle | ||
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| - | search = Search for a Skype user | ||
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| - | chat - chat to the user with handle. | ||
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| - | status Set your status to DND, INVISIBLE etc | ||
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| - | mood - set your mood message | ||
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| - | vms - List all voicemails,. | ||
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| - | vmplay idx - Play the voicemail with index number idx | ||
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| - | vmstop - Stop the currently playing voicemail | ||
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| - | vmdelete idx - Delete the voicemail with id idx | ||
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| - | me - print your skype id/screen name and your current balance. | ||
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| - | help - A breif help message. | ||
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| - | ===== Skype status changes ===== | ||
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| - | The server logs some Skype status messages to stdout, and signals them on D-Bus. | ||
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| - | Status logged includes inbound/outbound call progress (in particular | ||
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| - | inbound call ringing), contact authorization requests, contact status | ||
| - | changes (online, away etc) and chat messages. | ||
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| - | These are plain text messages so a TTS should be able to announce them. | ||
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| - | skcmd also signal D-Bus with these status messages. A simple skcmd.el is included that listens for this signal and announces it to emacspeak. | ||
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| - | ===== Disclaimer ===== | ||
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| - | This software comes with absolutely no warranty whatsoever, and comes | ||
| - | AS-IS. Do what you want with itt. I take no responsibility whatsoever | ||
| - | for it. | ||
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| - | ===== The Demise of the Skype Desktop API ===== | ||
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| - | skcmd.py and all other Skype apps depend on the availability of the | ||
| - | Skype Desktop API. This is a rich programming interface that makes | ||
| - | just about all Skype desktop functionality available to apps. It | ||
| - | allows inventive and powerful 3rd party telephony apps to be built | ||
| - | around Skype for free. It is a mature and well documented part of the | ||
| - | Skype ecosystem. | ||
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| - | In July 2013 Microsoft announced that they were killing off this API | ||
| - | in favour of a new SkypeURI interface. This interface has vastly | ||
| - | reduced functionality, to the point where its almost useless. | ||
| - | SkypeURI is unusable for skcmd, and I suspect for a lot of other apps | ||
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| - | too. | ||
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| - | The announcement says that the Desktop API will begin to stop working | ||
| - | in September 2013, and that apps should start using SkypeURI right | ||
| - | away. | ||
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| - | SkypeURI is not currently available for Linux, so if the Desktop API | ||
| - | does stop working, skcmd.py is sunk. Even when it does become | ||
| - | available, it is of no use at all, so skcmd.py is still sunk. | ||
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| - | As of September 3 2013, skcmd.py was still fully functioning, so enjoy | ||
| - | it while you can! | ||
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