How to Start a Skype Chat - Not a Call - with a Link

How to start a Skype chat – not a call – with a link

Have you tried <a href="skype:-skype-name-?chat">Start chat</a> ?

Allowed query parameters:

  • chat - start a chat
  • call - start a call
  • add - add person to the contacts
  • userinfo - view user's profile
  • voicemail - leave a voice message
  • sendfile - send a file

Is there an href attribute for skype, like mailto: or tel:?

If your mobile site is (generally) used by iOS devices, you can use :

<a href="skype:YourSkypeName?call">Call me on Skype</a>

Apple iOS devices automatically recognizes intents in link with Skype and FaceTime.

Open chat screen Skype from other app

You can use the Skype URI Scheme for this (Skype:echo123?chat).

You can find out more information about the URI Scheme here : https://dev.skype.com/skype-uri

Thanks

Allen Smith
Skype Developer Support Manager

Skype for business URI instead of Skype

Found a solution for this after a lot of research.
Best alternative to work with Skype for Business:

sip:<xyz@domain.com>

This would open the chat window for the user and the user can do whatever they want from there.

How to use HTML to do a Skype call?

Try "callto" (with no uppercase letters).

<a href="callto://+***********">Link will initiate Skype to call my number!</a>

<a href="skype:********?call">Link will initiate Skype
to call my Skype username!</a>

source: http://geek.michaelgrace.org/2010/03/create-html-link-that-starts-a-skype-call/



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