Create application link to Skype profile

HtmlHyperlinkSkype

Html Problem Overview


I'd like to create an application link in HTML to a Skype profile. I've found that you can do the following:

<a href="skype:profile_name">Link to my profile</a>

But this seems to trigger a Skype call to that profile. I'd just want the option to browse the profile or add them as a contact, how can I do this?

Html Solutions


Solution 1 - Html

This doesn't seem to be very well documented, but there are ways to specify an action for a Skype profile link. This is the syntax

skype:profile_name?action

Examples of such actions are

  • call to call
  • chat to chat
  • voicemail to leave a voice mail
  • sendfile to send a file
  • add to add to contacts
  • userinfo to view profile

In this case then, the link to view the profile would look like this

<a href="skype:profile_name?userinfo">Link to my profile</a>

See also the Skype URIs page on MSDN.

Attributions

All content for this solution is sourced from the original question on Stackoverflow.

The content on this page is licensed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

Content TypeOriginal AuthorOriginal Content on Stackoverflow
QuestionAlex TurpinView Question on Stackoverflow
Solution 1 - HtmlAlex TurpinView Answer on Stackoverflow