If your mobile site is (generally) used by iOS devices, you can use :

    &lt;a href=&quot;skype:YourSkypeName?call&quot;&gt;Call me on Skype&lt;/a&gt;

Apple iOS devices automatically recognizes intents in link with Skype and FaceTime.

To turn your skype id into a link so people can add you to their contact list use the following:

    &lt;a href=&quot;skype:SKYPENAME?add&quot;&gt;SKYPENAME&lt;/a&gt;

Replacing SKYPENAME with your own of course.


    &lt;a href=&quot;skype:echo123?call&quot;&gt;Call the Skype Echo / Sound Test Service&lt;/a&gt;

According to Skype [documentation][1]


  [1]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn745878.aspx#sectionSection1

You can use `&lt;a href=&quot;skype:-skype-name-?chat&quot;&gt;Start chat&lt;/a&gt;`

Allowed query parameters:

`chat` - start a chat

`call` - start a call

`add` - add person to the contacts

`userinfo` - view user&#39;s profile

`voicemail` - leave a voice message

`sendfile` - send a file

Currently I have a single server in amazon where I put all my cronjobs.  I want to eliminate this single point of failure, and expose all my tasks as web services.  I&#39;d like to expose the services behind a VPC ELB to a few servers that will run the tasks when called.

Is there some service that Amazon (AWS) offers that can run a reoccurring job (really call a webservice) at scheduled intervals?  I&#39;d really like to be able to keep the cron functionality in terms of time/day specification, but farm out the HA of the driver (thing that calls endpoints at the right time) to AWS.

I like how SQS offers web endpoint(s), but from what I can tell you cant schedule them.  SWF doesn&#39;t seem to be a good fit either.



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JSLint is not passing this as a valid code:

    /* global someVar: false */
    if (typeof someVar === &quot;undefined&quot;) {
        var someVar = &quot;hi!&quot;;
    }

What is the correct way?

What is the correct way to check if a global variable exists?

I am looking to make a skype link for a mobile site, is there a way use `&lt;a href=&quot;` to make it launch skype and add or call a user? 

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

<p>I am looking to make a skype link for a mobile site, is there a way use <code>&#x3C;a href="</code> to make it launch skype and add or call a user?</p>


Example:

&lt;!-- language: none --&gt;

    www.site.com/index.php#hello

Using jQuery, I want to put the value `hello` in a variable:

    var type = …

How do I get the fragment identifier (value after hash #) from a URL?

I need to implement the following WebAPI method:

    /api/books?author=XXX&amp;title=XXX&amp;isbn=XXX&amp;somethingelse=XXX&amp;date=XXX

All of the query string parameters can be null. That is, the caller can specify from 0 to all of the 5 parameters.

In **MVC4 beta** I used to do the following:

    public class BooksController : ApiController
    {
        // GET /api/books?author=tolk&amp;title=lord&amp;isbn=91&amp;somethingelse=ABC&amp;date=1970-01-01
        public string GetFindBooks(string author, string title, string isbn, string somethingelse, DateTime? date) 
        {
            // ...
        }
    }

MVC4 RC doesn&#39;t behave like this anymore. If I specify fewer than 5 parameters, it replies with a `404` saying:

&gt;No action was found on the controller &#39;Books&#39; that matches the request.

What is the correct method signature to make it behave like it used to, without having to specify the optional parameter in the URL routing?

Optional query string parameters in ASP.NET Web API

My requirement is as follows:

I want to give actor name, start date, end date and get all the films he acted in that period. 

For that reason, my service request is like this. 

      http://localhost:8080/MovieDB/GetJson?name=Actor&amp;startDate=20120101&amp;endDate=20120505

Now, i want to improve it.
I want to give a start date, end date and more than one actor name and want to see all those actors movies in that period.

I am not sure how should my url look to support such thing.

   I am writing a java based web service using spring.

  Below code is to support one actor

       @RequestMapping(value = &quot;/GetJson&quot;, method = RequestMethod.GET) 
		public void getJson(@RequestParam(&quot;name&quot;) String ticker, @RequestParam(&quot;startDate&quot;) String startDate, @RequestParam(&quot;endDate&quot;) String endDate) {
       //code to get results from db for those params.
     }

One solution i am thinking is using a % symbol to seperate actor names. For example:

     http://localhost:8080/MovieDB/GetJson?name=Actor1%Actor2%Actor3&amp;startDate=20120101&amp;endDate=20120505

Now, in the controller i will parse the name string with % and get back all actors names.

Is this a good way to do this or is there a standard approach?

Thanks


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I am trying to add an image to the **README.md** in my repository using markdown below:

    ![ScreenShot](https://github.com/i-saumitra/Voice-controlled-MP3-Player/blob/master/screenshot.jpg)

But the image is not showing when I visit my repository. 
Instead the link to the image is showing up. Clicking the link will open the image in new window.

I have also tried using relative path:

    ![ScreenShot](screenshot.jpg)

But this is giving page not found error.

What is the correct markdown to display image in **README.md**

Both **README.md** and image file are in same path/directory.


What is the correct way to display an image in github README.md?


Complete content of README.md file is as below:

    Voice-controlled-MP3-Player
    ===========================
    
    A MP3 player which accept voice command like PLAY, PAUSE, FORWARD, etc. Using C# and Microsoft Speech API.
    
    ![ScreenShot](https://github.com/i-saumitra/Voice-controlled-MP3-Player/blob/master/screenshot.jpg)

Image not showing up in README.md on GitHub

Whats the syntax for a linux command that hits a URL repeatedly, x number of times. I don&#39;t need to do anything with the data, I just need to replicate hitting refresh 20 times in a browser.

Curl Command to Repeat URL Request

I&#39;d like to create an application link in HTML to a Skype profile. I&#39;ve found that you can do the following:

    &lt;a href=&quot;skype:profile_name&quot;&gt;Link to my profile&lt;/a&gt;

But this seems to trigger a Skype call to that profile. I&#39;d just want the option to browse the profile or add them as a contact, how can I do this?

Create application link to Skype profile

I installed the Apache web server on my Windows 7 machine and I&#39;m unable to start it because Skype.exe is already using HTTP port 80 and HTTPS port 443.

![Skype ports][1]

I need Apache and Skype to co-exist on the same machine. How do I configure Apache to use other ports, or prevent Skype from listening on these ports?


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/6BAqn.png

How do I stop Skype from using HTTP or HTTPS ports 80 and 443?

The network tab on Chrome developer toolbar is great, but I&#39;d like to see what protocol was used to transfer the resource (HTTP or HTTPS). Anyone knows how I can do this, or if there&#39;s an extension to allow me to do something similar.

How can I view the protocol used in Chrome developer tools network tab?

So for my new app I&#39;m having a URL scheme so that people can launch my app from another app or from a website... &quot;myapp://&quot;   ...   So what happens if there is another app in the AppStore that has the same URL scheme as mine? Or if someone tries to steal my URL Scheme? 

Multiple apps with the same URL Scheme - iOS

I have a question related to REST URL design. I found some relevant posts here [Different RESTful representations of the same resource][1] and here [RESTful url to GET resource by different fields][2] but the responses are not quite clear on what the best practices are and why. Here&#39;s an example.

I have REST URLs for representing &quot;users&quot; resource. I can GET a user with an id or with an email address but the URL representation remains the same for both. Going through a lot of blogs and books I see that people have been doing this in many different ways. For example

read this practice in a book and somewhere on stackoverflow (I can&#39;t seem to find the link again)

    GET /users/id={id}
    GET /users/email={email}

read this practice on a lot of blogs

    GET /users/{id}
    GET /users/email/{email}

Query params are normally used for filtering the results of the resources represented by the URL, but I have seen this practice being used as well

    GET /users?id={id}
    GET /users?email={email}

My question is, out of all these practices, which one would make the most sense to developers consuming the APIs and why? I believe there are no rules set in stone when it comes to REST URL designs and naming conventions, but I just wanted to know which route I should take to help developers better understand the APIs.


  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16273390/different-restful-representations-of-the-same-resource
  [2]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11104466/restful-url-to-get-resource-by-different-fields

REST API DESIGN - Getting a resource through REST with different parameters but same url pattern

I am using the `Facebook SDK` found [here][1], and am trying the sample that is provided (in the folder `FacebookiOSSample`).

If I simply replace the `AppId` here with my specific `AppId`, then I can no longer Share. (I replaced it in both the `AppDelegate` file and the `info.plist` file). I now receive the following error:

&gt; FBSDKLog: Invalid use of FBAppCall, fb**** is not registered as a URL
&gt; Scheme. Did you set &#39;FacebookUrlSchemeSuffix&#39; in your plist?

Otherwise this works fine with the sample&#39;s original `AppId` which points to something named `IFaceTouch`.

What could be wrong with the setup of my app, how do I register my `AppId`?


  [1]: http://components.xamarin.com/view/facebookios

Facebook SDK: app not registered as a URL Scheme

I&#39;d like to place a link on a webpage which opens a whatsapp chat with a certain whatsapp contact. In other words: I want a &quot;contact me by whatsapp&quot; link to go next to the page&#39;s &quot;Contact us my facebook/twitter/google+/etc&quot; links. Something like:

    href=&quot;whatsapp:contact=015555555555@s.whatsapp.com&amp;message=&quot;I&#39;d like to chat with you&quot;

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

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What is the correct way to check if a global variable exists?

run scheduled task in AWS without cron

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