Create application link to Skype profile

Question

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?

Sherlene

Related: Add Skype contact in Gmail signature – Physique

Answer 1

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.

Sherlene

@vrunoa If your signatures are HTML, I don't see why not. Best way would be to try it out ;-) – Sherlene

@vrunoa you can use url shortners to make http:// link that leads to your link "skype:profile_name?userinfo". And this http:// link will work great in any mail signature. Even in GMail. But not all shortners will work properly. Just tested it with is.gd and it works great! – Moa

Creating above link and clicking it works as expected, but for some reason, I cannot just enter it in the Chrome bar. goo.gl tells me that it is not a valid URL (even if I add double slashes behind the colon). I am still trying to find a way of easily sharing my Skype info via instant messenger. – Towers

@Domi, have you tried using a URL shortener like Vanger suggested? – Sherlene

@AlexTurpin I used goo.gl as mentioned above. I also tried bitly.com. Both complain about invalid URLs. – Towers

Plunker Demo :embed.plnkr.co/zl5jQoJbvi2l4ppcztAW Skype Documentations skype.com/en/features/skype-buttons/create-skype-buttons – Weinman

@AlexTurpin I know this answer is old, it still works fine. But if the user is not logged-in, skype fails to launch when the user info link is clicked. – Osvaldooswal

@LuthandoLoot Good to know, not much we can do about that but feel free to add it to the answer. – Sherlene

Dear @AlexTurpin what should be the solution when a user not logged in skype & click on the skype.If not logged in then how we set this that skype launch for log in.Thank You. – Idolatrous

@vrunoa you just saved my butt.. I was working on a platform that appends http:// to every link. Which in turn breaks the Skype URI. But the URL-shortener worked like a charm! All for a silly Skype social icon... – Chrissie