Introduction

SkypeMac is a ruby wrapper for the Skype public API using AppleScript.

It allows basic commands to be sent to a running Skype instance, such as changing the online status of the current user, listing friends or chat messages, initiating calls and chats etc.

NOTE: At this point, Skype does not support asynchronous commands over the AppleScript API.

Installation

gem install skypemac

Usage

require 'skypemac'

Current user

user = SkypeMac::User.current_user
# => echotest123

Online Status

SkypeMac::User.status
# => "ONLINE"
SkypeMac::User.status = "OFFLINE"
# => "OFFLINE"

Calling

# Call a user
call = SkypeMac::Call.call('echo123')
# => #<SkypeMac::Call:0x007fc3b30f30d8 @id="2214381">
call.status
# => "INPROGRESS"
call.partner_dispname
# "Skype Test Call"

Chats

# List recent chats
chats = SkypeMac::Chat.recent_chats
# => [ #<SkypeMac::Chat:0x007fc3b3195f68 @id="#test/$zaki001;123456abcdef">, #<SkypeMac::Chat:0x007fc3b3195f40 @id="#test/$zaki;1234556abcdef"> ]
messages = chats.first.recent_chat_messages
# => [ #<SkypeMac::ChatMessage:0x007fc3b3854ea8 @id="1234">, #<SkypeMac::ChatMessage:0x007fc3b3854e80 @id="1234"> ]
messages.map &:body
# => [ "Hi", "This is a test" ]

# Send a message to an existing chat
chats.first.send_message("Hey there")
# => "CHATMESSAGE 2114633 STATUS SENDING"
# it is not possible to get an asynchronous delivery notification,
# if you need to make sure it got sent, you will need to poll:

message = SkypeMac::ChatMessage.new(2114633)
message.status
# => "SENT"

# Get information about a chat
chat.topic
# => "Test chat"

License

SkypeMac is available under the MIT license.