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

Question

I am looking to make a skype link for a mobile site, is there a way use to make it launch skype and add or call a user?

Answer 1

You can use skype:<username|phonenumber>[?[add|call|chat|sendfile|userinfo]] or callto:<screenname|phonenumber>, according to this wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme#callto:

Answer 2

<a href="skype:echo123?call">Call the Skype Echo / Sound Test Service</a>

According to Skype documentation

Answer 3

To turn your skype id into a link so people can add you to their contact list use the following:

<a href="skype:SKYPENAME?add">SKYPENAME</a>

Replacing SKYPENAME with your own of course.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

You can use <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