Hubot-skyweb NPM

hubot-skyweb

This is a Skype adapter for Hubot using Skyweb.

Why another Skype adapter?

There are two popular approaches for having scriptable Skype:

Launch desktop application and communicate using Skype desktop API
Use PhantomJS to control Skype via Skype Web

In some cases those approaches make sense but Skyweb project proved that you do not need to spin desktop application or use PhantomJS to have control over Skype. What instead it does is use Skype HTTP protocol (which is not an official one and you should read a Skyweb Disclaimer).

Getting Started

Add hubot-skyweb as dependency in hubot's package.json via npm install --save hubot-skyweb
Export necessary environment variables (see Configuration part)
Start your hubot with Skyweb adapter: bin/hubot -a skyweb

Configuration

This adapter uses the following environment variables:

HUBOT_SKYPE_USERNAME
HUBOT_SKYPE_PASSWORD

You can export them by running export HUBOT_SKYPE_USERNAME=my.skype.username or specify them before running hubot like so HUBOT_SKYPE_USERNAME=my.skype.username bin/hubot -a skyweb.