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crb

Asked: 2010-08-12 02:57:06 +0800 CST2010-08-12 02:57:06 +0800 CST 2010-08-12 02:57:06 +0800 CST

Can I have notifications/alerts sent by IM to a Skype account from a headless machine?

I want to make my network monitoring system send IM alerts, and the IM client of choice at my workplace is Skype.

Is there a command-line driven API, that doesn't require the GUI Skype client, so I can run it on the Linux machines that run my monitoring?

Alternatively, is there a Jabber-to-Skype gateway that would solve this problem?

damir · Answer 1 · 2010-08-12T05:59:33+08:00

damir

crb · Answer 2 · 2012-05-02T06:56:43+08:00

Best Answer

crb

According to common wisdom, including this SuperUser post, Skype has not been reverse engineered, and they do not offer a command-line only client.

There are a number of options for controlling a GUI client from the command line, including Skype4py and skype-command-line (Java).

Maurizio · Answer 3 · 2018-03-26T23:37:48+08:00

Maurizio

I know I am totally late, but there is a simple service to send server alerts to Skype and other IM platforms: https://ezalert.me

It also has an email gateway that can forward alert emails via IM.