rb skypemac

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What

A simple Ruby interface to Skype for use with Mac OS X.

Installing

sudo gem install rb-skypemac

Demonstration of usage

require 'rubygems'
require 'rb-skypemac'
include SkypeMac

# Place a call to the 'echo123' user
call = Skype.call "echo123" 

# Disconnect a call
call.hangup

sleight42 = Skype.online_friends.find { |u| u.handle == "sleight42" }
call = Skype.call sleight42
Skype.hangup call # no one wants to talk to him anyway

# Set your user status to away
Iam.away

# Set your user status to back
Iam.online

# Attempt to detect and answer a call -- still experimental!  
# Sporadically crashes Skype 2.6.0.17
loop do
  begin
    if not (calls = Skype.incoming_calls).empty?
      call = Skype.answer calls.first
      sleep 10
      Skype.hangup call
    end
  rescue RuntimeError => e
    puts e.message
  end
  puts "sleeping..." 
  sleep 1
end

Licence

This code is free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Contact

Comments are welcome. Send an email to Evan Light.

Evan Light, 2nd May 2007