How to use HTML to do a Skype call?

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Faili picture Faili · Oct 4, 2010 · Viewed 78.5k times · Source

I tried to insert the following snippet in my script. By clicking the link it should do a call to a Skype account. I've been looking for hours now, but can't figure out why it doesn't work.

<pre><code>&lt;a href=&quot;callTo://USERNAME&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://goodies.skype.com/graphics/skypeme_btn_small_green.gif&quot; border=0&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</code></pre>

Is it accepted in any way or do I miss something here?

Answer

Šime Vidas picture Šime Vidas · Oct 4, 2010

Try "callto" (with no uppercase letters).

<a href="callto://+***********">Link will initiate Skype to call my number!</a>

<a href="skype:********?call">Link will initiate Skype
   to call my Skype username!</a>

source: http://geek.michaelgrace.org/2010/03/create-html-link-that-starts-a-skype-call/

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