call a number using skype in a webpage

Question

I am trying to add a link or button to the webpage so that the user can call a number directly if the skype is installed. it seems the link is like

skyp:....?call....

but cannot find any sample or documents. thanks for your help.

Answer 1

This is the format for the link:

<a href="skype:echo123?call">Click</a> (make a call to echo123)

It will work provided the visitor have Skype installed.

You can find all the options and an alternative javascript to redirect the user to download skype is he/she does not have Skype installed.

http://dev.skype.com/skype-uri

Answer 2

Skype has a description of their URIs on their developer site:

http://dev.skype.com/skype-uri

How well these work is entirely up to your browser and OS.