Skype Commercial Use API now available |
Loading ...A month ago I wrote about how to help Skype Developer program dreams come true. I listed seven specific items and though I never heard anything back — email, blog, trackback, Skype or otherwise — I read this morning that they have released a new Skype Developer Zone area:
More importantly this marks the release of our first Commercial Use API and new API Use Guidelines. This means that developers can now legitimately use the Skype API to enhance Skype, build Skype into your applications, and dream up new concepts and services. All we ask is that you follow some simple guidelines to ensure a great experience for Skype customers.
I’ve had the Skype API on my Check This Out List for some time. From a very brief scan of their documentation, it looks pretty thorough and some of my requests for a dream developer area have been answered. Sweet!
Want to know what things you can add to Skype? Check out the Share Skype directory. Fellow developers, there is also a Skype API Developer competition with a deadline of July 1, 2005.
We heard your original suggestions and some of them have either been implemented in the new developer zone (3rd-party apps showcase for promotion) or are not applicable (# of API calls - ours is currently not a web API, so we don’t limit the number of API calls). We continue to work on improving the content and feeds and docs and all that stuff.
Comment by Jaanus Kase — June 14, 2005 @ 10:28 am PST
Thanks for the feedback, Jaanus, it’s good to know that somebody listened. I did say: “Enough daily API calls, where applicable” because I wasn’t sure if Skype would be providing any sort of Web API or not. A centralized Skype presence server with Web API might be a good possible future idea as opposed to individual client node searches, but I understand if that’s not on the forseeable roadmap and/or you want third party developers to create something like that.
I actually looked through the API specs yesterday at some length and even played around with creating a simple proof of concept app.
Comment by TDavid — June 14, 2005 @ 11:15 am PST