The 'skypedeveloper' tag can be used for Q&As relating to Skype's APIs and SDKs.
Skype Developer Platform
Transform your solutions with integrated communications and the power of Skype.
The Skype Developer Platform provides opportunities to customize and extend the capabilities with the power of Skype and Skype for Business using the following APIs and SDKs.
Skype URIs
Skype URIs enable you to create innovative mobile, web, and desktop apps that initiate Skype calls and chats, enabling your users to reach their friends, family and businesses in a convenient yet familiar way. For example, if your mobile app presents a contact list that contains Skype names or phone numbers, your app can use a Skype URI to launch the official Skype client and initiate a call to a selected contact.
Share on Skype
Get people sharing and talking about your website with the Skype share button.
Skype for Business User API (UCWA 2.0)
UCWA is a REST API that exposes Skype for Business Server 2015 Instant Messaging and Presence capabilities. It enables developers to make their Enterprise applications livelier and more vibrant, given the power of cross browser and cross platform support.
Skype Web SDK
The Skype Web SDK is a set of JavaScript Web APIs and HTML controls that enable you to build web experiences that seamlessly integrate a wide variety of real-time collaboration models leveraging Skype for Business services and the larger Skype network. It provides support for multiple core collaboration services like presence, chat, audio, and video, enabling web experiences across a broad spectrum of users, platforms, and devices.
UCMA 5.0
Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 5.0 enables developers to build applications that leverage the full power of the platform. Applications built on UCMA 5.0 incorporate unified communications concepts such as presence, call, conversation, and conference.
Desktop APIs
Desktop API is designed for software developers who are building custom desktop (windows based) applications to embed collaboration functionality in line-of-business (LOB) applications that interoperate with other custom desktop api clients or with Lync 2013/Sfb 2015/SfB 2016 clients powered by Lync Server 2013/SfB server 2015/SfB online 2015.
Software Defined Networking (SDN) Interface
The Microsoft Skype for Business SDN Interface provides an interface for network management systems to access network diagnostic data in order to monitor network traffic and optimize the quality of service. It is a RESTful interface through which subscribed systems receive data about calls and quality of media streams used to identify, diagnose and resolve quality and performance issues in the environment or the network.
