Questions tagged [ucwa]

Unified Communications Web API (UCWA) is a RESTful API used to interact with Lync 2013 features. Core features include: querying contacts and groups, P2P and multi-party IM, online meeting scheduling, joining an online meeting, contact card (note/presence/location), phone audio, and anonymous meeting join.

Unified Communications Web API (UCWA) is a RESTful API used to interact with Lync 2013 (now Skype for Business) features.

UCWA is currently in version 2.0; which has been released in Q1 2015, with the Skype for Business transition.

The core features include:

  • Contacts and Groups - Querying groups and contacts and creating presence subscriptions
  • Two-party and Multi-party IM
  • Schedule an Online Meeting
  • Join an Online Meeting
  • Contact Card - Querying presence/note/location
  • Phone Audio - Call via Work feature
  • Anonymous Access - anonymously join a meeting

UCWA is available for On-Premises and Hybrid Lync 2013 / SfB installations as of Cumulative Update 1, but needs to be explicitly enabled by the administrator.

For Office 365 / Skype for Business Online customers, support for UCWA and the Skype Web SDK has been announced and enabled during Q1 2016.

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Should I use UCWA or UCMA or another API for a Skype for Business Server Application?

There seems to be a lot of different SDKs / APIs around Skype for Business. I'm having a tough time deciphering which one would be appropriate for a server side Bot like application that could communicate domain specific information to the users…
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Edit MS Lync conversation chat in java

I am launching MS lync chat from an web application by using Go How can i set conversation title in java? Update : How can i capture the text event? I want to retrieve chat for some other…
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Multi party video conversation issue Skype for business online using skype web sdk

I am working for Skype for business online using Skype web sdk. I am trying to create multi party video conversation i.e video conference. I am using below code to create conversation. var conversation =…
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Skype for Business UCWA and Web API with Office365

Is it possible to connect to Office365 server and use UCWA (ucwa.skype.com/) with Skype for Business now? I want to use this example https://www.matthewproctor.com/Send-An-IM-With-UCWA-Creating-the-Application/ but I don't know which server I can…
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Getting a 502 Bad Gateway when trying to run a POST request for application on Lync UCWA on VPN

I am getting a 502 Bad Gateway when trying to run a POST request for application info on Lync UCWA ("Policy prevents request from being proxied."). When I do a request without SSL, I get a 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. Is this becouse I am on…
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Can Lync / UCWA be used to set the presence-information for an other user on the Lync platform?

We have a telephony platform, and we are looking to change the presence status of Lync users, based on events in the telephony platform. We would prefer to use the UCWA REST api, as we are familiar with REST api's and have most of the infrastructure…
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Using UCWA api and getting error when trying to connect through code C#

I am using UCWA api to create Lync Meeting URL but I am getting error in a step, and it is related to LYNC so trying to figure out how to resolve. My code is string url_00 = ucwaMsRtcOAuth; var authDic_00 = new Dictionary(); …
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How to get authorization to UCWA and Skype Web SDK?

I have a Skype for Business account call art@shockw4ves.onmicrosoft.com and I'm trying to get authorization. My first request to lyncdiscover service GET https://lyncdiscover.shockw4ves.onmicrosoft.com/ Answer: { "_links": { "self": { …
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UCWA refresh Oauth token with grant_type=password

I'm trying to refresh an OAuth token using Lync UCWA, following the examples here, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn356686.aspx#sectionSection3 The example in their docs uses grant_type urn:microsoft.rtc:anonmeeting, but I am using…
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How to access the UCWA endpoint for Lync Online (Office 365)?

The UCWA documentation states that UCWA is currently available only to customers who have Lync on-premises. Nonetheless, if using Lync Connectivity Analyzer against an Office 365 account, it seems that in can connect to the UCWA service: Completed…
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Skype For Business - Receive IM not working with the below steps

I am developing a skype java rest based app for "skype for business". I am able to send im, authorize etc. But, I'm not able to receive IM. The events object take too much time to respond for my postman request. And, there are no incoming IM shown…
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send message to user using UCWA API

I would try UCWA API by sending a post request to a client. Here's the doc After app initialization I create my request. const request = require('request-promise'); ... let URL= "https://************.lync.com" let req= { url: URL +…
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Skype for Business Online Administration API

Since there are a lot of APIs for Skype for Business, and the documentation isn't always very clear, and many hours have already been wasted developing for an wrong API, here I am asking you: I am looking for an API which enables me to administrate…
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UCMA vs UCWA - User vs Application Endpoint

I need to develop a chatbot with these properties: Platform - Skype for Business On-Premise Function - Replies to user queries by looking in various knowledgebases (Multiple Platforms - Databases, Web APIs, etc.) Basic textual conversation to begin…
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Skype for Business Online - Send and Receive message using UCWA

I am trying to build a BOT like service for "Skype For Business". As of now Microsoft BOT Framework doesn't have out of the box channel for this. Searching in the internet, I found following nice workaround to tackel such problem Using Lync Server…
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