Skype - DotNet Daily Fact

Skype allows registered users to communicate with each other through video calls and instant messaging. To keep your customers stay connected with the organization and to deliver quick answers for received enquiries, Skype allows instant messaging through which sending and receiving files are also made possible. The sample demonstrated below will guide you in screen scraping the web data. Here, you will see that the automated IVR on receiving an incoming chat message calls the web service to map the relevant information to the caller.

Download the evaluation version of Xtend IVR and install the telephony application in your system. Run the sample script from the Script Editor. Click here to refer the code.

After creating the script, you can run the script and it works as follows:

• IVR waits for a chat message
• When a chat message arrives, IVR displays the message
• IVR maps the information from the web service and picks up the .Net fact for the day
• Returns the .Net fact to the caller

Download the source file for the Skype - DotNet Daily Fact

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* Script  : DailyFact.dt
* Notes   : Demonstrates calling a C# function that uses a WSDL generated proxy to call 
*          into the DotNetDailyFact webservice and return the dot net fact for today.
* Caution : This is only a sample to demonstrate how the scripting language can be 
*          used to call a webservice. Actual use of this script will require you to
*          obtain the necessary permission from the webservice provider.
*******************************************************************************************

* Uncomment the next line to write raw skype command & reponses to the user log file
* $Skype.debug = true

	
Display "Waiting for chat . . ."

MAIN:
	* Wait till we get a chat message
	if !Skype.GetChatMessage()
		SleepEvent 
		goto MAIN
	endif
	
	* Show the incoming message
	Display  "Received message from " $SkypeChat.FROM_HANDLE " -> " $SkypeChat.BODY 
	
	* Call the webservice
	$Fact = DailyFact.GetDailyFact()
	
	$Str = Format('The daily .Net Fact for today is "%s"', $Fact)
	
	* And return the fact
	Skype.SendChatMessage($SkypeChat.CHATNAME, $Str)
	goto MAIN	
	
* User has hung up
ONHANGUP:
	hangup
	goto MAIN

* An error has occurred
ONSYSTEMERROR:
	log $error
	display $error
	if $debug 
		msgbox($error)
	endif
	hangup
	goto MAIN

*End of Script