How to get skype status as a number or text? mystatus.skype.com is not working

Question

I am trying to display a custom skype status icon on my website.

I found that I can use this url:

http://mystatus.skype.com/username.txt , but it always returns "Offline" .

I also tried with the num and xml extension:

• http://mystatus.skype.com/username.num (always returns 1)
• http://mystatus.skype.com/username.xml (always says im offline).

Answer 1

It's all about privacy settings in Skype.

"Allow display of my online status on the Internet" is disabled by default. I had to enable it in Skype settings.

FAQ at support.skype.com says

To show Skype status on the Internet:

• Sign in to Skype
• From the menu bar, click Skype> Privacy ... (in earlier versions you can find it in Skype> Settings> Privacy> Show advanced settings)
• Check that my online status is displayed on the Internet.

I don’t understand why there is no such information on the page where I can select the buttons: /