{"id":17937,"date":"2016-12-01T15:55:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.kore.com\/?post_type=docs&p=9044"},"modified":"2021-03-30T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T12:01:10","slug":"adding-the-skype-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v7-1\/docs\/bots\/channel-enablement\/adding-the-skype-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding the Skype Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To add the Skype channel to your Bot, you will need a developer Microsoft Bot Framework <\/em>account\u00a0to configure the connection between Skype and Kore.ai. Adding the Skype channel to your Kore.ai Bot is a 3-step process to allow end-users to interact with your Bot. To add the Skype\u00a0channel to your Bot, you will need to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Register the Bot –<\/strong>\u00a0In your Microsoft Bot Framework<\/em>\u00a0developer account, you need to register the Bot by adding all the Bot details and creating the App ID<\/strong> and Password<\/strong>.\u00a0To register the Bot, you must have created and registered for a free account in the\u00a0Microsoft Bot Framework<\/a>\u00a0developer portal.<\/li>\n
  2. Enable Channel<\/strong>\u00a0– After registering the Bot,\u00a0you need to enable the channel.<\/li>\n
  3. Publish Channel<\/strong>\u00a0– After the\u00a0channel is enabled and all configurations are verified, you need to publish the Bot to make the Bot available for developers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To add the Skype channel\u00a0<\/strong>
    \nTo complete this procedure, you must have\u00a0or register for a new developer account\u00a0in the\u00a0    Microsoft Bot Framework<\/a>\u00a0developer portal.<\/p>\n

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    1. In Bot Builder, in the Bots<\/strong>\u00a0section, click\u00a0the Bot that\u00a0you want to add the Skype\u00a0channel to.<\/li>\n
    2. On the Channels<\/strong>\u00a0tab, click the Expand<\/strong>\u00a0 icon for the Skype<\/strong>\u00a0section. The Skype\u00a0Channel<\/strong> page is displayed.<\/li>\n
    3. Log on to the Microsoft Bot Framework<\/em>\u00a0portal, and then click Register a bot<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    4. On the Register a bot<\/strong>\u00a0tab in the Bot profile<\/strong> section, enter\u00a0your Bot Name<\/strong>, Bot handle<\/strong>, and Description<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    5. In the Configuration<\/strong> section, paste the Webhook URL<\/strong> from the Bot Builder into the\u00a0Messaging endpoint<\/strong> field, for example, https:\/\/bots.kore.ai\/hooks\/skype\/st-2724c525-484b-55ca-a844-8d7dfa6b6b23<\/span>, and then click\u00a0Create Microsoft App ID and password<\/strong>. as shown in the following illustration.
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    6. On the\u00a0Generate App ID\u00a0and password<\/strong> page, click Generate an app password to continue<\/strong>, and then save\u00a0the generated Password<\/strong> and the\u00a0App ID<\/strong>\u00a0to use later on the Register the\u00a0Bot<\/strong> tab in\u00a0Bot Builder for the Skype Channel<\/strong> page.\n

      Note:<\/strong> The only time the full password is displayed is when it is generated and displayed in the Generate Password<\/strong> dialog. Copy and save the password to a secure location until added to the Skype Channel<\/strong> page in Bot Builder.<\/p>\n

      \"Skype<\/a><\/li>\n

    7. Click Finish and go back to Bot Framework. <\/strong>The\u00a0Register a bot<\/strong> tab is displayed.<\/li>\n
    8. To save your settings, agree to Privacy statement<\/strong>, Terms of use<\/strong>, and Code of Conduct<\/strong>, and then click Register<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    9. On the Bot created<\/strong> dialog, click OK<\/strong>. The\u00a0My bots<\/strong> tab is displayed.<\/li>\n
    10. Optionally click Test<\/strong> to check the connection to your bot. The Endpoint authorization succeeded<\/em> message is displayed.<\/li>\n
    11. In\u00a0Bot Builder, on the\u00a0Register the Bot<\/strong>\u00a0tab,\u00a0paste the App ID<\/strong> and password <\/strong>you saved from Microsoft Bot Framework<\/em>\u00a0developer portal into the APP ID<\/strong> and APP PASSWORD <\/strong>fields, and then click Next<\/strong>\u00a0as shown in the following illustration.
      \n      \"Skype<\/a><\/li>\n
    12. On the Enable Channel <\/strong>tab, review how to edit the Skype channel settings in the\u00a0Microsoft Bot Framework<\/a>\u00a0developer portal, if needed, and then click\u00a0Next<\/strong>.\u00a0The Publish Channel<\/strong> tab is displayed.<\/li>\n
    13. \u00a0In the Enable Channel<\/strong> section, click Yes<\/strong>\u00a0to enable the Skype channel for Kore.ai, and then click Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The channel configuration settings are saved and the Skype<\/strong>\u00a0Channel<\/strong> page is closed.<\/p>\n

      Editing the Skype Channel<\/span><\/h1>\n

      To edit the Skype\u00a0channel, hover your mouse over the channel to modify, and then click the Settings<\/strong> \u00a0icon displayed to show the command menu displayed in the following illustration.
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      \nSelect one of the following commands to modify the channel:<\/p>\n