Skype configuration

1. Skype notification configuration

To receive Skype notifications, you need to fill in the part of the configuration file referring to Skype

Configuration template for Skype notifications:

  "skype": {
    "appId": "...",
    "appSecret": "...",
    "serviceUrl": "...",
    "conversationId": "...",
    "botId": "...",
    "botName": "..."
  }

• "appId" - Application (client) ID
• "appSecret" - Client Secret
• "serviceUrl" - The base URI for requests
• "conversationId" - Conversation ID
• "botId" - Bot ID
• "botName" - Bot name

Next, let's look at how to get this data

1.1. Create Skype Bot

• Go to https://dev.botframework.com/bots and Sign In to your Microsoft account
  

• Accept Terms of service
• Go to https://dev.botframework.com/bots/new

• Upload png bot image, fill Display Name and Bot Handle
• Go to https://webhook.site/ and copy your unique URL

• Paste this URL to Messaging endpoint
• Click on Create Microsoft App ID and password

• Click on Register an application

• Input application name and select Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Azure AD directory - Multitenant) and personal Microsoft accounts (e.g. Skype, Xbox) and click Register

• Save your Application (client) ID and go to Certificates & secrets

• In Client secrets section click New client secret

• Add any description and click Add

• Save secrets value

• Return to https://dev.botframework.com/bots/new and paste Application ID and select v1.3 Schema

• Agree with service terms and click on Register

1.2. Create channel

• Delete Web Chat channel

• In More channels section select Skype

• Go to Groups tab and select Enable adding to a group
• Click on Save button and agree with terms

1.3. Add bot to Skype

• Go to https://join.skype.com/bot/<app_id>
• Click on Add to Contacts button

• Create a group and add bot to this group

1.4. Get conversation ID and Bot ID

• In your group mention your bot, e.g. @myBot text and press Enter

• Go to https://webhook.site/
• You will see content bellow

{
  "text": "<some_text>",
  "type": "message",
  "channelId": "skype",
  "serviceUrl": "https://smba.trafficmanager.net/apis/",
  "conversation": {
    "isGroup": true,
    "id": "<some_id>"
  },
  "recipient": {
    "id": "<some_bot_id>",
    "name": "<some_bot_name>"
  }
}

• Save serviceUrl (without https://), conversation Id, Bot Id and Bot Name

• Input them in configuration file

The final configuration will look like this:

  "skype": {
    "appId": "7789aa4c-3a77-77a7-baa7-a7a7e7757a77",
    "appSecret": "s7c3Q~2iEZCrfIxsZzaCOuU9I.RxaN_kN1CLBcIo",
    "serviceUrl": "smba.trafficmanager.net/apis/",
    "conversationId": "22:876b5e336c8e4a43567aa93572453cf5@thread.skype",
    "botId": "11:2233da4c-3b91-6c3-bed6-b2b2e8857a25",
    "botName": "TestConfigBotAllure"
  }

2. Adding allure-notifications.jar to your autotests project

• Download latest release https://github.com/qa-guru/allure-notifications/releases or build .jar
  gradle jar -> build/libs/allure-notifications-*.jar
• Put allure-notifications-*.jar in your in your autotests project root

3. Skype notification example