Can't login with a "live:name" account.

[MrPowerGamerBR]

(I'm not running 0.2.0 because of the issues I had, so maybe this is already fixed)

If you have an "live:name" account, you can't login (yes, the user is using "live:name", not the email).

If I could I would share more info, but the account isn't mine and I don't have a Skype account with the "live:" prefix.

[labotsky]

I had the same issue. You have only microsoft account, Add Skype account https://secure.skype.com/account/personal/change-password

[vforvoid]

@labotsky Hello. Can you tell me please how had you resolved this issue. It seems like there's no way to create a skype username now, they all linked up with live.com. Any workarounds?

[ducc]

iirc if you have an old ios app you can create non live accounts

[MrPowerGamerBR]

lol I forgot about this issue until now.

Sadly it seems Skype4J is abandoned (because @samczsun is busy with real life) and sadly there isn't any good Skype API for Java (Skype4J is the only one that works, the rest is broken or buggy)

[ducc]

abandoned is the wrong word. "inactive"

[MrPowerGamerBR]

@sponges so what would be a better word? Unmaintained?

[Kadkad195]

Hi there, dont know if you solved it yet, I found out that it is because skype4j use https://api.skype.com/login/skypetoken api, which you can find here: https://github.com/msndevs/protocol-docs/wiki/Authentication

My solution is i extends FullClient class and Override login() method. So that i dont have to use that api to get token.

public class MyFullClient extends FullClient {

public MyFullClient(String username, String password, Set<String> resources, Logger customLogger, List<ErrorHandler> errorHandlers) {
    super(username, password, resources, customLogger, errorHandlers);
}

@Override
public void login() throws InvalidCredentialsException, ConnectionException {
    this.setSkypeToken("eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjEzIiwidHlwIjoi....."); //Here is your skype token
    List<UncheckedRunnable> tasks = new ArrayList<>();
    tasks.add(() -> {
        HttpURLConnection asmResponse = getAsmToken();
        String[] setCookie = asmResponse.getHeaderField("Set-Cookie").split(";")[0].split("=");
        this.cookies.put(setCookie[0], setCookie[1]);
    });
    tasks.add(this::loadAllContacts);
    tasks.add(() -> this.getContactRequests(false));
    tasks.add(() -> {
        try {
            this.registerWebSocket();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            handleError(ErrorSource.REGISTERING_WEBSOCKET, e, false);
        }
    });
    tasks.add(this::registerEndpoint);

    try {
        ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5);
        tasks.forEach(executorService::submit);
        executorService.shutdown();
        executorService.awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.DAYS);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
}

}

as you can see: this.setSkypeToken("a long token string");, this is where you insert your skypetoken, which you can get from another api: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/rest-api/bot-framework-rest-connector-authentication (which you can login with email or phone number)

Then create a custom SkypeBuilder class

public class KadSkypeBuilder {

private final String username; private final String password;

private Set<String> resources = new HashSet<>();
private List<ErrorHandler> errorHandlers = new ArrayList<>();
private Logger customLogger;
private String chatId;

/**
 * Construct a KadSkypeBuilder with the given username and password
 *
 * @param username The username
 * @param password The password
 */
public KadSkypeBuilder(String username, String password) {
    this.username = username;
    this.password = password;
}

/**
 * Construct a KadSkypeBuilder using the given guest username
 *
 * @param username The guest username (Can be anything)
 */
public KadSkypeBuilder(String username) {
    this.username = username;
    this.password = null;
}

/**
 * Subscribe to all known resources
 *
 * @return The same KadSkypeBuilder 
 */
public KadSkypeBuilder withAllResources() {
    resources.addAll(Arrays.asList("/v1/users/ME/conversations/ALL/properties", "/v1/users/ME/conversations/ALL/messages", "/v1/users/ME/contacts/ALL", "/v1/threads/ALL"));
    return this;
}

/**
 * Subscribe to a resource which has not been added into the API
 *
 * @param resource The resource to subscribe to
 * @return The same KadSkypeBuilder 
 */
public KadSkypeBuilder withResource(String resource) {
    resources.add(resource);
    return this;
}

/**
 * Use a custom logger for this Skype instance
 *
 * @param logger The custom logger to use
 * @return The same KadSkypeBuilder 
 */
public KadSkypeBuilder withLogger(Logger logger) {
    this.customLogger = logger;
    return this;
}

/**
 * Add an exception handler to handle exceptions
 *
 * @param errorHandler The exception handler
 * @return The same KadSkypeBuilder 
 */
public KadSkypeBuilder withExceptionHandler(ErrorHandler errorHandler) {
    this.errorHandlers.add(errorHandler);
    return this;
}

/**
 * Join a particular chat as a guest. Will have no effect if a password is specified
 *
 * @param id The chat id
 * @return The same KadSkypeBuilder 
 */
public KadSkypeBuilder withChat(String id) {
    if (!id.startsWith("19:")) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid chat id");
    if (password != null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not guest account");
    this.chatId = id;
    return this;
}

/**
 * Build the Skype instance!
 *
 * @return The Skype instance
 */
public Skype build() {
    if (resources.isEmpty()) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("No resources selected");
    }
    if (password != null) {
        return new MyFullClient(username, password, resources, customLogger, errorHandlers);
    } else if (chatId != null) {
        return new MyFullClient(username, chatId, resources, customLogger, errorHandlers);
    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("No chat specified");
    }
}

}

finally, using custom KadSkypeBuilder

public static void main(String[] args) throws ConnectionException, InvalidCredentialsException, NotParticipatingException {
    Skype skype = new KadSkypeBuilder("username", "pass").withAllResources().build();
    skype.login();
    skype.getEventDispatcher().registerListener(new Listener() {
        @EventHandler
        public void onMessage(MessageReceivedEvent e) throws ConnectionException {
            if (e.getMessage().getContent().asPlaintext().equals("time")) {
                e.getChat().sendMessage("Test");
            }
            System.out.println("Got message: " + e.getMessage().getContent());
        }
    });
    skype.subscribe();
}

Hope this help