Botframework-sdk: Sending a formatted link to client

[ammoto]

I have tried:

1. session.send('[display text](http://ww.bing.com)')
2. session.send('[display text(http://ww.bing.com)]') 
3. session.send('(display text)[http://ww.bing.com]') 

What is the correct way to send formatted links?

[tomlm]

[display](http://link)
http://docs.botframework.com/connector/message-content/#navtitle

NOTE: Some channels (like SMS) don't support named links, and so it will render as
display http://link

[ammoto]

Does this work without bot-connector? I am using BotBuilder for Node / SkypeBot.
I used the format you provided but it did not work..

[tomlm]

No, if you are binding directly to an environment then it is up to you to figure out how to render in that environment.
The connector acts as layer to isolate you from having to do that, and it does that by translating from markdown to the target environment.

Skype doesn't support markdown, but it does support <b>bold</b><I>italic</I> and <quote>quotedtext</quote> <s>strikethrough</s>

[ammoto]

Skype doesn't support markdown

So currently there is no way to send a formatted link via SkypeBot session.send?

Also, could you point me in the direction of where it is documented how to render in the skype environment without using botconnector, specifically (other than the formatted link) I am also trying to session.send Images to client without the shaded image and link source text on the bottom left corner.

[tomlm]

skype currently will add better support in the near future.

[alexbezhan]

Facebook also doesn't support named links, as I have found today.