Play/pause Hermes when in a skype call. See this issue for details on usage: https://github.com/HermesApp/Hermes/issues/183 remote.applescript is based off of: https://github.com/winny-/HermesRemote/blob/master/api/_scripts/status.applescript

control_playback_in_skype_call.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


import Skype4Py
import subprocess
import time
import sys
import argparse


please_resume = None


def attach_hermes_control(resume=True, timeout=5000):
	global please_resume
	please_resume = resume
	skype = Skype4Py.Skype()
	skype.Timeout = timeout
	skype.Attach()

	skype.OnCallStatus = on_call_status

	return skype


def main():
	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Automatically start/stop Hermes playback on Skype call start/end')
	parser.add_argument('--no-resume', action='store_false', help='Do not resume playback after a Skype call hang up')
	args = parser.parse_args()

	sys.stdout.write('Connecting:')
	sys.stdout.flush()
	skype = None
	while skype is None:
		try:
			skype = attach_hermes_control(resume=args.no_resume)
		except Skype4Py.errors.SkypeAPIError:  # Skype is not running, wait.
			sys.stdout.write('.')
			sys.stdout.flush()
			time.sleep(1)
	print(' connected!')
	print('Skype is attached. Sleeping forever.')
	while True:
		time.sleep(10)


def on_call_status(call, status):
	global please_resume
	command = None
	if status == Skype4Py.clsInProgress:
		command = 'pause'
		print('Call started.')
	elif status == Skype4Py.clsFinished:
		if please_resume:
			command = 'play'
		print('Hung up.')

	if command:
		subprocess.call(['osascript', 'remote.applescript', command])


if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

remote.applescript

on is_running(appName)
    tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains appName
end is_running

on parse_arguments(argv)
    set arguments to ""
    repeat with arg in argv
        set arguments to arguments & " " & arg
    end repeat
    return arguments
end parse_arguments

on run argv
    set arguments to parse_arguments(argv)
    if arguments ≠ "" and arguments ≠ " " then
        if is_running("Hermes") then
            set script_text to "Tell Application \"Hermes\" to " & arguments
            run script {script_text}
        end if
    end if
end run