Anyone tried to automate Skype recently?

We recently switched our chat platform to the new Skype for Business, and I've been asked to research how to automatically update everyone's contact list. So I Googled around a bit and found out a few important things:They discontinued their desktop API a couple years ago (a COM API that would've made it way too easy lol)They do have a web API, but it's mostly for "chat on skype" links (by using "Skype URIs" in anchor elements) and focuses on starting conversations.It is possible to run Skype from the command line, but it ignored all the different options I tried.The AHK forum has several scripts/functions for Skype, but most either use the deprecated COM object or old versions of AHK.
So at this point I'm kind of at a loss. I could do something with simulated mouse clicks and stuff, but there's got to be a better way. I mentioned AHK...
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>
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>
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