A simple script to easily get Bing’s image of the day

bing_bg.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

bing_bg() {
    local host='http://bing.com'
    local path='HPImageArchive.aspx'
    local query="format=js&idx=${1:-0}&n=1&mkt=en-US"

    curl -s "$host/$path?$query" |\
    jq --arg host "$host" -r '$host + .images[0].url'
}