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NASA Daily APOD Wallpaper - Arch w/ PlasmaKDE
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| #!/usr/bin/perl | |
| use strict; | |
| use warnings; | |
| use HTTP::Tiny; | |
| use JSON::PP; | |
| use File::Path qw(make_path); | |
| my $home = $ENV{HOME}; | |
| my $save_dir = "$home/Pictures/NASA"; | |
| make_path($save_dir) unless -d $save_dir; | |
| my $api_url = 'https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY&hd=true'; | |
| my $http = HTTP::Tiny->new(); | |
| my $response = $http->get($api_url); | |
| unless ($response->{success}) { | |
| die "Failed to fetch API data: $response->{status} $response->{reason}\n"; | |
| } | |
| my $data = decode_json($response->{content}); | |
| if ($data->{media_type} ne 'image') { | |
| print "Today's APOD is a $data->{media_type}, not an image. Leaving current wallpaper.\n"; | |
| exit 0; | |
| } | |
| my $image_url = $data->{hdurl}; | |
| my $image_title = $data->{title}; | |
| my $date = $data->{date}; | |
| if (!$image_url) { | |
| die "Could not find an HD image URL in the NASA API response.\n"; | |
| } | |
| my $image_path = "$save_dir/apod-$date.jpg"; | |
| my $img_response = $http->mirror($image_url, $image_path); | |
| unless ($img_response->{success}) { | |
| die "Failed to download image: $img_response->{status} $img_response->{reason}\n"; | |
| } | |
| opendir(my $dh, $save_dir) or warn "Cannot open $save_dir\n"; | |
| while (my $file = readdir($dh)) { | |
| next if $file eq "apod-$date.jpg"; | |
| unlink "$save_dir/$file" if $file =~ /^apod-.*\.jpg$/; | |
| } | |
| closedir($dh); | |
| my $uid = $<; | |
| $ENV{DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS} = "unix:path=/run/user/$uid/bus"; | |
| system('plasma-apply-wallpaperimage', $image_path) == 0 | |
| or die "Failed to apply wallpaper\n"; | |
| system('notify-send', 'NASA APOD Updated', $image_title, '--icon=plasma') == 0 | |
| or warn "Failed to send notification\n"; |
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