jadijadi · May 10, 2016 06:50 · May 10, 2016
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this script is not written by me. Just using it and sharing it here. 
+
+# export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable useful when the script is set as a cron job
+PID=$(pgrep gnome-session)
+export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(grep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS /proc/$PID/environ|cut -d= -f2-)
+
+
+# $bing is needed to form the fully qualified URL for
+# the Bing pic of the day
+bing="www.bing.com"
+
+# $xmlURL is needed to get the xml data from which
+# the relative URL for the Bing pic of the day is extracted
+#
+# The mkt parameter determines which Bing market you would like to
+# obtain your images from.
+# Valid values are: en-US, zh-CN, ja-JP, en-AU, en-UK, de-DE, en-NZ, en-CA.
+#
+# The idx parameter determines where to start from. 0 is the current day,
+# 1 the previous day, etc.
+xmlURL="http://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=xml&idx=1&n=1&mkt=en-US"
+
+# $saveDir is used to set the location where Bing pics of the day
+# are stored.  $HOME holds the path of the current user's home directory
+saveDir="$HOME/Pictures/BingDesktopImages/"
+
+# Create saveDir if it does not already exist
+mkdir -p $saveDir
+
+# Set picture options
+# Valid options are: none,wallpaper,centered,scaled,stretched,zoom,spanned
+picOpts="zoom"
+
+# The desired Bing picture resolution to download
+# Valid options: "_1024x768" "_1280x720" "_1366x768" "_1920x1200"
+desiredPicRes="_1366x768"
+
+# The file extension for the Bing pic
+picExt=".jpg"
+
+# Extract the relative URL of the Bing pic of the day from
+# the XML data retrieved from xmlURL, form the fully qualified
+# URL for the pic of the day, and store it in $picURL
+
+# Form the URL for the desired pic resolution
+desiredPicURL=$bing$(echo $(curl -s $xmlURL) | grep -oP "<urlBase>(.*)</urlBase>" | cut -d ">" -f 2 | cut -d "<" -f 1)$desiredPicRes$picExt
+
+# Form the URL for the default pic resolution
+defaultPicURL=$bing$(echo $(curl -s $xmlURL) | grep -oP "<url>(.*)</url>" | cut -d ">" -f 2 | cut -d "<" -f 1)
+
+# $picName contains the filename of the Bing pic of the day
+
+# Attempt to download the desired image resolution. If it doesn't
+# exist then download the default image resolution
+if wget --quiet --spider "$desiredPicURL"
+then
+
+    # Set picName to the desired picName
+    picName=${desiredPicURL##*/}
+    # Download the Bing pic of the day at desired resolution
+    curl -s -o $saveDir$picName $desiredPicURL
+else
+    # Set picName to the default picName
+    picName=${defaultPicURL##*/}
+    # Download the Bing pic of the day at default resolution
+    curl -s -o $saveDir$picName $defaultPicURL
+fi
+
+
+# Set the GNOME3 wallpaper
+gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file://$saveDir$picName"
+
+# Set the GNOME 3 wallpaper picture options
+gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-options $picOpts
+
+
+# Remove pictures older than 30 days
+#find $saveDir -atime 30 -delete
+
+# Exit the script
+exit