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#!/bin/python | |
import sys | |
import requests | |
import string | |
import os | |
import subprocess | |
from pathlib import Path | |
debug = True | |
url = "https://peapix.com/spotlight/feed?n=1" | |
pictures_dir = Path.home() / "pictures/spotlight" | |
pictures_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) | |
def main(url: string, debug: bool): | |
response = requests.get(url) | |
if response.status_code == 200: | |
data = response.json() | |
image = data[0] | |
filename = slug(image["title"]) + ".jpg" | |
path = pictures_dir / filename | |
if not path.exists(): | |
resp = requests.get(image["imageUrl"]) | |
if resp.status_code == 200: | |
with open(path, "wb") as file: | |
file.write(resp.content) | |
if (debug): | |
print(f"File dowloaded: {filename}") | |
else: | |
if (debug): | |
print(f"File exists: {filename}") | |
change_background(path) | |
else: | |
if (debug): | |
print(f"Failed to download from {url}") | |
def slug(title: str): | |
translator = str.maketrans("", "", string.punctuation) | |
title = title.translate(translator) | |
return title.replace(" ", "") | |
def detect_desktop_environment(): | |
desktop_env = os.environ.get("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP") or os.environ.get( | |
"DESKTOP_SESSION" | |
) | |
if desktop_env: | |
return desktop_env.lower() | |
try: | |
processes = subprocess.check_output( | |
"ps -e", shell=True).decode("utf-8").lower() | |
if "gnome-session" in processes: | |
return "gnome" | |
elif "kded" in processes or "plasmashell" in processes: | |
return "kde" | |
elif "xfce4-session" in processes: | |
return "xfce" | |
elif "lxsession" in processes: | |
return "lxde" | |
elif "mate-session" in processes: | |
return "mate" | |
elif "cinnamon-session" in processes: | |
return "cinnamon" | |
except subprocess.CalledProcessError: | |
pass | |
return "unknown" | |
def change_background(image_path: str): | |
desktop_environment = detect_desktop_environment() | |
if desktop_environment == "xfce": | |
monitor = subprocess.getoutput( | |
"xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -l | grep last-image | head -n 1" | |
) | |
subprocess.run( | |
["xfconf-query", "-c", "xfce4-desktop", | |
"-p", monitor, "-s", image_path] | |
) | |
if desktop_environment == "gnome": | |
subprocess.run( | |
[ | |
"gsettings", | |
"set", | |
"org.gnome.desktop.background", | |
"picture-uri", | |
f"file://{ | |
image_path}", | |
] | |
) | |
def str_to_bool(s: str) -> bool: | |
if s.lower() in ['true', '1', 't', 'y', 'yes']: | |
return True | |
elif s.lower() in ['false', '0', 'f', 'n', 'no']: | |
return False | |
else: | |
return True | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
if len(sys.argv) > 1: | |
debug = str_to_bool(sys.argv[1]) | |
main(url, debug) |
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