This script gets a random featured image from unsplash.com and sets it as your desktop background. Works on gsettings supported linux distros. Tested on Ubuntu 19.10 (Gnome). Requires the requests module to be installed.
It takes some time to download the photo. So, wait patiently after executing the script.
You can use anacrontab to run it daily or weekly. See http://bit.ly/371ybhq
| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| """ | |
| This script gets a random featured image from unsplash.com and sets it as your desktop background. Works on `gsettings` supported linux distros. Tested on Ubuntu 19.10 (Gnome). Requires the `requests` module to be installed. | |
| It takes some time to download the photo. So, wait patiently after executing the script. | |
| You can use `anacrontab` to run it daily or weekly. See http://bit.ly/371ybhq | |
| """ | |
| import requests | |
| from os import system | |
| # Create an app here: https://unsplash.com/oauth/applications | |
| # and collect your client_id (Access Key) | |
| client_id = '***' | |
| def unsplash(path, **params): | |
| return requests.get('https://api.unsplash.com' + path, params={'client_id': client_id, **params}) | |
| res = unsplash('/photos/random', featured=True, orientation='landscape') | |
| url = res.json()['urls']['regular'] | |
| system(f'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri {url}') |
brilliant!