Desktop background rotation in XFCE4 + Wallbase.cc

xfce-wallbase.sh

#!/bin/bash

# 1. put this file in a cron job
# 2. then, setup your desktop preferences to use the $BACKDROP image list

DESKTOPS=2
SAVE_TO="/home/salvarez/tmp/wp"
BACKDROP="/home/salvarez/tmp/xfce4-backdrop.list"

export DISPLAY=:0.0; 
rm -rf "$SAVE_TO"
mkdir -p $SAVE_TO
I=0

echo "# xfce backdrop list" > $BACKDROP
for URL in `curl --no-buffer --silent --data 'query=landscape&board=23&nsfw=110&res=1920x1080&res_opt=eqeq&aspect=1.77&orderby=random&orderby_opt=desc&thpp=20&section=wallpapers' --user-agent 'http://wallbase.cc/search' http://wallbase.cc/search | grep -i "http:" | grep "drg_thumb" | sed 's/^.*<a href="//' | sed 's/".*$//' | head -n $DESKTOPS`
do
	IMG=`curl --no-buffer --silent --user-agent 'http://wallbase.cc/search' $URL | grep "img" | grep "landscape" | sed 's/^.*<img src="//' | sed 's/".*$//'`
	wget --quiet --no-directories --directory-prefix="$SAVE_TO/" --referer="$URL" $IMG
	echo "$SAVE_TO/`basename $IMG`" >> $BACKDROP

	let I=$I+1
done

/usr/bin/xfdesktop --reload