#!/bin/bash # This Script downloads National Geographic Photo of the day, and sets it as desktop background (gnome, unity) # Copyright (C) 2012 Saman Barghi - All Rights Reserved # Permission to copy, modify, and distribute is granted under GPLv3 # Last Revised 22 May 2019 ####################### #Change directory to where the script resides. BASEDIR="$HOME/var/inbox/apod_photos" cd $BASEDIR ####################### #getting the image URL img="$(curl https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod\?api_key=AdfgdnmmInYgpDMEq3ShMLKjJ7DZ7jyUcgLHWdgw | jq .hdurl | tr -d \")" #check to see if there is any wallpaper to download if [ -n "$img" ] then img_file=`echo $img | cut -d/ -f 7 | tr -d \"` curl $img > $img_file #set the current image as wallpaper #feh --bg-scale $BASEDIR/$img_file ##link slim background to new image #rm /usr/share/slim/themes/default/background.jpg #ln -s $BASEDIR/$img_file /usr/share/slim/themes/default/background.jpg else echo "No Wallpaper today" fi