#!/usr/bin/env python3 import os import subprocess from datetime import datetime import requests today = datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d") home = os.path.expanduser("~") target_path = f"{home}/var/media/backgrounds/bing/{today}.jpg" # If the file for today already exists, just exit if os.path.isfile(target_path): print(f"Bing image for {today} already exists, skipping download") exit() iotd_uri = "https://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=js&idx=1&n=1" r = requests.get(iotd_uri) image_info_uri = r.json()["images"][0]["url"] img = requests.get(f"https://www.bing.com{image_info_uri}", stream=True) handle = open(target_path, "wb") for chunk in img.iter_content(chunk_size=512): if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks handle.write(chunk)