dotfiles/bin/.bin/get_astrobin_potd.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from datetime import datetime
import requests
import subprocess

root = "https://www.astrobin.com"
api_key = "3f542cbb23407bde6f20490f377366582dd1a54c"
api_secret = (
    subprocess.check_output("pass personal/apikey/astrobin", shell=True)
    .decode("utf-8")
    .strip()
)
fmt = "json"
iotd_uri = f"{root}/api/v1/imageoftheday/?limit=1&api_key={api_key}&api_secret={api_secret}&format={fmt}"
r = requests.get(iotd_uri)
image_info_uri = r.json()["objects"][0]["image"]
r = requests.get(
    f"{root}{image_info_uri}?api_key={api_key}&api_secret={api_secret}&format={fmt}"
)
image_uri = r.json()["url_real"]
img = requests.get(image_uri, stream=True)

today = datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
target_path = f"/home/powellc/var/inbox/astrobin/{today}.jpg"

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)