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- #!/usr/bin/env python3
- import os
- from datetime import datetime
- import requests
- from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
- today = datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
- home = os.path.expanduser("~")
- target_path = f"{home}/var/media/backgrounds/natgeo/{today}.jpg"
- # If the file for today already exists, just exit
- if os.path.isfile(target_path):
- print(f"NatGeo image for {today} already exists, skipping download")
- exit()
- try:
- # We've got to go rummaging for:
- # <meta name="twitter:image:src" content="<full_image_path">
- potd_uri = "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/"
- html_doc = requests.get(potd_uri).content
- soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, "html.parser")
- twitter_image_tag = soup.select('meta[name="twitter:image:src"]')[0]
- image_tag = twitter_image_tag
- img = requests.get(image_tag.attrs["content"], 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)
- except: # noqa
- print("No new NatGeo image for today, sorry.")
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