A script which downloads the latest picture of the day from Bing.com and saves it to a directory.
The script was tested on:
- Arch 6.15.7-arch1-1 KDE Plasma
- Just run the bing-wallpaper.sh script from the terminal. The script will download today's bing image.
- To see available options run the sript with the
--helpflag:
$ ./bing-wallpaper.sh --help
Usage:
bing-wallpaper.sh [options]
bing-wallpaper.sh -h | --help
bing-wallpaper.sh --version
Options:
-f --force Force download of picture. This will overwrite
the picture if the filename already exists.
-s --ssl Communicate with bing.com over SSL.
-b --boost <n> Use boost mode. Try to fetch latest <n> pictures.
-q --quiet Do not display log messages.
-n --filename <file name> The name of the downloaded picture. Defaults to
the upstream name.
-p --picturedir <picture dir> The full path to the picture download dir.
Will be created if it does not exist.
[default: $HOME/Pictures/bing-wallpapers/]
-r --resolution <resolution> The resolution of the image to retrieve.
Supported resolutions:
UHD 1920x1200 1920x1080 800x480 400x240
-w --set-wallpaper Set downloaded picture as wallpaper (Only mac support for now).
-h --help Show this screen.
--version Show version.
TL;DR:
- To install KDE background slideshow, in the terminal run:
git clone https://github.com/Pucur/bing-wallpaper-kde.git
- Change the background properties to use the new slideshow.
How to register bing-wallpaper.sh or bing-random-pic.sh to run regularly.
- Startup programs:
- From HUD, search for startup applications.
- Add bing-random-pic.sh or bing-wallpaper.sh.