WallSync

What is WallSync

WallSync is an app written in Golang, to perform search queries to https://wallhaven.cc through the API and save images to your local machine by making them also background image by using your favorite background manager.

WallSync will collect predefined about of images and then stop fetching new images but instead it will keep refreshing the background image from the ones on disk unless you pass --rotate.

Usage

1. Run go install github.com/gnyblast/WallSync/cmd/wallSync@latest
   1. Make sure installation complete without error
   2. Make sure the GOPATH is in your PATH
   3. Construct your command and add it to your start-up script or create a systemd file and enable it.
2. Download the wallSync binary
   1. Download the wallSync binary from the releases.
   2. Move the wallSync binary somewhere in your PATH
   3. Construct your command and add it to your start-up script or create a systemd file and enable it.
3. Compile from source code
   1. Clone the source code git clone https://github.com/gnyblast/wallsync
   2. cd into the directory top level and run go build ./cmd/wallSync
   3. Move the compiled wallSync binary somewhere in your PATH
   4. Construct your command and add it to your start-up script or create a systemd file and enable it.

Examples

Keep 10 files and upon reaching 10 don't download new:
wallSync --search "world of warcraft" --ratios 16X9 --output-dir /tmp --command feh --arguments-template="--bg-fill %s" --refresh 1 --max-images 10

Keep 10 files and upon reaching 10 start replacing existing files from remote but always keep 10 files:
wallSync --search "world of warcraft" --ratios 16X9 --output-dir /tmp --command feh --arguments-template="--bg-fill %s" --refresh 1 --max-images 10 --rotate

P.S: --arguments-template always has to be used with = sign and arguments wrapped with quotes("). Check examples above.

Arguments

--search: (required) WallHaven: search query - required
--categories: WallHaven: categories [default: 100]
--purity WallHaven: purity [default: 100]
--ratios: WallHaven: ratios [default: 16X9]
--sorting: WallHaven: sorting [default: relevance]
--order: WallHaven: order [default: desc]
--ai-art-filter: WallHaven: AI Art Filter [default: 1]
--refresh: Refresh background every x Minutes. Default is 10 [default: 10]
--output-dir: (required) Output directory to save image files: there will be a subdirectory created named 'WallSync'
--command: (required) Binary name to be used as background manager. i.e: feh
--arguments-template: (required) Arguments for the command with %s used for image path substitution: i.e: --bg-fill %s
--max-images: (required) Max number of images that will be stored in disk
--image-name-prefix: Prefix for the image names that will be written to disk
--rotate: If set, the program will be rotating the images from remote when reached MaxImages
--version: Print version information

License

See License.md (MIT)