What is it?:

A python script to change my desktop wallpaper picked from reddit.

Scope:

• Must only fetch 1920x1080 pixel images. (Implemented in v0.0.1)
• Looks from a list of definied subbredits. (uses public MultiReddits) (Implemented in v0.0.1)
• Maintains a list of previously used wallpapers to avoid duplicates. (Implemented in v0.0.2)

Requirements:

• Unity/Gnome Shell 3
• Python 3+ : sudo apt-get install python3
• requests : pip3 install requests
• praw : pip3 install praw

Installing

You can find the latest release here.
Use master branch for development purposes only.

# cd to directory where you want to install
cd ~/.apps
wget https://github.com/MiteshNinja/wallPy/archive/v0.0.2.tar.gz
tar -zxvf wallPy-0.0.2.tar.gz
cd wallPy-0.0.2

Now you can use virtualenv to install required packages locally.

virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Now run the app

python3 wallPy.py

I'll soon be uploading to pypi so that all this mess can be avoided. Bare with me till then.

TO Do's

• Upload to PyPI
• Make use of configuration files to get subbredit list/multireddit/username.
• Store a hash of previously used images, to avoid duplicates. (Implemented in v0.0.2)