song-background-image

Changes desktop background image according to the last song scrobbled by a last.fm user.

Usage

0. Clone this repository && change current directory to the script's folder

git clone https://github.com/undead404/song-background-image.git && cd song-background-image

1. Create in the script's folder an .env file with content as followed:

API_KEY={your api key} (request it here) API_SECRET={your api secret} (corresponding to your API_KEY) LASTFM_USERNAME={your last.fm username}

2. Install requirements

# pip3 install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up cron to launch the script

$ crontab -e

I set the script to change my background image every minute:

* * * * * /usr/bin/python3/ /home/undead404/projects/song-background-image/root.py >> /home/undead404/projects/song-background-image/log.txt