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    A command-line tool for syncing Wallhaven favorites to local disk. 
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A command-line tool for syncing Wallhaven favorites to local disk.
- Host: GitHub
 - URL: https://github.com/amogh09/wallhaven-sync
 - Owner: amogh09
 - License: mit
 - Created: 2022-12-30T01:08:25.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
 - Default Branch: main
 - Last Pushed: 2023-01-22T18:38:55.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
 - Last Synced: 2024-12-10T02:33:23.373Z (11 months ago)
 - Language: Haskell
 - Size: 224 KB
 - Stars: 6
 - Watchers: 1
 - Forks: 0
 - Open Issues: 0
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            Metadata Files:
            
- Readme: README.md
 - Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
 - License: LICENSE
 
 
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          # wallhaven-sync
`wallhaven-sync` is a command-line tool for syncing wallpapers from a Wallhaven collection to a local directory on your computer. `wallhaven-sync` can also detect wallpapers in your local sync directory that are not a part of the collection anymore and delete them.
## Installation
### Using prebuilt binaries
Prebuilt binaries are provided on [Github Releases](https://github.com/amogh09/wallhaven-sync/releases) for Linux and MacOS platforms. Download the relevant binary for your platform from the Releases page and they should be ready for use.
### Installing from source
Follow the steps below to build `wallhaven-sync` from source. You will need a working [cabal](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html) tool with GHC 9.2.4 for the build.
1. Download the source from one of the [releases](https://github.com/amogh09/wallhaven-sync/releases).
1. Inside the source directory, invoke `cabal install`.
1. `wallhaven-sync` will be installed in your `.cabal/bin` directory.
## Usage
`wallhaven-sync` requires your Wallhaven API Key. 
1. Log into your [Wallhaven](https://wallhaven.cc/) account and then open the [Account Settings](https://wallhaven.cc/settings/account) page. 
1. Your API key will be shown under "API Key" section as shown in the image below.

Usage instructions can be printed by invoking `wallhaven-sync --help`. The help output is reproduced below.
```
wallhaven-sync
Usage: wallhaven-sync [--wallpaper-dir DIRECTORY] [--delete-unliked]
                      --wallhaven-username USERNAME --wallhaven-api-key API_KEY
                      [--collection-label LABEL] [--debug]
  Sync wallpapers from a Wallhaven collection
Available options:
  --wallpaper-dir DIRECTORY
                           Directory where wallpapers will be saved
                           (default: "/Users/home/wallpapers")
  --delete-unliked         Delete unliked wallpapers
  --wallhaven-username USERNAME
                           Wallhaven username
  --wallhaven-api-key API_KEY
                           Wallhaven API key
  --collection-label LABEL Label of the collection to sync (default: "Default")
  --debug                  Debug mode
  -h,--help                Show this help text
```
### Options
| Option | Description | Default value | Required |
| ------ | ----------- | ------------- | -------- |
| `--wallpaper-dir` | Local directory to use for downloading the wallpapers. | `/Users/home/wallpapers` | No |
| `--wallhaven-username` | Username of the collection owner. | | Yes |
| `--collection-label` | Name of the collection to download. | Default | No |
| `wallhaven-api-key` | Your wallhaven API key. | | Yes |
| `--delete-unliked` | If this flag is present then `wallhaven-sync` will delete wallpapers that are in the local directory but not in the specified collection. This option is useful for deleting wallpapers that were unliked from your collection. | NA | No |
### Example usage
For downloading your Wallhaven favorites to default directory - 
`wallhaven-sync --wallhaven-username USERNAME --wallhaven-api-key API_KEY`
For downloading your wallhaven favorites to ~/wallhaven directory - 
`wallhaven-sync --wallhaven-username USERNAME --wallhaven-api-key API_KEY --wallpaper-dir ~/wallhaven`
For syncing (deleting unliked wallpapers from local directory and downloading wallpapers from the collection) Wallhaven favorites to default directory - 
`wallhaven-sync --wallhaven-username USERNAME --wallhaven-api-key API_KEY --delete-unliked`
For downloading a collection named "nature" under account "my-account" to default directory - 
`wallhaven-sync --wallhaven-username my-account --collection-label nature --wallhaven-api-key API_KEY`