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https://github.com/deepjyoti30/QuickWall

Set latest wallpapers from Unsplash from the commandline
https://github.com/deepjyoti30/QuickWall

cli nitrogen terminal unsplash wallpaper wallpaper-setter

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Set latest wallpapers from Unsplash from the commandline

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/deepjyoti30/QuickWall
Owner: deepjyoti30
License: mit
Created: 2019-08-12T16:30:18.000Z (about 5 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2022-02-16T18:09:45.000Z (over 2 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-04-28T20:02:16.215Z (6 months ago)
Topics: cli, nitrogen, terminal, unsplash, wallpaper, wallpaper-setter
Language: Python
Homepage: https://deepjyoti30.github.io/quickwall
Size: 61.8 MB
Stars: 185
Watchers: 3
Forks: 8
Open Issues: 4
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        
QuickWall




    








How It Works   |   Installation   |   Requirements   |   Usage   |   TODO   |   Acknowledgements   





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## How It Works

It detects your DE or WM, gets wallpapers from **Unsplash** and sets them using either your choice of wallpaper setter or by **nitrogen**. Not enough? It can also change your theme based on the wallpapers that it gets, thanks to [pywal](https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal).

## Installation

- It is available in Pypi

```sh

pip3 install QuickWall

```

- Available in AUR [here](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quickwall/)

```sh

yay -S quickwall

```

> **NOTE**: The directory is changed from `~/.QuickWall` to `~/.cache/QuickWall`. Early users can use `--migrate` option to move their data.

### OR

- Run the following command in the root directory to install QuickWall.

```sh

python setup.py install

```

> **NOTE**: If you get **permission denied** error, run the above command with sudo.

## Requirements

1. Python 3.6+

2. Currently supported wallpaper setters

   - [nitrogen](https://github.com/l3ib/nitrogen)

   - [feh](https://github.com/derf/feh)

   - [kde](https://github.com/KDE/plasma-desktop)

   - [xfce](https://www.xfce.org/)

   - [gnome/unity](https://www.gnome.org/)

> **NOTE**: These dependencies in linux can be installed in other variants.  

> For _arch linux_, you can use **pacman** package manager accordingly.

## Usage

```console

usage: quickwall [-h] [--version] [--clear-cache] [--setter SETTER] [-d] [-t]

                 [--remove-id ID] [--dir DIR] [--id ID] [--random]

                 [--search TERM] [--migrate] [--set-lockscreen]

                 [--level LEVEL] [--list-level]

QuickWall - Quickly set latest wallpapers from Unsplash directly from the

commandline.

options:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  --version             show the program version number and exit

  --clear-cache         Clear the cache from the cache folder

                        (~/.cache/QuickWall)

  --setter SETTER       Wallpaper setter to be used. Currently supported ones:

                        nitrogen, feh, xfce, kde, gnome, unity (default: auto)

  -d, --disable-blacklist

                        Disable adding the image to blacklisted ones.

  -t, --disable-theme   Disable setting a colorscheme extracted from the

                        wallpaper

  --remove-id ID        Remove the passed ID from the blacklist.

  --dir DIR             Directory to download the wallpapers

  --id ID               Get a photo by its ID.

  --random              Get random wallpapers.

  --search TERM         Show wallpapers based on the passed term

  --migrate             ONLY FOR EARLY USERS. Move the files from ~/.QuickWall

                        to ~/.cache/QuickWall.

  --set-lockscreen      Set lockscreen wallpaper (currently for KDE)

Logger:

  --level LEVEL         The level of the logger that will be used while

                        verbosing. Use `--list-level` to check available

                        options.

  --list-level          List all the available logger levels.

```

## TODO

- Add tests

- Add support for different wallpaper setters (raise an issue if you want me to support some particular one)

- Handle errors better

- ~~Add support for GNOME/Unity~~

- ~~Add support for XFCE~~

- ~~Add automatic detection of wallpaper setter depending on the OS. Fallback would be nitrogen.~~

- ~~Add support to restore wallpapers for KDE.~~

- ~~Add a logger~~

- ~~Add support to search~~

## Acknowledgements

- [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com) for their awesome API.

- [Pavel Borisov](https://github.com/pashazz) for [ksetpaper](https://github.com/pashazz/ksetwallpaper) code.