https://github.com/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day

Posts the picture of the day from Wikipedia to Bluesky (60k followers!)
https://github.com/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day

bot python python-twitter twitter wikipedia

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Posts the picture of the day from Wikipedia to Bluesky (60k followers!)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day
• Owner: ndrezn
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-10-14T03:02:07.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-12T06:53:52.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-22T02:33:00.226Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: bot, python, python-twitter, twitter, wikipedia
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://bsky.app/profile/wiki-potd.bsky.social
• Size: 1.68 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Wikipedia Picture of the Day [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=P1RUFXQ1N8)](https://codecov.io/gh/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day) [![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/url/https/twitter.com/wiki_potd.svg?style=social&label=Follow%20%40wiki_potd)](https://twitter.com/wiki_potd) [![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/url/https/twitter.com/potd_context.svg?style=social&label=Follow%20%40potd_context)](https://twitter.com/potd_context) [![bluesky](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bluesky-%40wiki--potd.bsky.social-0285FF?style=flat&logo=bluesky&logoColor=%230285FF)](https://bsky.app/profile/wiki-potd.bsky.social) [![bluesky](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bluesky-%40potd--context.bsky.social-0285FF?style=flat&logo=bluesky&logoColor=%230285FF)](https://bsky.app/profile/potd-context.bsky.social)



    



Posts the picture of the day from Wikipedia daily to Twitter from [@wiki_potd](https://twitter.com/wiki_potd). Based on the community sourced [Wikipedia Picture of the Day](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day).

Also powers a sibling account [@potd_context](https://twitter.com/potd_context), which posts article titles, links, and extra captioning.

## Usage

Note that correct API keys are required as environment variables.

**To run**

```

# CONFIGURE ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

pip install -r requirements.txt

bash run.sh

```