Photo of the Day
Downloads Bing Photo of the Day, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, National Geographic Photo of the Day, Unsplash Source Random Photo and sets it as wallpaper. You can view it on npm.
Features
- Choose Bing, NASA, National Geographic or Unsplash photos.
- Set date, locale & resolution for Bing photos.
- Use custom API key for NASA.
- Set date for NASA & National Geographic photos.
- Choose a random photo from NASA & National Geographic & Unsplash.
- Set resolution for Unsplash photos.
- Set background display option for Linux.
- Stores all photos in ~/Pictures/Bing, ~/Pictures/NASA, ~/Pictures/National Geographic, ~/Pictures/Unsplash.
- Runs at startup automatically.
Supported Desktops
- Mac OS X
- Linux GNOME
- Linux Unity
Options
- Bing Date (# of days before): 0 (default), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
- Bing Locales: ar-XA, bg-BG, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-AT, de-CH, de-DE, el-GR, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-ID, en-IE, en-IN, en-MY, en-NZ, en-PH, en-SG, en-US (default), en-XA, en-ZA, es-AR, es-CL, es-ES, es-MX, es-US, es-XL, et-EE, fi-FI, fr-BE, fr-CA, fr-CH, fr-FR, he-IL, hr-HR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, lt-LT, lv-LV, nb-NO, nl-BE, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sl-SL, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, uk-UA, zh-CN, zh-HK, zh-TW
- Bing & Unsplash Resolutions: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1366x768, 1920x1080 (default), 1920x1200 (watermarked for Bing)
- Linux Background Display Options: wallpaper, centered, scaled, stretched, zoom (default), spanned
Installation
$ npm install photo-of-the-day
Run at startup
$ cd startup
$ ./autostart.sh
You must install it globally first in order to use this feature. You can customize the startup command in potd.plist (for Mac OS X) or potd.desktop (for Linux) file.
Usage
| Flag | Short | Description | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
--nasa |
-n |
Choose NASA photo | -n |
--ng |
-N |
Choose National Geographic photo | -N |
--unsplash |
-u |
Choose Unsplash photo | -u |
--before |
-b |
Set date for Bing | -b 1 |
--locale |
-l |
Set locale for Bing | -l en-GB |
--resolution |
-r |
Set resolution for Bing & Unsplash | -r 1920x1200 |
--key |
-k |
Set API key for NASA | -k SOME_API_KEY |
--date |
-d |
Set date for NASA or National Geographic (YYYY-mm-dd) | -d 2019-06-19 |
--random |
-R |
Choose a random photo from NASA or National Geographic or Unsplash | -R |
--wallpaper |
-w |
Don’t set downloaded photo as wallpaper (can be used for bulk downloading) | -w |
--option |
-o |
Set background display option for Linux | -o centered |
Examples
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
$ potd |
Sets wallpaper as Bing photo |
$ potd -n |
Sets wallpaper as NASA photo |
$ potd -N |
Sets wallpaper as National Geographic photo |
$ potd -u |
Sets wallpaper as Unsplash photo |
$ potd -b 1 |
Sets wallpaper as Bing from yesterday |
$ potd -l en-GB |
Sets wallpaper as Bing from Great Britain |
$ potd -r 1920x1200 |
Sets wallpaper as Bing with 1920x1200 resolution |
$ potd -b 1 -l en-GB -r 1920x1200 |
Sets wallpaper as Bing from yesterday and Great Britain with 1920x1200 resolution |
$ potd -n -k SOME_API_KEY |
Sets wallpaper as NASA using specified API key |
$ potd -n -d 2019-06-18 |
Sets wallpaper as NASA from 2019-06-18 |
$ potd -n -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random NASA photo |
$ potd -n -k SOME_API_KEY -d 2019-06-18 |
Sets wallpaper as NASA from 2019-06-18 using specified API key |
$ potd -n -k SOME_API_KEY -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random NASA photo using specified API key |
$ potd -N -d 2019-06-06 |
Sets wallpaper as National Geographic from 2019-06-06 |
$ potd -N -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random National Geographic photo |
$ potd -u -r 1920x1200 |
Sets wallpaper as Unsplash with 1920x1200 resolution |
$ potd -u -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random Unsplash photo |
$ potd -u -r 1920x1200 -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random Unsplash photo with 1920x1200 resolution |
$ potd -w |
Only downloads Bing photo (doesn’t set it as wallpaper) |
$ potd -o centered |
Wallpaper centered on desktop |