Some created scripts

setup-profile-picture.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""Update UNIX-like system user profile picture with its GitHub account's one

This script assumes same system and platform username, but a different one can be declared.
It downloads target GitHub account's picture and set it up to current system user
"""

import os
import requests
import configparser
import click

# Get system's logged username
USER = os.getlogin()


def save_github_picture(username, path):
    """Gets GitHub user account's profile picture and saves it into target path

    :param username: GitHub account username
    :param path: Picture's path destination
    """

    with open(path, "wb") as picture:
        gh_profile_picture = requests.get(f"https://github.com/{username}.png").content
        picture.write(gh_profile_picture)


def set_user_profile_picture(path):
    """Edits logged user AccountsService file to setup its profile picture path

    :param path: New profile picture path
    """

    # UNIX-like system user settings file
    accounts_service_path = f"/var/lib/AccountsService/users/{USER}"

    cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
    cfg.read(accounts_service_path)
    cfg['User']['Icon'] = path

    with open(accounts_service_path, 'w') as accounts_service:
        cfg.write(accounts_service)


@click.command()
@click.argument('github_username', default=USER)
@click.option('--path', default=f"/home/{USER}/.face", help='define picture target path.')
def run(github_username, path):
    """Command line interface to define script's arguments

    :param github_username: GitHub account username (default: system user)
    :param path: New profile picture path (default: ~/.face)
    """
    try:
        save_github_picture(github_username, path)
        set_user_profile_picture(path)
    except Exception:
        raise
    else:
        print(f"User profile picture updated with {github_username}'s GitHub one")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if os.geteuid() != 0:
        raise PermissionError("This action requires root privileges")
    else:
        run()