Hacky script to set gifs as the background to the new Windows Terminal => iwr http://bit.ly/gifterm | iex

gifterm.ps1

<# 
    iwr http://bit.ly/gifterm | iex
    $env:gifq='cats and dogs'; iwr http://bit.ly/gifterm | iex
#>
using namespace System.IO

param(
    [string]$Query =  ($env:gifq),
    [string]$QueryRoot = 'https://giphy.com/search'
)

Clear-Host
$script:ErrorActionPreference = 'Ignore'
$script:ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'

try {
    if(!$Query) { $Query = 'cats' }
    else { $Query = $Query.Replace(' ', '-') }

    function GetGifs {
        $result = Invoke-WebRequest "$Queryroot/$query" -UseBasicParsing
        $gifsLine = $result.Content -split '\n' | Select-String -Pattern 'gifs:' | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Line
        ($gifsLine.Trim().Substring(5).Trim().Trim(',') | ConvertFrom-Json).embed_url
    }

    # Check there is a Windows Terminal install
    $profilesJson = [Path]::Combine($env:LOCALAPPDATA, 'Packages', 'Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe', 'RoamingState', 'profiles.json')
    if(Test-Path $profilesJson){
        $json = Get-Content $profilesJson -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
        $gifs = GetGifs
        $gifsDir = [Directory]::GetParent($profilesJson)
        $json.profiles | ForEach-Object {
            $gif = $gifs[(Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum $gifs.Length)]
            $gifId = $gif.Substring($gif.LastIndexOf('/')+1)
            $gifPath = Join-Path $gifsDir "$gifId.gif"
            if(!(Test-Path $gifPath)){
                Invoke-WebRequest "https://i.giphy.com/media/$gifId/giphy.gif" -OutFile $gifPath
            }
            if($_.psobject.properties['backgroundImage']){
                $_.backgroundImage = $gifPath
            } else {
                $_ | Add-Member -NotePropertyName 'backgroundImage' -NotePropertyValue $gifPath
            }
            # useAcrylic must be set to false enable the background image
            if($_.psobject.properties['useAcrylic']){
                $_.useAcrylic = $false
            } else {
                $_ | Add-Member -NotePropertyName 'useAcrylic' -NotePropertyValue $false
            }
        }
        $json | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100 | Set-Content $profilesJson
    }
} finally {
    Clear-History
    Get-Process -PID $pid | Stop-Process
}