Set a random wallpaper from unsplash on xfce

wp.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $1 == "" ]]; then
	QUERY="neon"
else
	QUERY=$1
fi

echo "► searching for $QUERY"

API_KEY="YOUR UNSPLASH API KEY"
IDX=$(($RANDOM % 5))
URL="https://api.unsplash.com/search/photos?page=1&query=$QUERY&order_by=latest&orientation=landscape&per_page=5&client_id=$API_KEY"
FPATH="/tmp/wallpaper.jpg"

IMG_URL=$(curl \
	-s \
	--request GET \
	--url $URL \
	| jq -r .results[$IDX].urls.full)

echo "► got image $IMG_URL"

wget --no-cache -O $FPATH $IMG_URL -q

echo "► setting wallpaper..."

xfconf-query \
	-c xfce4-desktop \
	-p /backdrop/screen0/$(xrandr|awk '/\<connected/{print "monitor"$1}')/workspace0/last-image \
	-s $FPATH

sleep 1

# rm $FPATH