Add Bing image to Microsoft Teams backgrounds

bing-to-teams.ps1

$TeamsPath  = "$($env:appdata)\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads"
$web        = New-Object Net.WebClient
$webclient  = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

$baseUrl = "https://www.bing.com"
$jsonUrl = "https://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=js&mbl=1&idx=0&n=1&cc=auto"

if (-not(Test-Path $TeamsPath)) {
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $TeamsPath
}

$json = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $jsonUrl | ConvertFrom-Json
$url  = $baseUrl + $json.images.url.toString().trim();

$fileName   = ($json.images.urlbase).Substring(7) + ".jpg"
$ImagePath  = Join-Path $TeamsPath $fileName

Write-Output "Sending Bing image to Teams backgrounds folder"
$webClient.DownloadFile($url, $ImagePath)

Write-Output "All Done!"

spotlight-to-teams.ps1

#Spotlight Image
$BingPath = "$($env:localappdata)\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets"
$TeamsPath = "$($env:appdata)\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads"
$Date = Get-Date -Format "dd-MM-yyyy_HHmms"


$SpotlightImages = Get-ChildItem -Path $BingPath `
    | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -ge (Get-Date).AddDays(-1) }

$item = ($SpotlightImages | Sort-Object -Property Length -Descending)[0]
Write-Output "Sending Spotlight image to Teams backgrounds folder"

$item | Copy-Item -Destination "$($TeamsPath)\spotlight_$($Date).jpg"

Add Daily BING image to Microsoft Teams Background

If you really are a fan of the BING image of the day you can use this little script to add the image to the Microsoft Teams Background image folder.

Completely useless but still fun, just because we can.

Add Daily Windows Spotlight image to Microsoft Teams Background

You can also use the spotlight to teams script to add the Windows Spotlight image of the day to the Microsoft Teams Background image folder.