Download Bing Image of the Day

BingImageOfTheday.py

import os
import sys
import urllib2
import json
import threading
import time

BING = {
	"base": "http://bing.com",
	"wall": "/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=js&idx=0&n=1&nc=1393792328465&pid=hp&video=1"
	}

def getWallpaperUrl():
	url = BING['base']+BING['wall']
	req = urllib2.Request(url)
	response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
	data = json.load(response)
	img = ''
	if data.has_key('images'):
		if len(data['images'])==1:
			if data['images'][0].has_key('url'):
				img = data['images'][0]['url']
			else:
				print('No image url. Exiting...\n')
		else:
			print('No image url. Exiting...\n')
	else:
		print('No image url. Exiting...\n')
	if img == '':
		exit()
	return img

def downloadWallpaper():
	url = BING['base']+getWallpaperUrl()
	path = url.split('/')
	path  = path[len(path)-1]
	req = urllib2.Request(url)
	resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
	out = open(path,'wb')
	out.write(resp.read())
	out.close()

if __name__ =='__main__':
	img_thread = threading.Thread(target=downloadWallpaper)
	img_thread.start()
	st = '\rDownloading Image'
	current = 1
	while img_thread.is_alive():
		sys.stdout.write(st+'.'*((current)%5))
		current=current+1
		time.sleep(0.3)
	img_thread.join()
	print('\nImage of the day downloaded.')