change_wallpaper.py

import os
import re
import random
import subprocess

def run_command(cmd):
    result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
    return result.stdout.decode('utf-8').strip()

def get_current_bg(output):
    match = re.search(r'image: "([^"]+)"', output)
    if match:
        return match.group(1)
    else:
        raise ValueError("Failed to extract current background from swww query output")

# Get the current background
query_output = run_command('swww query')
current_bg = get_current_bg(query_output)

# List all files in the backgrounds directory
bg_dir = '/home/shane/.config/HyprV/backgrounds' # replace with your actual directory
all_bgs = os.listdir(bg_dir)

new_bgs = [bg for bg in all_bgs if bg != current_bg]

# If there are no new images, throw an exception
if not new_bgs:
    raise ValueError("No more backgrounds found")

# Select a new background at random
new_bg = random.choice(new_bgs)

run_command(f'swww img --transition-type grow --transition-pos top-right --transition-angle 45 {os.path.join(bg_dir, new_bg)}')