A small PowerShell script to get the en-US Bing image of the day and update the current user's profiles.json's default backgroundImage setting

TerminalBingImage.ps1

# $TODO: - These should be cmdlet parameters if you go that far...
$bingRootUrl = "https://www.bing.com"
$marketLocale = "en-US"
$numberOfImages = 1
$bingImageInfoUrl = "$bingRootUrl/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=js&idx=0&n=$numberOfImages&mkt=$marketLocale"

# Windows Terminal profiles.json location
$profilesJsonLocation = "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json"

function Get-ImageOfTheDayUrl {
    try {

        # Get JSON regarding bing image info of the day
        Write-Host "🌐  Making request to $bingImageInfoUrl..."
        $bingImageInfo = Invoke-RestMethod $bingImageInfoUrl
    
        # Get JSON regarding bing image info of the day
        if ($null -eq $bingImageInfo.images -or $bingImageInfo.images.length -lt 1) {
            Write-Host "No image information could be parsed from the response."
            exit
        }
    
        return $bingImageInfo.images[0].url 
    } catch {
        Write-Host "🛑  Unable to make a request to $bingImageInfoUrl with error:"
        Write-Host "$_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__"
        Write-Host "Exiting..."
        exit
    }
}

function Set-DefaultProfileToImageOfTheDay {
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
        $absoluteImageUrl
    )

    try {    
        Write-Host "💾  Setting Windows Terminal default profile background image to $absoluteImageUrl..."
        
        # $TODO: - check if this exists...
        $profilesJson = Get-Content $profilesJsonLocation -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json

        # $TODO: - check if this exists :)
        $profilesJson.profiles.defaults.backgroundImage = $absoluteImageUrl

        # Update!
        $profilesJson | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 32 | Set-Content $profilesJsonLocation
    } catch
    {
        Write-Host "🛑  Unable to update profiles.json with $absoluteImageUrl with error:"
        Write-Host $_.Exception.GetType().FullName, $_.Exception.Message
        Write-Host "Exiting..."
    } finally {

    }
}

# Get Image URL
$relativeImageUrl = Get-ImageOfTheDayUrl
$absoluteImageUrl = $bingRootUrl + $relativeImageUrl

# Set Image URL in profiles.json
Set-DefaultProfileToImageOfTheDay $absoluteImageUrl

# Success!
Write-Host "✔️  Successfully updated Windows Terminal Settings to the Bing image of the day 😀"