bing-wallpaper.py

import os
import httpx
import subprocess

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

BING_BASE = 'https://bing.com'
BING_WALLPAPER_ENDPOINT = 'http://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=xml&idx=0&n=1&mkt=en-US'
WALLPAPER_HOME = os.path.expanduser('~/bing_wallpapers')

response = httpx.get(BING_WALLPAPER_ENDPOINT)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')

url = soup.find('url').text
date = soup.find('startdate').text
copyright = soup.find('copyright').text

path = f'{WALLPAPER_HOME}/{date}.jpg'

if not os.path.exists(path):
    print(f'Downloading wallpaper "{copyright}" to {path}')

    wallpaper = httpx.get(f'{BING_BASE}{url}')

    with open(path, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(wallpaper.content)

    print('Done!')
    print('Setting wallpaper..')

    subprocess.call(['feh', '--bg-fill', path])

    print('Done!')
else:
    print(f'Wallpaper "{copyright}" already exists, skipping')