Recursively add all new images in a given path to ~/.config/mate/backgrounds.xml

add_backgrounds.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
Recursively adds all new images in a given path to ~/.config/mate/backgrounds.xml
"""

import os, sys
from pathlib import Path
import mimetypes

if not len(sys.argv) == 2 or not os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]):
    print("Argument must be a valid path")
    sys.exit(1)

template = """\
  <wallpaper deleted="false">
    <name>%s</name>
    <filename>%s</filename>
    <options>zoom</options>
    <shade_type>solid</shade_type>
    <pcolor>rgb(0,0,0)</pcolor>
    <scolor>rgb(0,0,0)</scolor>
    <artist>(unknown)</artist>
  </wallpaper>
"""
backgrounds_file = os.path.join(Path.home(), ".config/mate/backgrounds.xml")
if os.path.exists(backgrounds_file):
    xml = open(backgrounds_file).readlines()
else:
    xml = ['<?xml version="1.0"?>\n','<!DOCTYPE wallpapers SYSTEM "mate-wp-list.dtd">\n','<wallpapers>\n','</wallpapers>\n']
files = list(Path(sys.argv[1]).rglob("**/*"))
knownfiles = [line.partition("<filename>")[2].partition("</filename>")[0] for line in xml if "<filename>" in line]
output = ""
count = 0
for filename in files:
    if not str(filename) in knownfiles:
        filetype = mimetypes.guess_type(os.path.abspath(filename))[0]
        if filetype and "image" in str(filetype):
            output += template % (os.path.basename(filename), filename)
            count += 1
if count:
    for i, line in enumerate(xml):
        if line.strip() == "</wallpapers>":
            xml.insert(i, output)
            break
    with open(backgrounds_file, "w") as f:
        f.write("".join(xml))
    print("%d new background images added successfully" % count)
else:
    print("No new background images found")