/forecast_snapshot.sh
Created Oct 10, 2013
Forecast.io Snapshot
| #!/bin/sh | |
| # Forecast.io Snapshot | |
| # | |
| # Creates a snapshot of forecast.io embeds (http://blog.forecast.io/forecast-embeds/) | |
| # for display on the desktop via GeekTool/Nerdtool. | |
| # | |
| # by Josh Dick - http://joshdick.net | |
| # | |
| # This script depends on: | |
| # | |
| # * webkit2png - http://www.paulhammond.org/webkit2png/ | |
| # * imagemagick - http://www.imagemagick.org/ | |
| # | |
| # Both dependencies can be installed on OS X via Homebrew - http://brew.sh/ | |
| # Change the following variables to your liking. | |
| FONT=Helvetica # Name of a font installed on your system. | |
| LATITUDE=42.358431 | |
| LONGITUDE=-71.059773 | |
| DISPLAY_NAME=Boston,%20MA # Can be any URL encoded string; won't affect weather data. | |
| # Take a screenshot of forecast.io embeds and save it to /tmp/weather-full.png | |
| webkit2png -F --transparent --delay=5 --filename weather --dir /tmp "http://forecast.io/embed/#lat=$LATITUDE&lon=$LONGITUDE&name=$DISPLAY_NAME&font=$FONT" > /dev/null | |
| # Process the screenshot with ImageMagick: | |
| # Invert colors, brighten, then add drop shadow. | |
| convert /tmp/weather-full.png \ | |
| -negate \ | |
| -modulate 150 \ | |
| \( +clone -background black -shadow 80x3+5+5 \) +swap -background none -layers merge +repage \ | |
| /tmp/weather-full.png > /dev/null |
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joshdick commentedOct 11, 2013
More information about this script is available at: http://blog.joshdick.net/2013/10/10/forecast.io_weather_on_the_mac_desktop.html