cronjob to take a screenshot for my main monitor.. record my digital life.

my-monitor.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import os


def save_path():
    import datetime as dt
    from pathlib import Path

    # file-naming
    # https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/61683/standard-format-for-using-a-timestamp-as-part-of-a-filename
    timestamp = dt.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S%z")
    p = (Path("~/Downloads/GooglePhotosSyncer") / timestamp).with_suffix(".png")
    return str(p.expanduser())


def is_screen_active():
    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52750812/detecting-lock-screen-on-mac-through-python3
    import Quartz

    d = Quartz.CGSessionCopyCurrentDictionary()

    return not "CGSSessionScreenIsLocked" in d.keys()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # for cronjob, macos only
    if is_screen_active():
        # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4524723/take-screenshot-in-python-on-mac-os-x
        os.system(
            'screencapture -x -C "{}"'.format(save_path()),
        )