arcuo / simon-stalenhag-wallpaper

Downloading Simon Stålenhag wallpapers by Naueramant, fixed for Plasma 5

Simon Stålenhag wallpaper scraper

I made this script for downloading Simon Stålenhag wallpaper from his website (www.simonstalenhag.se/) and store them locally and apply them as my wallpaper on my Gnome desktop.

Personally i combined this script with a systemd timer so the wallpaper is changed every hour.

Requirements

python3 Gnome3 desktop or Ubuntu KDE Plasma 5 Systemd

From this fork

Made original https://github.com/naueramant/simon-stalenhag-wallpaper work with KDE Plasma 5 desktop.

How to use

This will set the desktop wallpaper to a random image

python stalenhag.py

This will download all images on the website

python stalenhag.py all

This will start or stop the Systemd timer.

stalenhag timerstart
stalenhag timerstop

Manage favorite wallpapers

stalenhag save
stalenhag list
stalenhag listfav
stalenhag -f

stalenhag clear

Filter for specific wallpapers

stalenhag -filter [search_term]

Get help

stalenhag -h
stalenhag --help

systemd

An example of a systemd timer and service can be found in the systemd folder.

Install

For easy installation and removal you can use the scripts

# Install (prompts for root)
./install.sh

# Uninstall (prompts for root)
./uninstall.sh

Windows

Install as application on Windows.

# Install
python install_windows.py

# Uninstall
python install_windows.py -u

Mac

Install appscript to change the background.

sudo easy_install appscript

pip3 install appscript