geeseven / sway-nasa-apod

Sway Nasa Astronomy Picture of the Day background

Sway Nasa Astronomy Picture of the Day background

This script sets your Sway background to Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day.

usage:

$ /path/to/sway-nasa-apod/nasa-apod.sh --help
Usage: nasa-apod.sh [-h] [-r]

set Sway background to Nasa Astronomy Picture of the Day

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -r, --monrad          pick random day from the archive, url saved to /path/to/sway-nasa-apod//last_random_url

Depending on your needs, you will want to configure the script to run at startup or set up a cronjob or systemd timer. Personally, I set a systemtd timer for 06:00 UTC and have the following in my Sway configuration file:

output * background /path/to/sway-nasa-apod/nasa-apod.jpg center #323232