nasa-background

Updates your background everyday based on NASA's Astromony photo of the day using their open API.

Installation

Requirements: Python 3.X+

git clone https://github.com/evanfitzgerald/nasa-background.git

cd nasa-background

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Getting an API key & File Storage

After cloning the projects files and installing the requirements you must request to get an API key for access to NASA's API. (click here)

Next, find a directory to store the files and edit the following in the potd.py file:

# enter nasa api key
api_key = 'enter_the_api_key_here'

# enter where you want the photos to be stored
filename = 'enter_the_directory_here'

Usage

In order to run the file:

cd wherever_the_directory_is

python3 potd.py

Automator

If you have macOS the automator is a good solution to automate the process of manually running the file everyday.

To use the Automator:

1. Start automator and select Application.
2. Add 'Run Shell Script' to the workflow.
3. Add the following to the script.

python ~/directory_of_choice/potd.py

4. Go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items and then add the application you made with the Automator.

Liscense

See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations.