Downloads Bing Photo of the Day, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, National Geographic Photo of the Day, Unsplash Source Random Photo and sets it as wallpaper.
- Choose Bing, NASA, National Geographic or Unsplash photos.
- Set date, locale & resolution for Bing photos.
- Use custom API key for NASA.
- Set date for NASA & National Geographic photos.
- Choose a random photo from NASA & National Geographic & Unsplash.
- Set resolution for Unsplash photos.
- Set background display option for Linux.
- Stores all photos in ~/Pictures/Bing, ~/Pictures/NASA, ~/Pictures/National Geographic, ~/Pictures/Unsplash.
- Runs at startup automatically.
- Mac OS X
- Linux GNOME
- Linux Unity
- Bing Date (# of days before): 0 (default), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
- Bing Locales: ar-XA, bg-BG, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-AT, de-CH, de-DE, el-GR, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-ID, en-IE, en-IN, en-MY, en-NZ, en-PH, en-SG, en-US (default), en-XA, en-ZA, es-AR, es-CL, es-ES, es-MX, es-US, es-XL, et-EE, fi-FI, fr-BE, fr-CA, fr-CH, fr-FR, he-IL, hr-HR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, lt-LT, lv-LV, nb-NO, nl-BE, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sl-SL, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, uk-UA, zh-CN, zh-HK, zh-TW
- Bing & Unsplash Resolutions: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1366x768, 1920x1080 (default), 1920x1200 (watermarked for Bing)
- Linux Background Display Options: wallpaper, centered, scaled, stretched, zoom (default), spanned
$ npm install photo-of-the-day
$ cd startup
$ ./autostart.sh
You must install it globally first in order to use this feature. You can customize the startup command in potd.plist (for Mac OS X) or potd.desktop (for Linux) file.
| Flag | Short | Description | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
--nasa |
-n |
Choose NASA photo | -n |
--ng |
-N |
Choose National Geographic photo | -N |
--unsplash |
-u |
Choose Unsplash photo | -u |
--before |
-b |
Set date for Bing | -b 1 |
--locale |
-l |
Set locale for Bing | -l en-GB |
--resolution |
-r |
Set resolution for Bing & Unsplash | -r 1920x1200 |
--key |
-k |
Set API key for NASA | -k SOME_API_KEY |
--date |
-d |
Set date for NASA or National Geographic (YYYY-mm-dd) | -d 2019-06-19 |
--random |
-R |
Choose a random photo from NASA or National Geographic or Unsplash | -R |
--wallpaper |
-w |
Don't set downloaded photo as wallpaper (can be used for bulk downloading) | -w |
--option |
-o |
Set background display option for Linux | -o centered |
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
$ potd |
Sets wallpaper as Bing photo |
$ potd -n |
Sets wallpaper as NASA photo |
$ potd -N |
Sets wallpaper as National Geographic photo |
$ potd -u |
Sets wallpaper as Unsplash photo |
$ potd -b 1 |
Sets wallpaper as Bing from yesterday |
$ potd -l en-GB |
Sets wallpaper as Bing from Great Britain |
$ potd -r 1920x1200 |
Sets wallpaper as Bing with 1920x1200 resolution |
$ potd -b 1 -l en-GB -r 1920x1200 |
Sets wallpaper as Bing from yesterday and Great Britain with 1920x1200 resolution |
$ potd -n -k SOME_API_KEY |
Sets wallpaper as NASA using specified API key |
$ potd -n -d 2019-06-18 |
Sets wallpaper as NASA from 2019-06-18 |
$ potd -n -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random NASA photo |
$ potd -n -k SOME_API_KEY -d 2019-06-18 |
Sets wallpaper as NASA from 2019-06-18 using specified API key |
$ potd -n -k SOME_API_KEY -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random NASA photo using specified API key |
$ potd -N -d 2019-06-06 |
Sets wallpaper as National Geographic from 2019-06-06 |
$ potd -N -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random National Geographic photo |
$ potd -u -r 1920x1200 |
Sets wallpaper as Unsplash with 1920x1200 resolution |
$ potd -u -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random Unsplash photo |
$ potd -u -r 1920x1200 -R |
Sets wallpaper as a random Unsplash photo with 1920x1200 resolution |
$ potd -w |
Only downloads Bing photo (doesn't set it as wallpaper) |
$ potd -o centered |
Wallpaper centered on desktop |
- Run at startup
- Bing Photo of the Day
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
- National Geographic Photo of the Day
- Unsplash Source Random Photo
- Date option for Bing
- Locale option for Bing
- Resolution option for Bing
- Custom API key for NASA
- Date option for NASA
- Random option for NASA
- Date option for National Geographic
- Random option for National Geographic
- Resolution option for Unsplash
- Random option for Unsplash
- Background display option for Linux
- Windows 10 (saves image but can't set as wallpaper)
- Mac OS X
- Linux GNOME & Unity
- Other Linux desktops
It is setup using GitHub Actions in .github/workflows/lint.yml
Feel free to contribute according to the semistandard rules and latest ECMAScript Specification.
You can distribute this software freely under GNU GPL v3.0.