自己写的. python.
一开始是在Windows上运行, windows比较烦就烦在作为桌面的图片还得是BMP的, 这样还得装个python的PIL库来转换. 而且设置也相对麻烦.
最近在公司的另一台机器是ubuntu, 而在gnome上不仅可以直接用jpg文件, 设置也是一行命令就搞掂. 方便.
"""
Set the wallpaper as the picture got from national geographic picture of the day
by [email protected]
FIXME: Needs to set the registry to keep the wallpaper setting after restart system
"""
import ctypes
import calendar
import urllib
import socket
import os
import time
STOREDIR = os.path.expanduser("~") + '/wallpaper/pod/'
DOWNLOADED = 0
def setWallPaper(imagePath):
if os.name=="nt":
"""Given a path to an image, convert it to bmp and set it as wallpaper"""
bmpImage = Image.open(imagePath)
newPath = STOREDIR + 'mywallpaper.bmp'
bmpImage.save(newPath, "BMP")
setWallpaperFromBMP(newPath)
elif os.name=="posix":
try:
os.system("gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename \""+imagePath+"\" -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_options stretched")
except:
os.system("dcop kdesktop KBackgroundIface setWallpaper \""+imagePath+"\" 7")
def getPicture():
try:
sock = urllib.urlopen("http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi")
htmlSource = sock.read()
sock.close()
pos1 = htmlSource.find('Enlarge</a>')
pos2 = htmlSource.find('Wallpaper</a>')
page2 = htmlSource[pos1+50:pos2-2]
pageurl = 'http://photography.nationalgeographic.com'+page2
print pageurl
sock = urllib.urlopen(pageurl)
htmlSource = sock.read()
sock.close()
pos1 = htmlSource.find('art-icon-wallpaper-1280.gif')
pos2 = htmlSource.find('1280 x 1024 pixels')
filename = htmlSource[pos1+42:pos2-2]
print filename
fileurl = 'http://photography.nationalgeographic.com'+filename
onlyfile = filename[filename.rfind("/")+1:];
print onlyfile
fname = STOREDIR + onlyfile
if not os.path.exists(fname):
print 'file not retrieved'
urllib.urlretrieve(fileurl, fname)
print 'got the picture from ' + fileurl
else:
print 'The file is retrieved'
return fname
except Error:
print "fail to getting picture of ",yy,mm,dd
pass
return fname
def setWallpaperOfToday():
#filename = getPicture()
filename = getPicture()
print 'the filename is ' + filename
setWallPaper(filename)
def setWallpaperByDate(yy,mm,dd):
filename = getPictureByDate(yy,mm,dd)
setWallPaper(filename)
def prepare():
#prepare the directory
if not os.path.exists(STOREDIR):
print 'going to make dir ' + STOREDIR
os.makedirs(STOREDIR)
print 'prepare done ...'
prepare()
setWallpaperOfToday()
print 'Wallpaper set ok!' 
