Bing Wallpaper of the Day (Mac OSX)

bingbong.py

import requests
import os
from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
import subprocess

# Sets daily wallpaper from BING

bing_url = 'https://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=js&idx=0&n=1'
user_home = os.getenv("HOME")
bingbong_download_folder = f'{user_home}/BingBong'

SET_DESKTOPBACKGROUND_OSASCRIPT = """/usr/bin/osascript<<END 
tell application "System Events"
    tell every desktop
        set picture to "{}"
    end tell
end tell
END"""  # apple script

def download_wp():
    r = requests.get(bing_url)
    resp = r.json()
    image_url = resp['images'][0]['urlbase']
    purl = urlparse(image_url)
    qdict = parse_qs(purl.query)
    image_id = qdict['id'][0]
    image_name = f'{image_id}_UHD.jpg'
    image_fpath = f'{bingbong_download_folder}/{image_name}'
    download_url = f'https://www.bing.com/th?id={image_name}'
    img_resp = requests.get(download_url)
    open(image_fpath,"wb").write(img_resp.content)

    subprocess.Popen(SET_DESKTOPBACKGROUND_OSASCRIPT.format(
        image_fpath), shell=True) # run the apple script


# Press the green button in the gutter to run the script.
if __name__ == '__main__':

    download_wp()