README.md

Reddit Wallpaper Downloader

Automatically fetches the latest, top trending and high quality images from reddit and sets them as your desktop wallpaper!

Installation

git clone https://github.com/yashhere/RedWallDown
cd RedWallDown
python setup.py install

Usage

redwalldown

Default Behaviour

• Downloads wallpapers from 'earthporn' subreddit.
• Downloads 15 wallpapers at a time.
• Does not overwrite wallpapers already downloaded.
• Changes wallpaper at an interval of 15 minutes.
• Downloads wallpapers from 'new' category.
• Downloads images of resolution greater than 1920x1080.

Options Available

To select top 25 controversial wallpapers from 'spaceporn' subreddit, and set time duration of 10 minutes

redwalldown -r spaceporn -t 10 -c 25 -s controversial

Other Options

usage: redwalldown [-h] [-r [SUBREDDIT]] [-t [TIME]] [-c [COUNT]] [-s [SORT]]

Set Wallpapers downloaded from Reddit

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -r [SUBREDDIT], --subreddit [SUBREDDIT]
                        The subreddit to download wallpapers from, defaults to
                        earthporn
  -t [TIME], --time [TIME]
                        Time (in minutes) for each wallpaper
  -c [COUNT], --count [COUNT]
                        Number of images to download
  -s [SORT], --sort [SORT]
                        sort methods, values are new, hot, controversial

Automatically start the script on startup

Run this command in terminal

crontab -e -u ${USER}

Now add the following line to your cron file

@reboot redwalldown

License