SpaceFace

Automatically set a user's wallpaper to NASA's Astronomy Picture Of the Day

Badges

Acknowledgements

• reujab/wallpaper
• Download a file using Go
• Checking if directory exists in Go
• JSON to Go tool
• {NASA APIs}

Installation

The easiest way to install SpaceFace would be the AUR Package. To build manually, these steps are executed:

  go build
  ./SpaceFace

This will set your current wallpaper to the NASA APOD. If the path /usr/share/backgrounds/spaceface exists, then SpaceFace will also download the APOD to /usr/share/backgrounds/spaceface/lock.jpg for setting the lock screen. (Automatic setting of lock screen not yet implemented)

Deployment

To deploy this project on linux run

  sudo mkdir /usr/share/backgrounds/spaceface
  sudo chown $USER /usr/share/backgrounds/spaceface
  sudo mv SpaceFace /usr/local/bin/
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/SpaceFace
  /usr/local/bin/SpaceFace

And then set your ~/.config/kscreenlockerrc to contain:

[Greeter]
WallpaperPlugin=org.kde.image

[Greeter][Wallpaper][org.kde.image][General]
Image=/usr/share/backgrounds/spaceface/lock.jpg