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dotfiles/bin/.bin/get_natgeo_potd.py
2020-04-14 09:24:56 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
from datetime import datetime
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
today = datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
home = os.path.expanduser("~")
target_path = f"{home}/var/media/backgrounds/natgeo/{today}.jpg"
# If the file for today already exists, just exit
if os.path.isfile(target_path):
print(f"NatGeo image for {today} already exists, skipping download")
exit()
try:
# We've got to go rummaging for:
# <meta name="twitter:image:src" content="<full_image_path">
potd_uri = "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/"
html_doc = requests.get(potd_uri).content
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, "html.parser")
twitter_image_tag = soup.select('meta[name="twitter:image:src"]')[0]
image_tag = twitter_image_tag
img = requests.get(image_tag.attrs["content"], stream=True)
handle = open(target_path, "wb")
for chunk in img.iter_content(chunk_size=512):
if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
handle.write(chunk)
except: # noqa
print("No new NatGeo image for today, sorry.")