The watermark is not adding anything and is distracting (imo), I'd suggesting moving the date (in the middle) to the bottom right of the application. It could be shrunk and moved to a corner (maybe top right) where it would be much less inconspicuous.

This is just a suggestion.

Hello,

I am a beginner in Python and I changed the Url's but still my wallpaper isn't changing. i changed the pic_url and the api key (APIKEYOWM)

but on the website there are lots of different url's for the CurrentUrl = ... so which one do I use ? are those 3 url's the only thing i need to change ?

thanks and sorry if i asked a useless question (i am also learning english)

GitHub has a strict file limit of 100MB.

My suggestion is to move the images to google drive (or any cloud storage service) and make the folder public. Then connecting to and downloading from the folder and implementing a caching mechanism.

Caching mechanism will ensure that a single file will always be downloaded once.

I'm not sure why but I just cannot manage to get the task scheduler to run either the mainScript.py or the bat file. If I just run the program naturally using the mainScript.py or bat through an idle or file explorer, it runs just fine and the wallpaper changes successfully but when running the scheduler automatically or manually, it opens python for a slight second and closes without changes the desktop wallpaper. If maybe the program could be in an executable format such as an exe format, this might resolve the issue but I'm still not sure.

1. Added emojis to each section
2. Added a link for those who are new to GitHub and do not know how to contribute
3. Changed each header size to make them look bigger and bolder

• Restructured assets/wallpapers

  day
    - clear
    - mist
    - rain
    - thunder
  night
    - clear
    - mist
    - rain
    - thunder
  

• Moved get-random-wallpaper to wallpapers.py

All wallpaper setting logic has been moved to wallpaper.py

Wallpaper can be changed using the set_wallpaper(file) function exposed. The function changes depending on the operating system, so other scripts dont need to be aware which platform the system is running on.

Usage is as simple as:

from pathlib import Path
from wallpaperChanger import wallpaper

wallpaper.set_wallpaper(Path('path/to/file'))

The function also checks if the specified file exists, if not found, raises FileNotFoundError

1. Added a .xml template file for those who want to import a task into their task scheduler. All you have to do is open task scheduler, click import task, open the .XML file and edit the location of the batch file in the actions tab. By default the task will run on user log in and will repeat every hour.

1. Simplified many lines of code
2. Improved formatting and indentation for comments that were too long for an idle
3. Added many important file formats to avoid through GitHub with the .gitignore file

I changed path handling from os module to the recommended pathlib package and restructured the package.

.github
assets
  - fonts
  - wallpapers
generated
wallpaperChanger
  - __init__.py
  - mainScript.py
  - settings.py
.gitignore
LICENSE
README.md
requirements.txt

.github

This folder contains all images that are solely used by github. For example, in README.md

assets

Contains external static assets that are used by the script

generated

Contains files that are generated by the script. Changes are ignored by version control as specified in .gitignore

Conclusion

Overall, There is no change to the functionality.

Noticed that you were not following the python style guidelines.

The essentials are:

Variables, function/method, python file and module names should be in snake_case.

And constants in SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE.

If you have no intention of changing the style, feel free to close the issue.

A configuration file would allow for far more control over settings without directly changing the code.

Most commonly used file formats are:

• .ini
• .json
• .yaml
• .xml

I personally prefer .yaml as I find it most readable.

Currently, the application has a self-imposed dimensions on what images can be used. This is not ideal, so far the changes needed I have identified are the following.

• Positioning the widget and the day text using percentages and padding