ImageScraper

The ImageScraper is a cross-platform tool for downloading a specified count from xkcd, Astronomy Picture of the Day and Existential Comics (at the moment on the branch system_background_image).

With the config setup at the first start you can set the count and the save path. You can change it in the config file image-scraper-config.yaml or by deleting it and starting the application again.

Build

This application is created with Python 3.9 and depends on following non standard python packages:

• requests
• beautifulsoup4

You can build the executable yourself by just using pyinstaller:

pip install pyinstaller

pyinstaller main.py --onefile --name ImageScraper --icon icon/image_scraper_icon.ico

Features

• Download latest xkcd and/or Astronomy Picture of the Day
  • Custom image download count
  • Custom image save-path
  • List saved images
  • Auto-remove option
  • Test for internet connection before auto-removing
  • Progress bar
• Automatically set background image in a platform and desktop environment specific way
  • Windows
  • Mac
  • Linux Desktop Environments
    • KDE Plasma
    • Gnome
    • lxde
    • other