Simple python program that reads a list of imgur album hashes and downloads a random image from a random album.
Create config directory and place a list of imgur gallery/album hashes under ~/.config/artthief/albums.conf.
Run with artthief to download a random image from your configured imgur albums. Image will be automatically downloaded and the path to the downloaded file will be output to stdout for redirecting to other apps such as background setters.
This program works nicely together with something like pywal (shoutout to dylanaraps and thanks for a great program!). Example:
wal -i $(artthief) [other options]
Switches:
-c / --clean to clean the image library (delete previously downloaded files) before running.
Config file should be stored under ~/.config/artthief/albums.conf
The list should contain imgur album hashes separated by newline.
I.e. if the imgur link is https://imgur.com/a/A123BC456 the entry should contain only A123BC456
Image names have the following format:
datestamp-galleryHash-imageHash-[imageTitleIfItExists].jpg
If the image title doesn't give you a clue you can recreate the link with these hashes and maybe find some more information there.
If the script doesn't execute by itself you may need to run it with python /path/to/artthief or edit the shebang at the start of the script.
Feel free to open an issue or contact me if you have other issues.
Images are downloaded to ~/.config/artthief/library by default. This can be overridden with --download-dir / -d /download/path