DecoWall Windows

Version 0.2.1

Changelog v0.2.1

This is a GUI based Desktop wallpaper changer.
Download images from max-6 user provided subreddits, 5 each from “hot” category.
Automatic wallpaper change after X minutes.
System tray support
Add wallpapers to “Favourites” for quick access.

createapp

Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/a-chakrawarti/DecoWall-Windows or download and extract the zip.

Now cd DecoWall-Windows
If you don’t have virtualenv installed do, pip install virtualenv.
If you have python>=3.6 installed, do python -m venv <your_env>, this will create a virtual environment of python having the same version as your installed one with pip and setuptools package.
Optional: To make copy of all the packages of system-site python directory python -m venv <your_env> system-site-packages.
After this activate the virtual environment, <your_env>\Scripts\activate.bat. Similarly, you can deactivate using <your_env>\Scripts\deactivate.bat or simply deactivate.
Moving forward, now to install all the dependencies for the project pip install -r requirements.txt.
Run the python main.py

To download images using Reddit’s API you have to get your client_id and client_secret from https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps.

createapp

Once you get your client_id and client_secret as shown in the screenshot, copy and paste their respective values in config.json file against each key.

createapp

{
    "client_id": "pVJNRLN7ra20Kg",
    "client_secret": "bWHH-ZEnxIABQZX2HdZX-4S8CLA",
    ...
}

— Arrow keys [Only foreground]

— Modifiers [Global Support/Background]

To enable system tray, click on “Activate System Tray” option and close the application.