Downloads:
12,129
Downloads of v 1.0.0:
12,129
Last Update:
19 Apr 2020
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Nikhil Dabas
- David Gardiner
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Bing Image Of The Day Desktop Wallpaper (FreshBing)
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1.0.0 | Updated: 19 Apr 2020
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Downloads:
12,129
Downloads of v 1.0.0:
12,129
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Nikhil Dabas
- David Gardiner
Bing Image Of The Day Desktop Wallpaper (FreshBing) 1.0.0
Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Nikhil Dabas, David Gardiner. The inclusion of Nikhil Dabas, David Gardiner trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Nikhil Dabas, David Gardiner goods or services and not for commercial purposes.
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All Checks are Passing
3 Passing Tests
Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install Bing Image Of The Day Desktop Wallpaper (FreshBing), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Bing Image Of The Day Desktop Wallpaper (FreshBing), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Bing Image Of The Day Desktop Wallpaper (FreshBing), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download freshbing --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
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For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade freshbing -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade freshbing -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install freshbing
win_chocolatey:
name: freshbing
version: '1.0.0'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'freshbing' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '1.0.0'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller freshbing
{
Name = "freshbing"
Version = "1.0.0"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'freshbing':
ensure => '1.0.0',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved by moderator virtualex on 19 Apr 2020.
Sets your desktop wallpaper to the Bing image of the day.
The original FreshBing script was written by Nikhil Dabas. David enhanced the script to add an image description overlay.
The Chocolatey package creates a Windows scheduled task to run the script daily at 9am and also when a user first logs in.
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; # stop on all errors
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "FreshBing" -ErrorAction Ignore | Unregister-ScheduledTask -Confirm:$false
# FreshBing. Original version from https://github.com/ndabas/FreshBing
# Updated by David Gardiner to add image detail text
$rssUrl = "http://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=xml&idx=0&n=1&mkt=en-AU"
$runFile = Join-Path (Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path) "LastRun.xml"
[System.Net.WebClient] $wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.Encoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
$feed = [xml]$wc.DownloadString($rssUrl)
$base = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("MyPictures")
$selectedUrl = ""
$selectedFile = $base + "\background.jpg"
if (!$feed) {
Write-Error "Feed download failed - try again later."
Return
}
$selectedUrl = "http://www.bing.com" + $feed.images.image.url
$selectedUrl = $selectedUrl.Substring(0, $selectedUrl.LastIndexOf("_"))
$selectedUrl += "_1920x1080.jpg"
Write-Host "Downloading $selectedUrl -> $selectedFile"
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($selectedUrl, $selectedFile)
if (!(Test-Path $selectedFile)) {
Write-Error "Download failed - try again later."
Return
}
Add-Type -Namespace FreshBing -Name UnsafeNativeMethods -MemberDefinition @"
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int SystemParametersInfo (int uAction, int uParam, string lpvParam, int fuWinIni);
"@
$SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20
$SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE = 0x01
$SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE = 0x02
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing") | Out-Null
[Drawing.Image] $image = [Drawing.Image]::FromFile($selectedFile)
[Drawing.Graphics] $g = [System.Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($image)
$g.SmoothingMode = [System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode]::AntiAlias
$font = [Drawing.Font]::new("Arial", 9)
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/1192560/25702
$g.DrawString($feed.images.image.copyright, $font, [System.Drawing.Brushes]::Black, [Drawing.PointF]::new(0, $image.Height - 16))
$g.DrawString($feed.images.image.copyright, $font, [System.Drawing.Brushes]::Black, [Drawing.PointF]::new(2, $image.Height - 16))
$g.DrawString($feed.images.image.copyright, $font, [System.Drawing.Brushes]::Black, [Drawing.PointF]::new(1, $image.Height - 16 - 1))
$g.DrawString($feed.images.image.copyright, $font, [System.Drawing.Brushes]::Black, [Drawing.PointF]::new(1, $image.Height - 16 + 1))
$g.DrawString($feed.images.image.copyright, $font, [System.Drawing.Brushes]::White, [Drawing.PointF]::new(1, $image.Height - 16))
$font.Dispose()
$bmpFile = [System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($selectedFile, ".bmp")
$image.Save($bmpFile) #, "Bmp")
$g.Dispose()
$image.Dispose()
[FreshBing.UnsafeNativeMethods]::SystemParametersInfo($SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, 0, $bmpFile, $SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE -bor $SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE)
Set-ItemProperty -path "HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop\" -name WallpaperStyle -value 2
Set-ItemProperty -path "HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop\" -name TileWallpaper -value 0
# Save this run time
Get-Date | Export-Clixml $runFile
exit 0
Copyright 2012-2013 Nikhil Dabas, 2016-2021 David Gardiner
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
the License.
VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.
Obtain latest files from https://github.com/flcdrg/au-packages/tree/master/FreshBing/tools and calculate checksums with Get-FileHash
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
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In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
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