Skip to content

Desktop Dreamer - Generate Desktop Backgrounds

This is a plugin that automatically generates a unique desktop background based on your interests using OpenAI's API.

Requirements

  • Python 3.x
  • requests library
  • openai library
  • Pillow library

You can install the required libraries using pip:

pip install requests openai Pillow

Setup

  1. Get OpenAI API Key:

  2. Configure API Key:

    • Create a file named AI.key in the root directory of the project.
    • Paste your OpenAI API Key as the first line in the AI.key file.

  3. Populate Interests:

    • Create a file named interests.txt in the root directory of the project.
    • List your interests line by line in the interests.txt file. Here is an example: nature technology art science gaming space humankind mathematics anime dungeon and dragons pokemon Japan Programming

  4. Running the Script:

    • You can run the script manually or set it up to run automatically using Task Scheduler.

Usage

To execute the script, run the following command:

python generate_desktop_v3.py

This will generate a new desktop background based on a randomly selected interest from the interests.txt file.

Files

AI.key

Contains the OpenAI API Key.

interests.txt

A list of your interests. Each line should contain a single interest.

generate_desktop_v3.py

The main script that generates the desktop background.

import openai
from openai import OpenAI
import requests
import random
import ctypes
from datetime import datetime
import os
from io import BytesIO
from PIL import Image

def read_api_key_from_file(file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
        api_key = file.read().strip()
    return api_key

# Read OpenAI API key from the file
api_key_path = 'AI.key'
client = OpenAI(api_key=read_api_key_from_file(api_key_path))

def read_interests_from_file(file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
        interests = file.read().splitlines()
    return interests

def generate_image(category):
    text_response = client.completions.create(
        model="gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct",
        prompt=f"Describe an interesting desktop background based on the category of {category}",
        max_tokens=600,
        temperature=1
    )
    print(f"Generating an exciting background based on {category}")
    # Provide a prompt for image generation
    prompt = f"{text_response.choices[0].text}"
    print(prompt)

    # Generate images using the DALL-E model
    response = client.images.generate(
        model="dall-e-3",  # Specify the DALL-E model engine
        prompt=prompt,
        size="1792x1024",
        quality="hd"
    )
    print(response.data[0].url)
    return response.data[0].url

def set_wallpaper(image_path):
    # This function sets the wallpaper on Windows using ctypes
    SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20
    ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoW(SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, 0, image_path, 3)

def download_image(url):
    response = requests.get(url)
    return Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))

def main():
    current_date = datetime.now().day
    current_month = datetime.now().month
    current_year = datetime.now().year
    print("Current date:", current_date)

    interests_file_path = 'interests.txt'
    interests = read_interests_from_file(interests_file_path)
    random_interest = random.choice(interests)

    image_data = generate_image(random_interest)
    image = download_image(image_data)

    image_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), f'{current_date}_{current_month}_{current_year}_wallpaper_{random_interest}.bmp')
    image.save(image_path, 'BMP')  # Save as BMP format

    set_wallpaper(image_path)

    print(f"Wallpaper set to: {image} (Interest: {random_interest})")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

README.md

Contains basic information on setting up and using the plugin.

# Generate Desktop Background Plugin

This is a batch file and python script that automatically generates a unique desktop background based on your interests using OpenAI's API!

## Setup Instructions:

1. **API Key:** 
   - Get your API Key from OpenAI (https://platform.openai.com/api-keys)
   - Paste it as the first line in the `AI.key` file (edit with Notepad)

2. **Interests:**
   - Populate `interests.txt` with your interests, one per line.

3. **Run the Script:**
   - Each execution costs about 8 cents.

4. **Automation (Optional):**
   - Set up Task Scheduler to run the batch script every time you log in to your computer!

If you have any questions, reach out to [email protected]

scheduled_generate.bat

A batch script to run the Python script automatically.

@echo off
python3 generate_desktop_v3.py