[Python] NASA's astronomy picture of the day

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import re
import urllib3
import urllib.request as request
import os

PATH='/PICTURE_FOLDER/nasa.jpg'

url = "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/"
http = urllib3.PoolManager()
p = re.compile(r'(image.*jpg)')

r = http.request('GET',url)


if (r.status == 200):
    html = r.data.decode('utf-8')
    #print(html)
    imgurl = re.findall(p,html)
    try:
        img = imgurl[0]
        download_url = url + img
        print(download_url)
        pic = request.urlretrieve(download_url, PATH)
        print('writing file to ', PATH)

    except Exception as e:
        print("hmmmm something went wrong")

else:
    print("network failure...")

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#!/usr/bin/sh
python ~/scripts/apod.py
echo 'setting bg' 
feh --no-fehbg --bg-scale '/home/shrik3/Pictures/nasa.jpg'