NASA Picture of the Day

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Copyright 2019 Jacob Vossen 

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# <xbar.title>NASA Picture of the Day</xbar.title>
# <xbar.version>v1.0</xbar.version>
# <xbar.author>Jake Vossen</xbar.author>
# <xbar.author.github>jakevossen5</xbar.author.github>
# <xbar.desc>Displays a the NASA picture of the day</xbar.desc>
# <xbar.image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jakevossen5/apodbitbar/master/example.png</xbar.image>
# <xbar.dependencies>python3,pillow</xbar.dependencies>
# <xbar.abouturl>https://github.com/jakevossen5/apodbitbar/tree/master</xbar.abouturl>



# May need to pip(3) install pillow
# May need to install certificates: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50236117/scraping-ssl-certificate-verify-failed-error-for-http-en-wikipedia-org
import base64
import urllib.request
from PIL import Image
import io
from io import BytesIO

# with open("/tmp/temp.jpg", "rb") as image_file:
    # encoded_string = str(base64.b64encode(image_file.read()))[2:][:-1]
# print(encoded_string)
print('🔭') # The telescope emoji is here, if your text editor does not render it
print('---')
url = 'https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/'
req = urllib.request.Request(url)
# try:
r = str(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read())
# print(r)
# print(r.find('.jpg'))
try:
    image_url = ""
    for i in range(r.find('.jpg'), 0, -1):
        if r[i] != '"':
            image_url = r[i] + image_url
        else:
            break
    image_url = image_url + "jpg"
    image_url = "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/" + image_url


    image_req = urllib.request.Request(image_url)

    image_path = io.BytesIO(urllib.request.urlopen(image_req).read())
    pillow_image = Image.open(image_path)
    # pillow_image.show()
    maxsize = (720, 720)

    pillow_image.thumbnail(maxsize)
    buff = BytesIO()
    pillow_image.save(buff, format="JPEG")
    encoded_string = base64.b64encode(buff.getvalue())
    # base64_data = base64.b64encode(binary_data)


    # encoded_string = ""
    # except:
    # print("There was an error, most likely with SSL certificates. Click me to fix |href=https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50236117/scraping-ssl-certificate-verify-failed-error-for-http-en-wikipedia-org")
    
    # print(r)
    # image_string = "image=" + encoded_string
    print("| href=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ image=" +  str(encoded_string)[2:][:-1])
except:
    print("Could not complete the request. Either the picture of the day is a video, or you do not have the proper dependencies installed")