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SpacePaper | High Quality Images from NASA APOD

Introduction

One of the most popular websites at NASA is the Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The official NASA APOD page displays a single image everyday, SpacePaper retrieves images for a specific Month and Year. APOD API allows us to retrieve images from June 1995 - Current Year. API Requests are handled by a python script and it generates a Javascript file which displays images on the frontend.

Installation

Linux / Termux

git clone https://github.com/thewhiteh4t/spacepaper.git
cd spacepaper
chmod 777 install.sh
./install.sh
Usage

usage: spacepaper.py [-h] [-m MONTH] [-y YEAR] [-r]

SpacePaper Provides High Quality Images from NASA APOD [ June 1995 Onwards ]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -m MONTH, --month MONTH
  -y YEAR, --year YEAR
  -r, --random

#Without Arguments

python3 spacepaper.py

# Get Images for a Specific Month and Year

python3 spacepaper.py -m 12 -y 2018

# Get Images for a Random Month and Year

python3 spacepaper.py -r

Demo