Simple Flickr slideshow for Raspbian using Python- and shell scripts together with crontab and Frame Buffer Image Viewer (FBI).
- Raspbian
- FBI (which is the actual slideshow functionality)
- A Flickr account and API key
- An internet connection for the RPI
- Install FBI
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install fbi
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Use Crontab to run the Flickr download script in an interval to your liking
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Open Crontab
crontab -e
- Add cronjob
*/30/ * * * * /usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/slideshow/download_flickr.py
- Add a cronjob to start slideshow at reboot
@reboot sudo /home/pi/slideshow/slideshow.sh &
- Customize your paths to work with your own setup if it's different.
You might need to install several modules via Pip for this to work (like Pytz for example).