Modul/Command Line Tool to get random cat images
Project description
Big Thanks to the great Cat API
Go and visit http://thecatapi.com
Installation
Install through pip.
$ pip install random-cat
or get from source
$ git clone https://github.com/gravmatt/random-cat $ cd random-cat $ python setup.py install
Usage
The cat module has just one function getCat() with three optional arguments.
Arguments
directory - default is the current directory
filename - default is a unique id
format - default is png. optional png, jpg and gif is available
import cat # cat.getCat(directory=None, filename=None, format='png') cat.getCat(directory='/users/tor', filename='cat', format='gif') # /users/tor/cat.gif
The function return the image name (absolute path if directory is specified) of the image.
Command Line
You can also request an image on the terminal.
$ randomcat [format] [file] # Example: $ randomcat gif /users/tor/cat.gif
The two arguments format and file are optional.
You can select the formats png, jpg or gif.
The command return the filename/absolute path of the image to the standard output (stdout).
Licence
The MIT License (MIT)
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