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# Microsoft Spotlight for GNU/Linux distros
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Just set your display manager's login greeter's background to use the image set in this script's WALLPAPER variable (or vice versa) and put the script in the startup :)
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E.g.: For lightdm you would have to edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf to use /opt/login-background.jpg
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## About the MS Spotlight API
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The Spotlight API is located on the following endpoint:
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`https://arc.msn.com/v3/Delivery/Cache?pid=209567&fmt=json&rafb=0&ua=WindowsShellClient%2F0&disphorzres=9999&dispvertres=9999&lo=80217&pl=en-US&lc=en-US&ctry=us&time=2017-12-31T23:59:59Z`
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Where the expected arguments are:
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- `pid` : Purpose currently unknown
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- `fmt` : Output format, e.g. `json`
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- `rafb` : Purpose currently unknown
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- `ua` : Client user agent string
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- `disphorzres`: Screen width in pixels
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- `dispvertres`: Screen height in pixels
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- `lo` : Purpose currently uknown
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- `pl` : Locale, e.g. `en-US`
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- `lc` : Language, e.g. `en-US`
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- `ctry` : Country, e.g. `us`
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- `time` : Time, e.g. `2017-12-31T23:59:59Z`
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The JSON response contains details about 6-7 images including image url, title, sha256, ads, etc.
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Spotlight API URL was originally found in this [file](https://github.com/KoalaBR/spotlight/blob/3164a43684dcadb751ce9a38db59f29453acf2fe/spotlightprovider.cpp#L17), thanks to the author for their findings!
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