[Feature Request] Background slideshow?

[debemdeboas]

Description

Hi,

Is there a way to randomly select local files to set as the background on each page access?
I know that you can put a URL on the background: property, but I'd love to have a similar solution when using local images as remote ones will probably take a lot longer.

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Based on the information provided in the context, there isn't a built-in feature within the Homepage application that allows for random selection of local files to set as the background on each page access. The application does support setting a local image as the background by specifying the path to the image in the settings.yaml file, but this would set a static background image rather than a random one on each page load.

However, you could potentially implement a custom solution by using a server-side script to select a random image from a directory and then update the settings.yaml file with the new background image path before regenerating the static HTML. This would require custom coding and is not a feature provided out of the box by the Homepage application.

For remote images, as you mentioned, there is an example provided in the discussions where you can use the Unsplash random endpoint to pull a random background image that rotates every time you refresh the page. This method uses an external service (Unsplash) and would not work with local files.

If you are comfortable with coding, you might consider contributing to the project or requesting this feature from the developers. Otherwise, you would need to manually change the background image path in the settings.yaml file or use a remote service like Unsplash for random backgrounds.

Remember that any changes to the settings.yaml file require regenerating the static HTML or restarting the container if you're using Docker and adding new images.

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[SteveKnowless]

I would love a feature like this also!

[mathieukergosien]

Me too !

[smavridis]

I also would like to have that feature.
I have actually implemented and use it in my fork, before seeing this discussion.
But lets see if we reach the required 10 people.

[shamoon]

#997

[pwaldon]

deprecated | https://unsplash.com/documentation#get-a-random-photo

[tristan202]

#3715 (comment)

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