How do i generate collection ID's from Unsplash?

[monukoshy]

Love this wallpaper module, especially the wallpapers on unsplash are one of the best ones on the internet. Thankfully there is a module for MM for this. However i am trying to figure out how to generate collection id for a certain type of wallpaper for eg:- Dark Backgrounds? https://unsplash.com/s/photos/dark-background

Can you please guide.

[jupadin]

Hi, I'm not quite sure whether you can generate a collectionID based on a certain type of wallpaper. However, I added a new parameter query, where you can type in your search keywords like Dark Background, such that the module only returns wallpaper, which are tagged with these keywords.

A second possibility would be - as far as I recall correctly - to create an account and create an own collection with the wallpaper you like and use this generated (own) collectionID.

[monukoshy]

Thanks for your reply. That will help. Also i think if you can add an option to pull the wallpapers from the favourites. Several people usually add the wallpaper into their favourites. if you can add a option we can just get all the wallpapers to show up from our favourites.

[jupadin]

This option is already implemented - just use the collection ID of your favorite collection(s) as comma separated list (e.g. ["1101429"]) It can be found in the URL of your desired collection. The URL should look like the following: https://unsplash.com/collections/<yourCollectionID>/<yourCollectionName>

[monukoshy]

Hello I tried that, and the collection id from the favourites do not work. However single wallpaper id works. I think there is an issue, can you please test it on your setup?

[jupadin]

Hi,

glad that at least single wallpaper id works for you. Of course is the collectionID from favorites tested - can you give me your user name or collectionID to test exactly your it on my setup ? For me the collectionID from a random collection as well as from my own collection works perfectly. Can you describe how you get the collectionID and what you did ?

[monukoshy]

Thanks. My Unsplash user is is @monukoshy Collection id is https://unsplash.com/collections/0mTpa26cG5w/textures/4014b532f62e0737afd008625c8423a0

[jupadin]

Hi, thanks for the information. Given your link, the collectionID is 0mTpa26cG5w. As stated above, your configuration should then look like this:

module: 'MMM-Wallpaper',
position: 'fullscreen_below',
config: {
        updateInterval: 0,
        unsplashAPIKey: "YOUR API-KEY", // REQUIRED
        query: false,
        collectionIDs: ["0mTpa26cG5w"],
        userName: false,
        photoID: false, 
        autoDim: true, 
        brightImageOpacity: 0.85, 
        imageOrientation: "landscape",
        imageWidth: "auto",
        imageHeight: "auto",
        imageOptions: "fit=fill&fill=blur",
}

or minified, due to default values:

module: 'MMM-Wallpaper',
position: 'fullscreen_below',
config: {
        unsplashAPIKey: "YOUR API-KEY", // REQUIRED
        collectionIDs: ["0mTpa26cG5w"],
}

Hope this solves your issue...

[monukoshy]

Hello thank you so so very much, yes its working now. Your wallpaper module is the real deal, its the best wallpaper module for non mirror setup.

[jupadin]

Oh, perfect! :-) Glad that I could help! So, I would close this issue then. Feel free to open another issue, if there is something still not working or if you want to have another feature.