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# https://awik.io/generate-random-images-unsplash-without-using-api/

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests

from customtkinter import *
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO

class Motivator(CTk):
    """A GUI application for displaying random motivational images. When you are sad."""
    def __init__(self) -> None:
        """
        Initialize the Motivator GUI.

        Sets up the main window, question label, image label, and "Show Motivation" button.
        """
        super().__init__()

        self.title("Random Motivation")
        self.geometry("600x600")
        # getting image
        self.question = CTkLabel(self, text="Are you sad? Click the button below.")
        self.question.grid(row=0, pady=10)
        self.sad_image = CTkImage(light_image=Image.open("images/sad.jpg"), size=(300,300))
        # making image label
        self.ilsad = CTkLabel(self, image=self.sad_image, text="")
        # displaying image label
        self.ilsad.grid(row=1, pady=10)
        # Button to get a random motivational image
        self.show_motivation = CTkButton(self, text="Show Motivation", command=self.show_image).grid(row=2, pady=10)

    def get_img_url(self) -> str:
        """
        Retrieve a random motivational image URL from Unsplash.

        Returns:
            str: The URL of the random motivational image.
        """
        print("Getting image...")
        print("Please wait...")
        print("It might take a while...")

        # configuring chrome options so that the browser doesn't open up
        chrome_options = Options()
        chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")  # Run Chrome in headless mode (no GUI)
        chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # Required on some systems to avoid issues

        # setting up selenium' chrome driver to get the web page
        chrome_driver_path = "C:\Development\chromedriver.exe"
        service = Service(executable_path=chrome_driver_path)
        driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=chrome_options)

        # getting the webpage
        driver.get("https://source.unsplash.com/random/1080x810?motivational+quote")
        # getting its source code
        source = driver.page_source
        # making a soup of the html code to parse through it well
        soup = BeautifulSoup(source, 'html.parser')
        # finding the source url of the image
        img_url = soup.find('img')['src']
        # quitting the driver (a good practice)
        driver.quit()

        print("Got the image showing it...")
        return img_url
    
    def show_image(self) -> None:
        """
        Fetch and display the image got from self.get_img_url.

        Uses the get_img_url method to fetch the image URL and displays it on the GUI.
        """
        # getting url from the above function
        img_url = self.get_img_url()
        # getting the source code of the image's web page
        response = requests.get(img_url)
        # converting code of image to an image readable by python
        image = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
        # getting the image in customtkinter
        img = CTkImage(image, size=(540,405))
        print("showing the image...")
        # showing the image with the use of label
        label = CTkLabel(self, image=img, text='')
        label.grid(row=1, pady=10)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = Motivator()
    app.mainloop()