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wp8: How to get bing daily image

Using C#, I am trying to figure out how to set the Bing's "picture of the day" as an lock screen background.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thank you, Bijjol.

Solution

  • There is an endpoint that I found a while ago, that returns specific Windows Phone-sized (adjusted to the screen resolution) Bing wallpapers, available here:

    http://appserver.m.bing.net/BackgroundImageService/TodayImageService.svc/GetTodayImage

    You need to build a custom request, like this, to get the image:

    http://appserver.m.bing.net/BackgroundImageService/TodayImageService.svc/GetTodayImage?dateOffset=0&urlEncodeHeaders=true&osName=wince&osVersion=7.10&orientation=480x800&deviceName=WP7Device&mkt=en-US&AppId=1