Script: notification-xkcd

Displays the current xkcd comic and whether there are any new ones in polybar, written in python.

Dependencies

Python: requests

Configuration

To set the icon or the location of the save file, edit icon or latest_file in notification-xkcd.py. Note that you cannot use ~ to indicate your home directory, as python needs a full path by default.

Module

[module/notification-xkcd]
type = custom/script
exec = ~/polybar-scripts/notification-xkcd.py
click-left = xdg-open https://xkcd.com/ && ~/polybar-scripts/notification-xkcd.py read
interval = 60