wallhaven4j

wallhaven4j is a Java library that allows you to search for wallpapers on Wallhaven and access its resources - wallpapers, collections, tags, and users.

Requirements

• JRE 7 or higher at runtime
• JDK 8 or higher to compile the library from source

Installation

Gradle

Step 1. Add the JitPack repository to your root build.gradle at the end of repositories:

allprojects {
    repositories {
      ...
      maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
    }
}

Step 2. Add the dependency:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.ivkos:wallhaven4j:1.3.0'
}

Maven

Step 1. Add the JitPack repository to your pom.xml file:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>jitpack.io</id>
        <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

Step 2. Add the dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.ivkos</groupId>
    <artifactId>wallhaven4j</artifactId>
    <version>1.3.0</version>
</dependency>

Documentation

Javadocs can be found here.

Quick Start

Important note: This library works by parsing the HTML of Wallhaven. Site design can change unexpectedly and potentially break the library, so until a fix is pushed you are advised to handle ParseExceptions gracefully at any Wallhaven operation. See Exception Handling below for more information.

Creating a Wallhaven session

// anonymous session
Wallhaven wh = new Wallhaven();

// log in with your wallhaven account
Wallhaven wh = new Wallhaven("USERNAME", "PASSWORD");

// log in with account and save session cookies to reuse later
Wallhaven wh = new Wallhaven("USERNAME", "PASSWORD", new File("/path/to/cookies.json"));

Searching

To search for wallpapers you need to first build a SearchQuery like so, and then use the search(...) methods of the Wallhaven object:

SearchQuery query = new SearchQueryBuilder()
            .keywords("cars", "bmw")
            .categories(Category.GENERAL)
            .purity(Purity.SFW)
            .sorting(Sorting.VIEWS)
            .order(Order.DESC)
            .resolutions(new Resolution(1920, 1080), new Resolution(1280, 720))
            .ratios(new Ratio(16, 9))
            .pages(3)
            .build();
    
List<Wallpaper> carWallpapers = wh.search(query);

If a filter is omitted, its default value will be used. Default values are defined in SearchQueryDefaults.

SearchQuery query = new SearchQueryBuilder()
            .keywords("minimal")
            .categories(Category.GENERAL)
            .ratios(new Ratio(9, 16))
            .pages(3)
            .build();
            
List<Wallpaper> minimalWallpapers = wh.search(query);

If your application needs to fetch individual pages on demand, for example when doing lazy loading, you can do this like so:

SearchQuery query = new SearchQueryBuilder()
            .keywords("face")
            .categories(Category.PEOPLE)
            .sorting(Sorting.FAVORITES)
            .build();

// fetch individual pages
List<Wallpaper> page1 = wh.search(query, 1);
List<Wallpaper> page3 = wh.search(query, 3);

Getting Resources by ID

Getting resources by their IDs is easy with the methods of the Wallhaven object:

Tag nature = wh.getTag(37);

User gandalf = wh.getUser("Gandalf");

Wallpaper doggo = wh.getWallpaper(254637);

WallpaperCollection wc = wh.getWallpaperCollection("Gandalf", 2);

Exception Handling

wallhaven4j parses Wallhaven's HTML. As a consequence, parsing may break if Wallhaven changes its design. It is recommended to be prepared to handle gracefully such cases. wallhaven4j has the following exception hierarchy:

• WallhavenException
  • ConnectionException - problem with the HTTP connection to Wallhaven
  • LoginException - logging in to Wallhaven was unsuccessful due to incorrect credentials
  • ParseException - problem parsing Wallhaven's HTML
  • ResourceNotAccessibleException - the requested resource cannot be accessed due to privacy or purity restrictions
  • ResourceNotFoundException - the requested resource cannot be found