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Show Random Picture from a Folder in Python

In this article, we are going to share with you the steps to create a simple script that selects and displays a random image from a specified folder using Python. By using the combination of os, random, and PIL libraries, you can easily do this, So, let’s get started.

Showing Random Picture from a Folder in Python

Using the Python Pillow library, we can show the picture randomly from any folder. Here is the step-by-step procedure for doing this.

Step 1: Install the Required Libary

pip install pillow

Step 2: Getting the image path randomly from the folder

Python 
#import necessary package 
import os
import random
from PIL import Image


def get_random_image_path(folder_path):
    try:
        files = os.listdir(folder_path)
        # Filter the list to get only image files 
        images = [file for file in files if file.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif'))]

        if not images:
            print("No images found in the specified folder.")
            return None

        # Choose a random image file
        random_image = random.choice(images)
        random_image_path = os.path.join(folder_path, random_image)
        print(f"Here the random image path from the folder:")
        return random_image_path
      
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred while selecting image randomly: {e}")
        return None

Example Output:

Suppose, the images are  in this folder, "/home/somraj/All Data/somraj image folder"
Here the random image path from the folder:  /home/somraj/All Data/somraj image folder/image1.png

Step 3: Displaying the random Image using PIL

Python 
#imporing all necessary packages
import os
from PIL import Image 

def display_image(image_path):
    try:
        if image_path and os.path.isfile(image_path):
            with Image.open(image_path) as img:  #opening the random image  
                img.show()
                print(f"Displayed image: {image_path}")
        else:
            print(f"Invalid image path: {image_path}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred while displaying the image: {e}")

Example Output:
Display image: /home/somraj/All Data/somraj image folder/image1.png

Step 4: Integrating both function to showing the random Image

Python 
def show_random_image_from_folder(folder_path):
    random_image_path = get_random_image_path(folder_path)
    display_image(random_image_path)

# usage:
if __name__ == "__main__":
    folder_path = '/path/to/your/image_folder'
    if os.path.isdir(folder_path):
        show_random_image_from_folder(folder_path)
    else:
        print(f" The specified folder does not exist: {folder_path}")

Full code

Python 
import os
import random
from PIL import Image

def get_random_image_path(folder_path):
    try:
        files = os.listdir(folder_path)
        # Filter the list to get only image files
        images = [file for file in files if file.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif'))]

        if not images:
            print("No images found in the specified folder.")
            return None

        # Choose a random image file
        random_image = random.choice(images)
        random_image_path = os.path.join(folder_path, random_image)
        return random_image_path
      
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred while selecting image randomly: {e}")
        return None

def display_image(image_path):
    try:
        if image_path and os.path.isfile(image_path):
            with Image.open(image_path) as img:
                img.show()
                print(f"Displayed image: {image_path}")
        else:
            print(f"Invalid image path: {image_path}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred while displaying the image: {e}")

def show_random_image_from_folder(folder_path):
    random_image_path = get_random_image_path(folder_path)
    display_image(random_image_path)

# usage:
if __name__ == "__main__":
    folder_path = '/path/to/your/image_folder'
    if os.path.isdir(folder_path):
        show_random_image_from_folder(folder_path)
    else:
        print(f" The specified folder does not exist: {folder_path}")

Example Output:

Here the random image path from the folder:  /home/somraj/All Data/somraj image folder/image1.png
Display image: /home/somraj/All Data/somraj image folder/image1.png

NOTE: The folder structure of showing a Random Image from a Folder will be like this,

Image Folder: home/somraj/All Data/somraj image folder/

├── image1.png
├── image2.jpg
├── document.pdf
└── image3.gif

Here is the video of real output of the code



 


Reffered: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org

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