I know this issue is a year old, but has it been solved? Seeing the idea for a set NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day wallpaper shortcut thread, I wanted to see if I could recreate it on my own. I was able to log into the APOD site with the API key and download the image, but when I set it as the wall paper it is very zoomed in, so much so that the resolution starts getting blurry.
If I download the image to photos, then set it to the wallpaper it looks perfect. Is there something I’m doing wrong?
EDIT 2: I deleted the screen shot, see the post 2 below.
EDIT: as usual, as soon as I post the question, I figure out the answer. D’oh. In case it helps anyone else, there’s a “hdurl” in the json that comes back that has the high res image.