This script can be added to the Blurlock script to capture and lock the wallpaper of a desktop running i3. It's faster than using the imagemagick method for some reason. It also allows the flexibility to add text to it.
Perhaps you were writing code in your favourite IDE before locking your laptop
Or browsing Instagram
Or even writing this commit message
##Blurlock By having these lines in a file that's called when the desktop is locked from the i3 config menu, it allows the screen to be locked, and the personal information be rendered,
/usr/bin/i3_blurrer.py
i3lock -i /tmp/screenshotblur.png