agsant01/advent-of-code-python

This is a repository of my solutions at Advent of Code (https://adventofcode.com/about) in python. Also providing helpful tooling to get rid of coding boilerplate.

advent-of-code

Enviroment Variables

For being able to query the input data directly from AOC website, you'll need to:

• Create .env file
• Find the cookie that identifies you in the request Headers made to https://adventofcode.com/<year>/day/<day>/input
  • This header can be found using DevTools in Chrome or any other similar tool.
  • It is sent in the header at the param: cookie
• Put the cookie in the .env file with key SESSION_COOKIE

You are ready to start using this feature.

Features / Usage

The features are:

• Run day script
• Create templates for days
• Create/initialize directory for AOC years
• Get the input data directly from AdventOfCode website and save into .txt

Help

Command: python3 aocUtils.py --help|-h

Run day

Command: python3 aocUtils.py -r <day>
Optional Flag: -y <year>
DefaultValue: Current Year

Examples

$ python3 aocUtils.py -r 3
==> Running script: ./2020/day03.py


$ python3 aocUtils.py -r 3 -y 2017
==> Running script: ./2017/day03.py

Initialize Year

Command: python3 aocUtils.py -iy <year:optional>
DefaultValue: Current Year

Initialize year directory and create yearutils.py.

Examples

$ python3 aocUtils.py -iy
==> Initializing year directory: ./2020
==> Creating dependency: ./2020/yearutils.py

$ python3 aocUtils.py -iy 2021
==> Initializing year directory: ./2021
==> Creating dependency: ./2021/yearutils.py

Create template for day

Command: python3 aocUtils.py --create-day|-cd <day>
Optional Flag: -y <year>
DefaultValue: Current Year

Create template for day under ./<year>/ directory.

The year directory need to be initialized first, see Initialize Year.

This command will also query https://adventofcode.com/ for the data for the given day if the data is available.

Examples

$ python3 aocUtils.py -cd 5
==> Creating day template: ./2020/day05.py

$ python3 aocUtils.py -cd 5 -y 2017
==> Creating day template: ./2017/day05.py

Query Input Data

Command: python3 aocUtils.py -i 7
Optional Flag: -y <year>
DefaultValue: Current Year

Manual query of data. Folder of year need to exist or already be initialized. See Initialize Year.

Examples

$ python3 aocUtils.py python3 aocUtils.py -i 7
==> Get input data for year:2020 ✭ day:7
==> GET at https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/7/input
==> Success:  200
==> Creating Input files
==> Creating Input file: 2020/day07_input.txt
==> Creating Input file: 2020/day07_input_test.txt