aocgofetch

Fetches Advent of Code puzzle inputs and prints to standard out.

Installation

Install with go >= 1.17

go install github.com/al-ce/aocgofetch@latest

Or clone this repository and build with go build -o <path-to-binary>.

This project uses joho/gotodenv as a dependency.

Usage

Authenticate

Authenticate yourself at adventofcode.com and get the value for the session cookie from your browser.

• Firefox: Developer Tools > Storage > Cookies
• Chrome: Developer Tools > Application > Cookies

Add that value to an AOC_SESSION key to a .env file at the root of your working directory, like your directory where you're writing your puzzle-solvers.

AOC_SESSION="yourCookieValue"

Check your .gitignore

WARNING: make sure you add the .env to your .gitignore if you're backing up your files to a remote repository!

Reminder: please respect the author and do not include the puzzle text or the puzzle input in your repository.

Run the program

Give the year (2015-present) and day (1-25) as arguments. The puzzle input will print to stdout:

❯ aocgofetch 2015 4
ckczppom