Advent of Code Setup Script

This Python script is designed to automate the setup of new puzzles for the Advent of Code challenge.

Requirements

• Python 3
• requests library
• html2text library
• dotenv library

Usage

The script accepts the following command line arguments:

• -d, --day: The day of the puzzle (required).
• -y, --year: The year of the puzzle. If not specified, will use the current year.
• -i, --instructions: Add the puzzle instructions as a comment in the day_xx.py file.
• -o, --open: Open the day_xx.py file in your default text editor.
• -s, --second: Get the second puzzle instructions and appends it to the file.

Example usage:

python setup.py -d 1 -y 2023 -i -o

This will create the necessary directories and files for day 1 of the 2023 Advent of Code challenge, fetch the puzzle instructions and input, and open the Python file in your default text editor.

Files are created in directory where setup.py is located and use the following pattern: <year>/<day_xx>/<day_xx.py> <year>/<day_xx>/input.txt

Environment Variables The script requires an Advent of Code session token to fetch puzzle instructions and input. This should be provided in a .env file in the same directory as the script, with the key AOC_SESSION_TOKEN.

Example .env file:

AOC_SESSION_TOKEN=your-session-token-here

Please replace "your-session-token-here" with your actual session token. You can get a session token by requesting a day's page in Advent of Code and then investigating the API call via Developer Tools.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. MIT License

Copyright (c) 2023 Simon Walter

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