Crate aoc_session

Get the session cookie value for Advent of Code easily

Usage (library)

use aoc_session::aoc_session;

fn main() {
    let session_id: String = match aoc_session() {
        // Ok(session) => <aoc_session::AocSession as ToString>::to_string(&session),
        Ok(session) => session.to_string(),
        Err(e) => panic!("Error: {e}"),
    };

    assert!(session_id.len() > 0);
    println!("My session ID: {}", session_id);
}

Installation (executable)

cargo install aoc-session

Usage (executable)

aoc-session

Learn more

This crate was born while preparing the presentation for Calgary Rust community. It better explains what this crate provides and how it works.

Structs

AocSession

Value of the session cookie for Advent of Code.

Enums

Error

The error type for this crate.

Functions

aoc_session

Get the session cookie for Advent of Code. Beware that this function works for all browsers supported by rookie but is slow.

Type Aliases

Result

The result type for this crate.