aoc-bud: Module that aims to help during advent of code puzzles.

• v0.0.1: + requests puzzle input, saves as a file, to avoid spamming the server with unnecessary calls, and finally returns it as a string
• v0.0.2: + able to post solution to advent of code and receive server message
• v0.0.3: refactored code to use less dependencies and changed how the library is used
• v0.0.4: removed annoying print (nothing new)

Installation

cargo add aoc-bud

or add the following line to your Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
aoc-bud = "0.0.4"

Usage

You must have a .env file on your project directory with your advent of code session cookie

echo AOC_SESSION={yoursessionhere} > .env

The library exports Regex aswell.

use aoc_bud::Aoc;

// If you want to use Regex you can just import it
use aoc_bud::Regex;

fn main() {
    // Create a Aoc instance for the date you choose
    let aoc = Aoc::new(1, 2023);

    // Get puzzle input
    let input: String = aoc.input(); 
    
    // ...
    // Solution code part 1
    // ... 

    // Send your solution for the first part
    aoc.solve1(solution).unwrap();
     
    // ...
    // Solution code part 2
    // ...

    // Send your solution for the first part
    aoc.solve2(solution).unwrap();
}

Features

By enabling the time feature, instead of setting the date yourself the program will get the current date. NOTE This only works when advent of code is ongoing, otherwise you will only get errors.

use aoc_bud::Aoc;

fn main() {
    // Create a Aoc instance for the date today
    let aoc = Aoc::today();

    // Get puzzle input
    let input: String = aoc.input(); 
    
    // ...
    // Solution code part 1
    // ... 

    // Send your solution for the first part
    aoc.solve1(solution).unwrap();
     
    // ...
    // Solution code part 2
    // ...

    // Send your solution for the first part
    aoc.solve2(solution).unwrap();
}