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AoC Private Leaderboard Stats Updater Script for Reddit

Required Environment Variables

  1. REDDIT_CLIENT_ID: Reddit API client ID.
  2. REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET: Reddit API client secret.
  3. REDDIT_PASSWORD: Reddit account password.
  4. REDDIT_USERNAME: Reddit account username.
  5. AOC_SESSION_COOKIE: Session cookie for the Advent of Code website.
  6. AOC_LEADERBOARD_CODE: Code for the Advent of Code leaderboard.
  7. REDDIT_POST_ID: ID of Reddit post which is used as leaderboard.

Instructions on how to get AOC_SESSION_COOKIE

  1. Create an Advent of Code Account:

  2. Log into Your AoC Account & open the leaderboard

    • After creating an account, log into the AoC website using your credentials. Make sure you have joined the private leaderboard which's ID you have set in AOC_LEADERBOARD_CODE. Now navigate to the leaderboard page.

  3. Open Developer Tools in Your Browser:

    • Open the browser's developer tools. You can usually do this by right-clicking on the web page, selecting "Inspect" or "Inspect Element," and then navigating to the "Network" tab.

  4. Go to the Network Tab:

    • In the developer tools, go to the "Network" tab. This tab will show all network requests made by the website.

  5. Refresh the Page:

    • Refresh the Advent of Code website. This will trigger various network requests, including the one that authenticates your session.

  6. Look for the Request with the Cookie:

    • In the "Network" tab, look for a network request that is related to the Advent of Code website. It might be named something like "session" or "authenticate."
    • Click on this request to view its details.

  7. Find the Cookie Information:

    • In the details of the network request, look for a section named "Request Headers" or "Cookies." You are interested in the value of the session cookie.

  8. Copy the Session Cookie Value:

    • Copy the value of the session cookie. It is usually a long hex string of letters and numbers.

  9. Use the Session Cookie:

    • Paste the copied session cookie value into the appropriate environment variable (AOC_SESSION_COOKIE in your case) in your code or set it as an environment variable.

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