Installing the command-line executable

Assuming you have Rust/Cargo installed, run this command in a terminal:

cargo install aochelper

It will make the aochelper command available in your PATH if you've allowed the PATH to be modified when installing Rust. cargo uninstall aochelper uninstalls.

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aochelper

Utility to download Advent of Code puzzle inputs.

Installation

cargo install aochelper

Setup

Run

aochelper set year <year>

in the directory in which you'll be working to set the puzzle year.

The authentication is automatic if you log into Advent of Code with Snap-installed Firefox on Linux. Otherwise, get your Advent of Code session cookie from your browser of choice, and run

aochelper set session_key <your key here>

Usage

To download a puzzle for a given day:

aochelper get <day>

This will download the puzzle inputs to inputs/year.day.

Troubleshooting

Works on my machine!