AdventOfCodeInputReader

AdventOfCodeInputReader

A python package to get the input for Advent Of Code challenges as a list

Contents

• Getting started
• Using AdventOfCodeInputReader
• Methods
  • get_input()
  • get_input_by_day()
  • get_input_by_year_and_day()

Getting Started

• Installation using pip (Python Package Index):

$ pip install AdventOfCodeInputReader

Using AdventOfCodeInputReader

Import and Initialise

The AdventOfCode class (defined in init.py) has one mandatory parameter (session_id) and two optional parameters (year and day). To get session_id, you need to log into Advent of Code and retreieve the session id from your browser cookies. Your session id is required as the challenge input is different for each user.

from AdventOfCodeInputReader import AdventOfCodeInputReader

# Initialize with only session_id
reader = AdventOfCodeInputReader("your_session_id")

# Initialize with session_id and year only
reader = AdventOfCodeInputReader("your_session_id",2021)

# Initialize with session_id and year and day
reader = AdventOfCodeInputReader("your_session_id",2021,1)

Methods

The AdventOfCode class has three methods: get_input(), get_input_by_day(), get_input_by_year_and_day(). All three methods will return a list of strings, with each line of the input as an element in the list.

get_input()

The get_input(day=None, year=None) method has two optional parameters, day and year. If you have specified the values for day and year at initalization, you can use this method without any arguments. If you have included values for day and year at initization but included day and year arguments for get_input(), the method will override and use the arguments provided in get_input() for this specific run only. It will not update the class value.

# Using get_input() with year and day specified at initalization
reader = AdventOfCodeInputReader("your_session_id",2021,1)
input = reader.get_input()

# Using get_input() with only year specified at initalization
reader = AdventOfCodeInputReader("your_session_id",2021)
input = reader.get_input(day=1)

# Using get_input() without year and day specified at initalization
reader = AdventOfCodeInputReader("your_session_id")
input = reader.get_input(day=1,year=2021)

This method returns a list of strings, with each line of the input as an element in the list.

If the input from Advent of Code looks like:

line 1
line 2
line 3

The method will return:

["line 1", "line 2", "line 3"]

get_input_by_day()

The get_input_by_day(day) method requires the year to be declared at initialization. If you have included value for day at initization but included day argument for get_input_by_day(), the method will override and use the argument provided in get_input_by_day() for this specific run only. It will not update the class value.

reader = AdventOfCodeInputReader("your_session_id",2021)
input = reader.get_input_by_day(1)

This method returns a list of strings, with each line of the input as an element in the list.

If the input from Advent of Code looks like:

line 1
line 2
line 3

The method will return:

["line 1", "line 2", "line 3"]

get_input_by_year_and_day()

The get_input_by_year_and_day(year, day) method requires the year and day arguments to be specified when using the method. If you have included value for year or day at initization, the year and day arguments provided will be used instead of the values specified at initalization for this specific run only. It will not update the class value.

reader = AdventOfCodeInputReader("your_session_id")
input = reader.get_input_by_year_and_day(year=2021,day=1)

This method returns a list of strings, with each line of the input as an element in the list.

If the input from Advent of Code looks like:

line 1
line 2
line 3

The method will return:

["line 1", "line 2", "line 3"]