Advent of Code Leaderboard Webhook

Cool script that posts a Advent of Code private leaderboard on Discord

Note

This version of the webhook runs in the Friends of Replit Discord server, running every day at about 5:30AM UTC.

Setup

GitHub Actions (recommended)

1. Fork this repo (fork)
2. Edit config.json with your private leaderboard ID
3. Open your Repository settings and head to Secrets and variables > Actions
4. Create two Secrets, called COOKIE (contains your Advent of Code session ID), and WEBHOOK (contains a Discord webhook URL)
5. Voila!

Self-hosting

1. Clone this repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/DaInfLoop/AoC-Leaderboard-Bot.git

2. Move into the newly made directory
3. Run npm i
4. Edit config.json with your private leaderboard ID
5. Set up two environmental variables, called COOKIE (contains your Advent of Code session ID), and WEBHOOK (contains a Discord webhook URL)
6. Set up a cron-job or similar to run node . in the current directory at a certain time (e.g. 5:00AM UTC). The script does not do this by default.

Linking Discord Users

To link a Discord user, open up users.js and add a new property to the object. The format is:

{
  // other fields

  // An Identifier of sorts (not required)
  "AoC ID": "Discord ID",
}

"Hey, but how do I get my Advent of Code ID?"

To get your Advent of Code ID, first go to your settings page. It should look something like this:

Grab your User ID from the (anonymous user XXXXXX) option. Voila.

"Okay, how do I get my Discord ID?"

First of all:

Jokes aside, to get your Discord User ID, first enable Developer Mode (User Settings > Advanced > Developer Mode):

Then click your user profile and click Copy User ID:

Voila!

Cool, but how do I get my leaderboard ID?

Open your private leaderboard (e.g. https://adventofcode.com/2023/leaderboard/private/view/970245) and grab the ID. It's that easy.