AOC-SLACK

Slack bot for Advent of Code.

Features

Posting messages about solved puzzles to Slack channels in real time.

Posting a message with leaderboard at the end of the day.

Installation

To install slack bot you need to add slack app to your workspace and host aoc-slack bot somewhere.

Add app to your slack workspace

1. Go to https://api.slack.com/apps and create a new app.
2. Select "From scratch" and give it a name and workspace.
3. Select incoming webhooks and activate it.
4. Click "Add new webhook to your workspace" and select a channel to which you want to receive messages.

Host aoc-slack bot

To run aoc-slack in docker you need to run the following command:

docker run -e AOC_SLACK_LEADERBOARD_ID=<leaderboard_id> \
           -e AOC_SLACK_SESSION=<aoc_session> \
           -e AOC_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=<slack_app_webhook_url> \
           -d \
           1grzyb1/aoc-slack:latest

Properties description

Property	Description
AOC_SLACK_LEADERBOARD_ID (required)	ID of your private leaderboard in advent of code
AOC_SLACK_SESSION (required)	Session header from aoc website
AOC_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL (required)	URL to slack app webhook
AOC_SLACK_YEAR	Year for which bot should work (default current year)
AOC_SLACK_STARS_CRON	Cron how often new stars should be refreshed (default every 15min. Minimum approved by aoc API)
AOC_SLACK_LEADERBOARD_CRON	Cron how when leaderboard should be sent (default midnight EST (UTC-5))
AOC_SLACK_ONLY_ACTIVE_USERS	Shows only users with any points on leaderboard (default False)