Ruby    3.3.5  
Rails   7.1.3.4

Found a bug? Please open an Issue.
Have a feature request? Let's discuss it on Slack.

Contribute

If you want to help me fix a bug or implement a new requested feature:

1. Make sure an Issue exists for it
2. Ask me questions
3. Fork the project
4. Code the changes on your fork
5. Create a Pull Request here from your fork

CI with GitHub Actions

Upon Pull Request actions (open, push), CI scripts are automatically run tests, linters and security tools. All the checks shall pass for your PR to be reviewed.

Run on your machine

1. Run bin/setup to install dependencies, create and seed the database
2. Ask me for the credentials key on Slack and add it to config/master.key (required for Kitt OAuth)
3. Create a .env root file and add these keys with their appropriate values: AOC_ROOMS, SESSION_COOKIE
4. Run bin/dev

Required ENV variables

Warning The .env file is used for development purposes only. It is not versioned and never should.

• AOC_ROOMS is a comma-separated list of private leaderboard IDs that you belong to (e.g. 9999999-a0b1c2d3,7777777-e4f56789)
• SESSION_COOKIE is your own Advent of Code session cookie (valid ~ 1 month). You need to log in to the platform, then retrieve the value of the session cookie (e.g. 436088a9...9ffb6476)

Overmind (optional)

Note Foreman is the default process manager through the bin/dev command. Overmind is an optional alternative.

Overmind is a process manager for Procfile-based applications like ours, based on tmux. You can install the tool on your machine following these instructions.

Add these lines to your local .env file:

OVERMIND_PORT=3000
OVERMIND_PROCFILE=Procfile.dev

Then, instead of the usual bin/dev, you have to run overmind s.

Use SSL

In short: create an SSL certificate for your localhost, store it in your keychain and run the server using that certificate.

mkcert localhost
sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain ./localhost.pem # macOS-specific
mv localhost* tmp/ # this is the tmp folder in the project root
bin/dev ssl

Note Tested on macOS only.

Launch the webapp on local mobile browser

Because the OAuth will not work on your local IP, you have to bypass authentication. For example, you could temporarily add this line in the welcome controller method:

sign_in(User.find_by(github_username: "your_username"))

Then, find the local IP address of the computer you launch the server from (ex: 192.168.1.14) and open the app on your mobile browser from that IP (ex: http://192.168.1.14:3000)

Warning Bypassing authentication, even temporarily, can pose significant security risks. Only use this method in a controlled development environment and never in production.

Advent of Code API

On adventofcode.com, a user can create one (and only one) private leaderboard. Up to 200 users can join it using a unique generated code.

A JSON object containing scores can be fetched from a GET request that needs a session cookie to succeed. We store this session cookie in the SESSION_COOKIE environment variable (valid ~ 1 month).

We use multiple private leaderboards to run the platform with more than 200 participants. We store their IDs in the AOC_ROOMS environment variable, comma-separated. One account joins all of them, and we use this account's SESSION_COOKIE.

License

MIT