prevent excessive checking of puzzle page for pre-existing answers

aocd/models.py

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
         ur_broke = "You haven't collected any stars"
         for year in years:
             url = f"https://adventofcode.com/{year}/leaderboard/self"
+            log.debug("requesting personal stats for year %d", year)
             response = http.get(url, token=self.token, redirect=False)
             if 300 <= response.status < 400:
                 # expired tokens 302 redirect to the overall leaderboard
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@
             return json.loads(self.submit_results_path.read_text())
         return []
 
-    def _submit(self, value, part, reopen=True, quiet=False):
+    def _submit(self, value, part, reopen=True, quiet=False, precheck=True):
         # actual submit logic. not meant to be invoked directly - users are expected
         # to use aocd.post.submit function, puzzle answer setters, or the aoc.runner
         # which autosubmits answers by default.
@@ -541,13 +542,14 @@
                 "because that was the answer for part a"
             )
         url = self.submit_url
-        check_guess = self._check_already_solved(value, part)
-        if check_guess is not None:
-            if quiet:
-                log.info(check_guess)
-            else:
-                print(check_guess)
-            return
+        if precheck:
+            check_guess = self._check_already_solved(value, part)
+            if check_guess is not None:
+                if quiet:
+                    log.info(check_guess)
+                else:
+                    print(check_guess)
+                return
         sanitized = "..." + self.user.token[-4:]
         log.info("posting %r to %s (part %s) token=%s", value, url, part, sanitized)
         level = {"a": "1", "b": "2"}[part]
@@ -681,6 +683,7 @@
         # check puzzle page for any previously solved answers.
         # if these were solved by typing into the website directly, rather than using
         # aocd submit, then our caches might not know about the answers yet.
+        log.debug(f"check page {self.year}/{self.day:02d} for existing answer ({part})")
         self._request_puzzle_page()
         if answer_path.is_file():
             return answer_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()

aocd/runner.py

@@ -390,13 +390,19 @@ def run_for(
                         post = part == "a" or (part == "b" and puzzle.answered_a)
                         if autosubmit and post:
                             try:
-                                puzzle._submit(answer, part, reopen=reopen, quiet=True)
+                                puzzle._submit(
+                                    value=answer,
+                                    part=part,
+                                    reopen=reopen,
+                                    quiet=True,
+                                    precheck=False,
+                                )
                             except AocdError as err:
                                 log.warning("error submitting - %s", err)
-                            try:
+                            # Correct submission will have created the answer file
+                            answer_path = getattr(puzzle, f"answer_{part}_path")
+                            if answer_path.is_file():
                                 expected = getattr(puzzle, "answer_" + part)
-                            except AttributeError:
-                                pass
                     correct = expected is not None and str(expected) == answer
                     icon = colored("✔", "green") if correct else colored("✖", "red")
                     correction = ""

aocd/utils.py

@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@
     req_count: dict[t.Literal["GET", "POST"], int]
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
-        proxy_url = os.environ.get('http_proxy') or os.environ.get('https_proxy')
+        proxy_url = os.environ.get("http_proxy") or os.environ.get("https_proxy")
+        headers = {"User-Agent": USER_AGENT}
         if proxy_url:
-            self.pool_manager = urllib3.ProxyManager(proxy_url, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
+            self.pool_manager = urllib3.ProxyManager(proxy_url, headers=headers)
         else:
-            self.pool_manager = urllib3.PoolManager(headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
+            self.pool_manager = urllib3.PoolManager(headers=headers)
         self.req_count = {"GET": 0, "POST": 0}
         self._max_t = 3.0
         self._cooloff = 0.16
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@
     Returns a string like "authtype.username.userid"
     """
     url = "https://adventofcode.com/settings"
+    log.debug(f"attempting to determine owner of token ...{token[-4:]}")
     response = http.get(url, token=token, redirect=False)
     if response.status != 200:
         # bad tokens will 302 redirect to main page