MHacks9

Project Repo for work done at MHacks 9 (University of Michigan, March 24-26, 2017)

About the Hack

Program primarily built in Python to make organizing and running the classic "Assassins" game more fluid and efficient. Utilizes the Twilio API for communicating between players, as well as Capital One's Nessie API for tracking each assassin's financial accounts.

About the Game

Players text in to join a game of assassins. Each player is assigned a "target" and subsequently are also being targeted, as well as a secret code. Enter in your target's secret code on your own phone to verify your success, as well as obtain your next target. Players who successfully assassinate their targets will take over their target's target until either time runs out or there is only one assassin left. Each player starts with their "buy in" amount in their bank account (auto generated during the start of the game). Eliminated assassins automatically have their initial buy in transferred to their killer. Thus, the Capital One bank accounts also double as a way of tracking the number of kills each player has.

Disclaimer

While the rules of the physical game is up to the discretion of the participants, please keep in mind that it is still just a game. We do not encourage nor are we accountable for any injuries or even deaths resulting from participating in this activity. Do not perform a literal assassination on your target.

APIs Utilized

Capital One's Nessie API
Twilio API

Hidden Files

nessie_auth.py
Authentication information stored in a python file. Hidden for security purposes.

apiKey = '<api key here>'
customerId = '<customer id here>'

def getApiKey():
	return apiKey
	
def getCustomerId():
	return customerId

twilio_auth.py
Same as nessie_auth.py but for Twilio authentication info. These can be found on the Twilio console page.

account_sid = '<account SID here>'
auth_token = '<authentication token here>'
number = '+11234567890' #outgoing SMS number

def getSid():
	return account_sid
	
def getAuthToken():
	return auth_token

def getNumber():
	return number

Dependencies

requests (HTTP Library for Python)
To install, run the following command:

pip install requests

Note that you may need to install pip beforehand if you have not yet already.

Running flask server

export FLASK_APP=application.py
export FLASK_DEBUG=1
flask run