Check the status of a NordVPN connection from your shell.

nordvpn.sh

#!/bin/bash

URL='https://web-api.nordvpn.com/v1/ips/info'
JSON=$(curl -s $URL)

printf "\n"
#echo $JSON | python -m json.tool
echo $JSON | python -c 'import sys, json; data = json.load(sys.stdin); print("IP: %s (%s)\nStatus: %s" % (data["ip"], data["isp"], "\033[32mProtected" if data["protected"] is True else "\033[31mUnprotected"));'
printf "\n"

They changed their code. The address you used does not always work. This fixes it

#!/bin/bash

URL='https://api.nordvpn.com/vpn/check/full'
JSON=$(curl -s $URL)

printf "\n"
#echo $JSON | python -m json.tool
echo $JSON | python -c 'import sys, json; data = json.load(sys.stdin); print "IP: %s (%s)\nStatus: %s" % (data["ip"], data["isp"], "\033[32mProtected" if data["status"] == "Protected" else "\033[31mUnprotected");'
printf "\n"

the URL='https://api.nordvpn.com/vpn/check/full' is less accurate than the last url https://nordvpn.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_user_info_data

thanks for sharing

Updated for python 3

#!/bin/bash

URL='https://nordvpn.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_user_info_data'
JSON=$(curl -s $URL)

printf "\n"
echo $JSON | python -c 'import sys, json; data = json.load(sys.stdin); print("IP: %s (%s)\nStatus: %s" % (data["ip"], data["isp"], "\033[32mProtected" if data["status"] is True else "\033[31mUnprotected"));'
printf "\n"

This does not seem to work anymore . From https://nordvpn.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_user_info_data I get blocked by cloudflare access

Updated to fix Cloudflare blocking the previous link and not compatible with Python 3.

nice. Thanks @Dreyer. where did you find the new endpoint ?

https://nordvpn.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_user_info_data

such a shame it does not work anymore....

I just added an exit code that can be tested upon script end (in Unix it's $? )

#!/bin/bash

URL='https://web-api.nordvpn.com/v1/ips/info'
JSON=$(curl -s $URL)

printf "\n"
#echo $JSON | python -m json.tool
echo $JSON | python -c 'import sys, json; exitCode=0; data = json.load(sys.stdin); print("IP: %s (%s)\nStatus: %s" % (data["ip"], data["isp"], "\033[32mProtected\n" if data["protected"] is True else "\033[31mUnprotected\n")); exitCode= 1 if data["protected"] is False else 0; sys.exit(exitCode);'