Check the status of a NordVPN connection from your shell.

nordvpn.sh

#!/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 -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"] is True 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"