VPNGate Python script

README.md

vpngate.py

This script allows to use the free VPN service provided by VPNGate in an easy way. The user just needs to provide the desidered output country, and the script automatically chooses the best server.

After this step, OpenVPN is launched with the proper configuration. The VPN can be terminated by pressing Ctrl+C.

Usage

Run the script by providing the desired output country:

vpngate.py US

Both country codes and country names are supported, as listed on the VPNGate website, e.g.:

vpngate.py "United Kingdom"

Moreover, the script allows to input countries with any case (Italy, italy, ItALy all work) and with partial names:

• Korea will work for Korea Republic Of
• Russia will work for Russian Federation
• ... and so on

Demo

Here is a short Youtube video showcasing an example usage:

Requirements

OpenVPN needs to be installed.

The script should run on any Linux distribution with the Python Requests module installed. The user running the script must be able to run sudo commands in order to start openvpn.

vpngate.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""Pick server and start connection with VPNGate (http://www.vpngate.net/en/)"""

import requests, os, sys, tempfile, subprocess, base64, time

__author__ = "Andrea Lazzarotto"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2014+, Andrea Lazzarotto"
__license__ = "GPLv3"
__version__ = "1.0"
__maintainer__ = "Andrea Lazzarotto"
__email__ = "andrea.lazzarotto@gmail.com"


if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print 'usage: ' + sys.argv[0] + ' [country name | country code]'
    exit(1)
country = sys.argv[1]

if len(country) == 2:
    i = 6 # short name for country
elif len(country) > 2:
    i = 5 # long name for country
else:
    print 'Country is too short!'
    exit(1)

try:
    vpn_data = requests.get('http://www.vpngate.net/api/iphone/').text.replace('\r','')
    servers = [line.split(',') for line in vpn_data.split('\n')]
    labels = servers[1]
    labels[0] = labels[0][1:]
    servers = [s for s in servers[2:] if len(s) > 1]
except:
    print 'Cannot get VPN servers data'
    exit(1)

desired = [s for s in servers if country.lower() in s[i].lower()]
found = len(desired)
print 'Found ' + str(found) + ' servers for country ' + country
if found == 0:
    exit(1)

supported = [s for s in desired if len(s[-1]) > 0]
print str(len(supported)) + ' of these servers support OpenVPN'
# We pick the best servers by score
winner = sorted(supported, key=lambda s: s[2], reverse=True)[0]

print "\n== Best server =="
pairs = zip(labels, winner)[:-1]
for (l, d) in pairs[:4]:
    print l + ': ' + d

print pairs[4][0] + ': ' + str(float(pairs[4][1]) / 10**6) + ' MBps'
print "Country: " + pairs[5][1]

print "\nLaunching VPN..."
_, path = tempfile.mkstemp()

f = open(path, 'w')
f.write(base64.b64decode(winner[-1]))
f.close()

x = subprocess.Popen(['sudo', 'openvpn', '--config', path])

try:
    while True:
        time.sleep(600)
# termination with Ctrl+C
except:
    try:
        x.kill()
    except:
        pass
    while x.poll() != 0:
        time.sleep(1)
    print '\nVPN terminated'