Getting NordVPN Wireguard Keys from API with powershell

nordvpn-wireguardkeys-powershell.md

1. Go to https://my.nordaccount.com/dashboard/nordvpn/manual-configuration/ and create an access token
2. Copy token
3. Use powershell to get Wireguard key

$username = "token"
$password = "<token goes here>"
$pair = "$($username):$($Password)"
$bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($pair)
$encodedCredentials = [Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes)
$url = "https://api.nordvpn.com/v1/users/services/credentials"

$headers = @{
    Authorization = "Basic $encodedCredentials"
}

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Headers $headers -Method Get

id                   : xxxx
created_at           : xxxx
updated_at           : xxxx
username             : xxxxx
password             : xxxxx
nordlynx_private_key : xxxx

4. Use powershell to get recommended server:

$server = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.nordvpn.com/v1/servers/recommendations?&filters[servers_technologies][identifier]=wireguard_udp&limit=1"

$server | ForEach-Object {
    $wireguardTech = $_.technologies | Where-Object { $_.identifier -eq 'wireguard_udp' }
    if ($wireguardTech) {
        # Extract metadata values
        $publicKey = $wireguardTech.metadata | Where-Object { $_.name -eq 'public_key' } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty value
        
        # Output with additional metadata columns
        [pscustomobject]@{
            Name           = $_.name
            Load           = $_.load
            Station        = $_.Station
            TechnologyID   = $wireguardTech.id
            TechnologyName = $wireguardTech.name
            Identifier     = $wireguardTech.identifier
            CreatedAt      = $wireguardTech.created_at
            UpdatedAt      = $wireguardTech.updated_at
            PublicKey      = $publicKey
        }
    }
}

Name           : Germany xxx
Load           : 13
Station        : xx.xxx.xx.xxx
TechnologyID   : 35
TechnologyName : Wireguard
Identifier     : wireguard_udp
CreatedAt      : 2019-02-14 14:08:43
UpdatedAt      : 2019-02-14 14:08:43
PublicKey      : xxxxxx

Great info the powershell stuff worked for me thanks.