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"

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);'