VPN connection rotator

openvpnrotate.py

# requirements: python-gobject
# this hacky little code rotates your VPN connection using openvpn every 3 hours.
# its nasty but does the job

import time, random, requests
from json import loads
from subprocess import Popen
from gi.repository import Notify

Notify.init("VPN rotate")
summary = "Rotating VPN connection..."

# vpn config files
vpn_conns = ["first.ovpn", "second.ovpn", "..."]

while 1:
	randvpn = vpn_conns[random.randrange(0, len(vpn_conns))]
	cmd = "sudo openvpn " + randvpn

	p = Popen(cmd, shell = True)
	time.sleep(20)

	host = loads(requests.get("http://ifconfig.co/json").content)
	body = "Country: " + str(host['country']) + " | IP: " + str(host['ip'])

	notification = Notify.Notification.new(summary, body)
	notification.show()

	time.sleep(10800)
	p.kill()
	time.sleep(5)