Pick random vpn server

[pmo]

Would be nice with a command to connect to a random server.

Example: "nordvpn -r" for truly random server, and "nordvpn -r us" for a random server in the US. ofc you could add --random too :-)

[nstinus]

I feel like pure random is of little use. You'd probably want to connect by default to a small set of servers; perhaps according to some feature (the closest, or less loaded, by country, netflix...). This information is now present thanks to #4 and related to #7 . For this reason, I opened #11.
Let me know what you think.

[pmo]

What you explain sure has great uses too, that it connects to a "random" server close to you etc.. But trust me sometimes people would like random IP just like with tor browser :) if you have a small set of servers you use, combined with the browser you use, it makes it really easy to identify you, and kinda defeats the purpose of a VPN in some cases. I would personally use a less loaded function a lot in some cases :-)

[nstinus]

Sounds reasonable. Would you care to do the change and submit a merge request?

[pmo]

I will have a look at it :-)

[nstinus]

An alternative could be to introduce a new command: "pick". By default it would do what you suggest; then, leveraging the information we get in the infos command, it could do much more. Like picking a Netflix server for example or one that has a low load...

[thesilent33]

Any update for this feature?

[nstinus]

I just pushed a change to the command start.
If the server is not specified, it will randomly pick one from a list of 5.
Note that this requires a working internet connection and for the jq program to be available in the PATH.
Thank you for your patience.

[thesilent33]

Thank you very much. :D