Add --reconnect flag (#43)

* Allow --reconnect and --random to work in unison

* Fix goreleaser

.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.15
+          go-version: 1.16
       -
         name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ jobs:
           version: latest
           args: release --rm-dist
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

README.md

@@ -72,12 +72,15 @@ If the country doesn't matter, a random server can be selected:
 $ sudo vpngate connect --random
 ```
 
+#### Reconnect
+
+To continually attempt to reconnect (this can be combined with `--random`):
+
+```console
+$ sudo vpngate connect --reconnect
+```
+
 ## Notes
 
 - I do not maintain any of the servers on vpngate.net (connect to these servers at your own discretion)
 - Many of the listed servers claim to have a logging policy of 2 weeks
-
-
-## Todo
-
-- Allow for servers to be cycled periodically (--cycle)

cmd/connect.go

@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 var flagRandom bool
+var flagReconnect bool
 
 func init() {
 	connectCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&flagRandom, "random", "r", false, "connect to a random server")
+	connectCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&flagReconnect, "reconnect", "t", false, "continually attempt to connect to the server")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(connectCmd)
 }
 
@@ -51,11 +53,7 @@ var connectCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			Options: serverSelection,
 		}
 
-		if flagRandom {
-			// Select a random server
-			rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
-			serverSelected = (*vpnServers)[rand.Intn(len(*vpnServers))]
-		} else {
+		if !flagRandom {
 
 			if len(args) > 0 {
 				selection = args[0]
@@ -80,37 +78,47 @@ var connectCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			}
 		}
 
-		decodedConfig, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(serverSelected.OpenVpnConfigData)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
+		for {
 
-		tmpfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "vpngate-openvpn-config-")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
+			if flagRandom {
+				// Select a random server
+				rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+				serverSelected = (*vpnServers)[rand.Intn(len(*vpnServers))]
+			}
 
-		defer os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
+			decodedConfig, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(serverSelected.OpenVpnConfigData)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
 
-		if _, err := tmpfile.Write(decodedConfig); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
+			tmpfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "vpngate-openvpn-config-")
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
 
-		if err := tmpfile.Close(); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
+			if _, err := tmpfile.Write(decodedConfig); err != nil {
+				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
 
-		log.Info().Msgf("Connecting to %s (%s) in %s", serverSelected.HostName, serverSelected.IPAddr, serverSelected.CountryLong)
+			if err := tmpfile.Close(); err != nil {
+				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
 
-		err = vpn.Connect(tmpfile.Name())
+			log.Info().Msgf("Connecting to %s (%s) in %s", serverSelected.HostName, serverSelected.IPAddr, serverSelected.CountryLong)
+
+			err = vpn.Connect(tmpfile.Name())
+
+			if err != nil && !flagReconnect {
+				log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
+				os.Exit(1)
+			} else {
+				os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
+			}
 
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Msgf(err.Error())
-			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
 	},