Scripting

You can use Apple Script (or Java Script with 3rd party addition) to

• start profile
• stop profile
• list all profiles

Download:

All Examples

These are examples which demonstrate how to do it:

List all profiles

set reportText to ""
tell application "AlmostVPNProMenuBar"
	repeat with i from 1 to count profiles
		set 
                  reportText to reportText & return & 
                  (name of profile i) & " " & 
                  (state of profile i) & " (" & 
                  (stateComment of profile i) & ")"
	end repeat
end tell
display alert reportText

Download:

listProfiles.applescript

Start Profile

display dialog "Enter Profile Name:" 
  default answer "default" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2
set the profileName to the text returned of the result
tell application "AlmostVPNProMenuBar"
	start (profile named profileName)
end tell

Download:

startProfile.applescript

Stop Profile

display dialog "Enter Profile Name:" 
  default answer "default" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2
set the profileName to the text returned of the result
tell application "AlmostVPNProMenuBar"
	stop (profile named profileName)
end tell

Download:

stopProfile.applescript

Start/Stop All Profiles

Download:

startAllProfiles.applescript
stopAllProfiles.applescript

JavaScript instead of AppleScript

Thanks to OSA it is possible to use JavaScript for your scripting needs instead of AppleScript. In order to be able to do it, you need to install JavaScript OSA component. Once you have completed installation instructions you should be good to go.

var avpn =  MacOS.appBySignature( "aVPN" );
// To get profile object for profile "foo"
  var profileFoo = avpn.profiles[ "foo" ];
// To start profile "foo"
  avpn.start( profileFoo );
// To stop profile "foo"
  avpn.stop( profileFoo );
// To start ALL profiles
  for( var i = 0; i < avpn.profiles.length; i++ ) {
     avpn.start( avpn.profiles[ i ] );
  }
// To list all profiles
  var message = ""
  for( var i = 0; i < avpn.profiles.length; i++ ) {
     message = message + avpn.profiles[ i ].name + " " + avpn.profiles[ i ].state + "\n";
  }
  MacOS.message( message );

Command Line Interface

This is for you, command line junkies. avpnctrl allows you to:

• start profile
• stop profile
• list all profiles
• wait for profile to get into state

Download:

avpnctrl.zip

avpnctrl start

To start profile with given name

avpnctrl start <profile name>

avpnctrl stop

To stop profile with given name

avpnctrl stop <profile name>

avpnctrl startAll

To start ALL profiles

avpnctrl startAll

avpnctrl stopAll

To stop ALL profiles

avpnctrl stopAll

avpnctrl list

To get list of all profiles with state

avpnctrl list

Result looks like this

<profile name>|<profile state>
...
<profile name>|<profile state>

avpnctrl wait

To wait for profile to get into particular state

avpnctrl wait <profile name> <running|idle|fail> [<timeout>]

NOTE If timeout is not specified or is 0, avpnctrl will wait forever
NOTE If timeout specified, exit code will be 0 if profile have got into the state and 1 if timeout occur.