sirup: simple IP rotation using python

A wrapper around the openvpn CLI to connect to VPN servers and rotate the IP address in python programs.

What is required

• An account with a VPN service that supports openvpn (for instance ProtonVPN or surfshark).
• A linux OS with superuser rights.
• openvpn for linux. See here for installation instructions.

How to install

To install sirup from GitHub repository, do:

python -m pip install 'sirup @ git+https://github.com/ivory-tower-private-power/sirup'

How to use sirup

The package has two functionalities: connecting to a VPN server, and rotating the IP address.

1. Start up

This step is necessary for both functionalities.

import os 
import getpass
import time 

seed = 123
mypass = "/path/to/credentials.txt" # the user name and password credentials from your user account with the VPN service
config_path = "/path/to/config/files/" # the .opvn configuration files from your VPN service

Functionality 1: Connecting to a single VPN server

The sirup.VPNConnector.VPNConnector class has two methods: connect and disconnect. They are used as follows.

from sirup.VPNConnector import VPNConnector

config_file = os.path.join(config_path, "name-of-one-config-file.ovpn")
pwd = getpass.getpass()

connector = VPNConnector(auth_file=mypass, config_file=config_file)

connector.connect(pwd=pwd)

time.sleep(10)
connector.disconnect(pwd=pwd)

Functionality 2: Using the IP rotation feature

The sirup.IPRotator.IPRotator class has three methods: connect(), rotate(), disconnect(). They are used as follows.

from sirup.IPRotator import IPRotator

rotator = IPRotator(auth_file=mypass, config_location=config_path, seed=seed) # will ask for the sudo password

rotator.connect()
print(rotator.connector.current_ip)

rotator.rotate()
print(rotator.connector.current_ip)

rotator.disconnect()

Note

Before using the package, have a look at "Making sure the VPN connection works correctly" to make sure the VPN service works properly.

Documentation

The documentation of sirup can be found on Read the Docs.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to the development of sirup, have a look at the contribution guidelines.

Credits

This package was created with Cookiecutter and the NLeSC/python-template.