Find-NordVPNTechnology
SYNOPSIS
Searches for supported technologies of NordVPN servers.
SYNTAX
By Friendly Name (Default)
Find-NordVPNTechnology [-FriendlyName] <String> [-Offline] [<CommonParameters>]
By Id
Find-NordVPNTechnology [-Id] <String> [-Offline] [<CommonParameters>]
By Code
Find-NordVPNTechnology [-Code] <String> [-Offline] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
Searches for and returns a list of technologies supported by NordVPN servers.
By default, the required data is downloaded from the NordVPN web API and processed to produce an array of matching technology entries, each of which is a NordVPNTechnology object.
Please see About NordVPN-Servers Classes to view the complete structure of a technology entry.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
PS C:\> Find-NordVPNTechnology -Code openvpn*
ID Name Code Created Updated
-- ---- ---- ------- -------
3 OpenVPN UDP openvpn_udp 2017/05/04 08:03:24 2017/05/09 19:27:37
5 OpenVPN TCP openvpn_tcp 2017/05/09 19:28:14 2017/05/09 19:28:14
15 OpenVPN UDP Obfuscated openvpn_xor_udp 2017/05/26 14:04:04 2017/11/07 08:37:53
17 OpenVPN TCP Obfuscated openvpn_xor_tcp 2017/05/26 14:04:27 2017/11/07 08:38:16
29 OpenVPN UDP IPv6 openvpn_udp_v6 2018/09/18 13:35:38 2018/09/18 13:35:38
32 OpenVPN TCP IPv6 openvpn_tcp_v6 2018/09/18 13:36:02 2018/09/18 13:36:02
38 OpenVPN UDP TLS Crypt openvpn_udp_tls_crypt 2019/03/21 14:52:42 2019/03/21 14:52:42
41 OpenVPN TCP TLS Crypt openvpn_tcp_tls_crypt 2019/03/21 14:53:05 2019/03/21 14:53:05
42 OpenVPN UDP Dedicated openvpn_dedicated_udp 2019/09/19 14:49:18 2019/09/19 14:49:18
45 OpenVPN TCP Dedicated openvpn_dedicated_tcp 2019/09/19 14:49:54 2019/09/19 14:49:54
Searches for all NordVPN server technologies with codes beginning with ‘openvpn’.
Example 2
PS C:\> $allServers = Get-NordVPNServerList
PS C:\> $numServers = $allServers.Count
PS C:\> Find-NordVPNTechnology -FriendlyName *UDP* | `
>> Format-Table FriendlyName, @{
>> Label = "% Server support"
>> FormatString = '{0,6:p2}'
>> Expression = {
>> $techCode = $_.Code
>> $numSupport = ($allServers | Where-Object {$_.Technologies.Code -contains $techCode}).Count
>> $numSupport / $numServers
>> }
>> } -AutoSize
FriendlyName % Server support
------------ ----------------
OpenVPN UDP 90.46%
OpenVPN UDP Obfuscated 9.52%
OpenVPN UDP IPv6 0.00%
OpenVPN UDP TLS Crypt 0.00%
OpenVPN UDP Dedicated 2.56%
Searches for all server technologies with ‘UDP’ in the friendly name and displays beside each the percentage of NordVPN servers that currently support it.
PARAMETERS
-Code
Please enter a technology Code. Wildcard characters (?*[]) are allowed.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: ByCode
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: True
-FriendlyName
Please enter a technology name. Wildcard characters (?*[]) are allowed.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: ByFriendlyName
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: True
-Id
Please enter a technology ID. Wildcard characters (?*[]) are allowed.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: ById
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: True
-Offline
Temporarily overrides the OfflineMode setting and uses the fallback file stored in NordVPN_Technologies.xml. This does not change the value of the setting but is useful when access to the web API is not available.
The fallback file can be updated when online with -UpdateFallback.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
INPUTS
System.String
OUTPUTS
NordVPNTechnology
NOTES
Please refer to the help topic for Get-NordVPNTechnologyList for more details on offline usage, caching, and fallback files.