Control Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN using AppleScript
I know it's a little strange to still be writing AppleScript in 2023, but this was the best way I found to easily connect and disconnect from a GlobalProtect VPN "automatically". I trigger this from a Keyboard Maestro shortcut, you are free to trigger it any way you wish!
This is a simple script that will toggle the connect/disconnect state of GlobalProtect on macOS. Tested with the latest version of GlobalProtect (v6.2.0-89) and macOS Ventura (13.4.1).:
(*
Toggle GlobalProtect VPN with AppleScript
Tested using macOS Ventura 13.4.1 and GlobalProtect version 6.2.0-89
Written by Trevor Manternach, August 2023.
*)
tell application "System Events" to tell process "GlobalProtect"
click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2
set statusText to name of static text 1 of window 1
if statusText is "Not Connected" then
# GlobalProtect is disconnected, so let's connect
click button "Connect" of window 1
set entireContents to entire contents of window 1
else if statusText is "Connected" then
# GlobalProtect is connected, so let's disconnect
set windowText to entire contents of window 1
repeat with theItem in windowText
if (class of theItem is button) then
if (value of attribute "AXTitle" of theItem is "Disconnect") then
# We found a Disconnect button on the main page, let's click it.
click theItem
exit repeat
else
# We did not find a Disconnect button on the main page, let's hope there is one in the Settings Menu.
click button "Global Protect Options Menu" of window 1
click menu item "Disconnect" of menu "Global Protect Options Menu" of button "Global Protect Options Menu" of window 1
exit repeat
end if
end if
end repeat
end if
click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2
end tell
I also have this hosted as a gist on github. Any changes I make to it are more likely to end up there than here. Comments are welcome over there, too!
