added window information to the README.md

.github/workflows/go.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Lint source code
       run: |
         make tools lint
-        rm -rf .bin
+        rm -rf .bin/
+        rm -rf dist/
 
     - name: Create release tag
       run: |

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ before:
 builds:
   - flags:
     - -trimpath
-  - env:
+    env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
     goos:
       - linux

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 # mullvad-best-server
 ![Build](https://github.com/bastiandoetsch/mullvad-best-server/actions/workflows/go.yml/badge.svg)
 
-Determines the mullvad.net server with the lowest latency. 
+Determines the mullvad.net server with the lowest latency on macOS and Linux. On Windows, it can only check if the server is up.
+The reason lies with the golang network libraries, according to the `go-ping` library, that is used under the hood for pinging: 
+
+```
+Please note that accessing packet TTL values is not supported due to limitations in the Go x/net/ipv4 and x/net/ipv6 packages.
+```
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -17,6 +22,8 @@ Execute `mullvad-best-server`. It outputs the code, e.g. `de05`. You can then co
 Usage of dist/mullvad-best-server_darwin_amd64/mullvad-best-server:
 -c string
   Server country code, e.g. ch for Switzerland (default "ch")
+-l string
+  Log level. Allowed values: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic (default "info")
 -o string
   Output format. 'json' outputs server json
 -t string
@@ -28,7 +35,7 @@ The `-c` flag allows to give a country code. Else `ch` will be used.
 
 
 ## Background
-The program uses `https://api.mullvad.net/www/relays/<SERVER_TYPE/` to get the current server list, pings the ones with the right country
+The program uses `https://api.mullvad.net/www/relays/<SERVER_TYPE>/` to get the current server list, pings the ones with the right country
 and outputs the server with the lowest ping.
 
 ## Integration into a script

go.mod

@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ module github.com/bastiandoetsch/mullvad-best-server
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-	github.com/go-ping/ping v0.0.0-20211130115550-779d1e919534
+	github.com/go-ping/ping v1.1.0
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.26.1
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.27.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210805182204-aaa1db679c0d // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210809222454-d867a43fc93e // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220728211354-c7608f3a8462 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220728004956-3c1f35247d10 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,41 +1,33 @@
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-github.com/go-ping/ping v0.0.0-20211130115550-779d1e919534 h1:dhy9OQKGBh4zVXbjwbxxHjRxMJtLXj3zfgpBYQaR4Q4=
+github.com/go-ping/ping v1.1.0 h1:3MCGhVX4fyEUuhsfwPrsEdQw6xspHkv5zHsiSoDFZYw=
-github.com/go-ping/ping v0.0.0-20211130115550-779d1e919534/go.mod h1:xIFjORFzTxqIV/tDVGO4eDy/bLuSyawEeojSm3GfRGk=
+github.com/go-ping/ping v1.1.0/go.mod h1:xIFjORFzTxqIV/tDVGO4eDy/bLuSyawEeojSm3GfRGk=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0 h1:qJYtXnJRWmpe7m/3XlyhrsLrEURqHRM2kxzoxXqyUDs=
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+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
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main.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -16,14 +17,22 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
 	var outputFlag = flag.String("o", "", "Output format. 'json' outputs server json")
 	var countryFlag = flag.String("c", "ch", "Server country code, e.g. ch for Switzerland")
 	var typeFlag = flag.String("t", "wireguard", "Server type, e.g. wireguard")
+	var logLevel = flag.String("l", "info", "Log level. Allowed values: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	level, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(*logLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Unable to set log level")
+	}
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(level)
 	servers := getServers(*typeFlag)
 	bestIndex := selectBestServerIndex(servers, *countryFlag)
+	if bestIndex == -1 {
+		log.Fatal().Str("country", *countryFlag).Msg("No servers for country found.")
+	}
 	best := servers[bestIndex]
 	log.Debug().Interface("server", best).Msg("Best latency server found.")
 	hostname := strings.TrimSuffix(best.Hostname, "-wireguard")
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ func main() {
 	} else {
 		serverJson, err := json.Marshal(best)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal().Err(err)
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Couldn't marshal server information to Json")
 		}
 		fmt.Println(string(serverJson))
 	}
@@ -49,6 +58,8 @@ func selectBestServerIndex(servers []server, country string) int {
 					bestIndex = i
 					bestPing = duration
 				}
+			} else {
+				log.Err(err).Msg("Error determining the server latency via ping.")
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -58,7 +69,7 @@ func selectBestServerIndex(servers []server, country string) int {
 func getServers(serverType string) []server {
 	resp, err := http.Get("https://api.mullvad.net/www/relays/" + serverType + "/")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal().Err(err)
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Couldn't retrieve servers")
 	}
 	responseBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	defer func(Body io.ReadCloser) {
@@ -73,13 +84,17 @@ func getServers(serverType string) []server {
 	var servers []server
 	err = json.Unmarshal(responseBody, &servers)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal().Err(err)
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("couldn't unmarshall server json")
 	}
 	return servers
 }
 
+//goland:noinspection GoBoolExpressions
 func serverLatency(s server) (time.Duration, error) {
 	pinger, err := ping.NewPinger(s.Ipv4AddrIn)
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		pinger.SetPrivileged(true)
+	}
 	pinger.Count = 1
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err