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confuzed
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5 months ago
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CLI output is not json when "--format json" used with "connect server create"

When running `op --format json connect server create "My Server" --vaults "MyVault"`, I expect the output to be JSON, an only JSON, so that my script can safely consume the output. I need to extract ...
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  • 1P_Phil's avatar
    1P_Phil
    5 months ago

    Hi confuzed​,

    Thanks for reaching out. thanks for the feedback, I'll send this along to the team.  In the mean time as a work around you can use the following to retrieve the JSON version of the server info:

    op connect server get "Demo Server" --format json

    it will come back like this

    ➜  Connect op connect server get "Demo Server" --format json
{
  "id": "TRMT2AZWWRE65JAHY{REDACTED}",
  "name": "demo SErver",
  "state": "ACTIVE",
  "created_at": "2025-06-27T16:05:12Z",
  "creator_id": "FIVA23HWMBETFC{REDACTED}",
  "tokens_version": 1
}

    Let us know if you need more help!  

    All the best, 

    Phil

confuzed's avatar
confuzed
New Contributor
5 months ago

I think as long as it is simple to get the ID back from the API, then having duplicate names doesn't really matter, and seems to be consistent with other parts of the API. I would just vote strongly for ensuring that the `--format json` option works consistently on all of the CRUD operations.

Thanks again for discussing this, and forwarding it to the team.