Copy secret reference (using ID values)

This applies to all platforms (not just Mac), but I didn't see a community category for "all platforms", so I'm choosing Mac because it seems to have the highest user activity

Perhaps I've missed some documentation, but I don't find a way to copy a https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/secrets-reference-syntax/ using the desktop app. This seems like a basic and essential task during development.

What I want is this format:


op://vault_id/item_id/section_id/field_id


or if the value isn't in a section:


op://vault_id/item_id/field_id


How can I do that easily — and get a secret reference defined by ID values (which should be immutable — vs. name values which can be modified)?

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More context:

I find some ways to construct the URL manually (but this is not ideal):

A URL can be copied which includes the vault and item ID among other query parameters:

I get one in a format like this:


https://start.1password.com/open/i?v={VAULT_ID}&i={ITEM_ID}


However, that's not enough as it doesn't include the section/field, and would need to be manually edited or processed by other tooling as an additional step to get the required output.

I can also use "Copy item UUID" and then paste that as an argument to a manually-typed CLI command to get much more than what's needed:


% op --format=json item get x5k2wndiih6cmw2rugl7ol442i
{
"id": "x5k2wndiih6cmw2rugl7ol442i",
// --- snip ---
"vault": {
"id": "{REDACTED_VAULT_ID}",
// --- snip ---
},
// --- snip ---
"fields": [
// --- snip ---
{
"id": "credential",
"type": "CONCEALED",
"label": "credential",
"value": "abc123",
"reference": "op://{REDACTED_VAULT_NAME}/API Credential/credential"
},
// --- snip ---
]
}


However, this still involves either manually copying+pasting IDs or using other tooling to parse and create the required output.

The JSON does include a reference value for the target field, but the reference is built using names, which isn't satisfactory for the reasons described previously.

For the example above, what I want to copy to the clipboard is the following (where {VAULT_ID} is replaced by the actual vault ID):


op://{VAULT_ID}/x5k2wndiih6cmw2rugl7ol442i/credential


I think that if the boolean option is enabled at Settings > Advanced > Show debugging tools:

then there should be an option to copy a complete ID-based secret reference for every field in its contextual menu:

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This is a re-posting of previous issue — the 1Password team stopped responding and it was closed without comment:

https://1password.community/discussion/139642/copy-secret-reference-using-id-values

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