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B0rg
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4 years ago

Generate passwords from op 1P CLI?

Is it possible to add command to generate random passwords from the 1P CLI? Add the https://1password.com/password-generator/ web version also to the "op" command. Like: ~/home>op --genpass aB...
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andi_t_1P
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4 years ago

Hi gtirloni and thank you for following up on this! As we do not currently support a straight up alternative to pwgen we do provide a (slightly longer but more comprehensive) solution for generating a password AND saving it for future use:

Use the '--generate-password' option to generate and set a random
password for a Login or Password item. By default, it will create a
32-character password made up of letters, numbers, and symbols.

You can customize the password with a password recipe. Specify the
password length and which character types to use in a comma-separated
list. Ingredients are:

  • 'letters' for uppercase and lowercase letters
  • 'digits' for numbers
  • 'symbols' for special characters ('!@.-_*')
  • '1' - '64' for password length

Example for your use case:

op item create --title='retrievable generated password' --category=password --generate-password=20,letters,digits | op read op://Private/'retrievable generated password'/password

This should achieve your desired output and furthermore it will store your password for further retrieval at any later stage using the op read [secret_reference] command.

Hope this helps!

All the best,
Andi