How to enter special URLs with 1Password?

gbue

Hello,
I'm using 1Password (1Password Mini) together with Firefox on my Mac, which works perfect to automatically open an URL and to enter the login data.

I installed the Firefox Plugin "Private Tabs" https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/private-tab/ to surf more convenient private on some sites in the same browser window. This plugin allows it to add a "private:" before an URL e.g. in bookmarks to automatically open it in a private tab like "private:http://www.agilebits.com".

I now tried to enter the private-prefix before the web-addresses stored in 1Password to open the tab automatically in private mode and to let 1Password enter the login data.

But when doing so, the URL entered by 1Password appears as "http://private:http://www.agilebite.com" in the browsers addressbar and the page can't be opened. I copied this address manually in the address-bar, which works perfect.

Is there a "trick" or special syntax for 1Passoword to enter a URL as it is stored in the program?

Thanks for helping!

littlebobbytables

If you copy the URL from within 1Password and paste it, what does it paste?

I tried editing a Login item and it allowed me to set the URL to private:http://www.agilebite.com and failed to open that exact URL so I'm just wondering if it's something that is happening in the last stage, maybe something in how we pass the URL is causing http:// to be appended or if http:// is being stored by 1Password. If it's being stored what happens if you delete it so all that is remaining is private:http://www.agilebite.com

Do please let us know :smile:

gbue

Thanks for your answer.

So this is, what I did.

1. Changed the stored URL in 1Password from https://agilebits.com into private:https://agilebits.com and saved it.
2. Reopened the login-data and selected "copy" from the URL dropdown.
3. Copied it into the browsers addressbar. It showed private:https://agilebits.com
4. Pressed enter and the URL changed into https://agilebits.com and the site was opened in a private tab. Great! As it should.

I now closed the site in the private tab and selected the login from 1Password Mini. The browsers adressbar shows http://private:https://agilebits.com and the page can't be found.

rickfillion

Hi @gbue,

I just looked at the code for "go and fill" which is what you're triggering when you're seeing the problem. My goal was to see if we were adding the http or if that was being done somewhere else. It looks like we give the system "private:https://agilebits.com" and ask it to open it in whichever app handles the "private" URL scheme. From there it'll be up to that app (in this case Firefox) to do the right thing. I suspect that Firefox is handling the URL before giving the chance to the private tab plugin to interpret the URL. I see similar results when I give the private URL to other apps.

I recommend contacting the Private Tabs plugin developer to see if anything can be done from their side.

Rick