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3 years agoConverting 1Password 1PUX file to csv with mrc-converter-suite
Hi,
I'm using 1Password for Windows 8.6.0 80600076, im Kanal „PRODUCTION“ on a German Windows 10. After having defined about 50 Objects (Logins, Credit cards, WLAN Routers, Identities..) I've expor...
MrC
3 years agoRespected Contributor
@baumaeschi
Thanks for you kind words, they are much appreciated.
To be clear, a 1PUX converted to CSV won't be anything close to a "backup" - it would be quit lossy. Each account, its vault, and all the items within a vault, contain a fair amount of metadata that would be meaningless to a user, and so wouldn't be meaningful to dump such values. For example, here are two fields from an Identity record:
Only the items highlighted in yellow are useful to humans. All the other stuff is meaningful only to 1Password during a 1PUX import. Any re-import back into 1Password via such a converted CSV would be arduous and by definition, lossy as well.
I've intentionally and purposefully avoided creating a general export tool, as my goal with the converter suite has always been to help users enter the 1Password ecosystem, not exit it.
The onepif "converter" was designed as a way to produce a variety of formatted data from a 1PIF source file, primarily for printing purposes. The csv formatter was essentially more a proof of concept and a working demonstration that the framework was functioning as intended. Even at that, I feel like I've strayed beyond my goal.
So I'm going to leave this as a call for input from the 1Password folks - if they have no issue with the creation of a 1PUX to CSV converter, included in the converter suite, then I'll see what I can do.