KyPass tips #3 – Automatic import

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Do you know that KyPass Companion could import a dynamic kdb/kdbx database or .csv file in your kdbx (KeePass v2) database ?

import1How ?

  1. Select the folder where you want to insert/update the exported entry.
  2. Go to File/Create Import Task
  3. Give a name for your task.
  4. Select the URL of the kdb/csv file or select directly the file from the file browser.
    For the .csv file, the format is:

    1. Line 1: <fieldname>;<fieldname>;.. with fieldname is title, username, password, url or any name for custom attributes.
    2. Line 2 and others, your values separated by a semicolon

    import2

  5. Enter the password and/or the keyfile if the import file is a kdb database.
  6. Check the ‘add to task’ checkbox. It will save the task in the folder you have selected previously in step 1.
  7. Check ‘update entries’ checkbox if you want that, when then task is launched, the entries are update and not created each time.
  8. Check ‘ignore groups’ checkbox if you don’t want to keep the tree in the imported kdb database.
  9. Click on the ‘run’ button to do the first import.

The task is now created.

import3Each time you want to run again the task, go in View/Display task list and select the task you want to run.

More tips soon (if you like it!)

Comments

9 responses to “KyPass tips #3 – Automatic import”

  1. Olli Avatar
    Olli

    This sounds interesting.
    I created a new Group and clicked on it.
    But I go to “Create Import Task”, nothing happens!
    🙁

    Reply
    1. redbug Avatar
      redbug

      Weird.. Each time ?
      Is your database a kdbx file ?

      Reply
      1. Olli Avatar
        Olli

        Yes, regardless where I “go” before.
        When I select File -> Create Import Task, nothing happens.
        I am using Version 1.8 (3293).

        Reply
      2. Olli Avatar
        Olli

        Sorry, I forgot: Yes, my database is a kdbx file.

        Reply
        1. redbug Avatar
          redbug

          It always works on my mac. Do you have tried with a new database ?
          I couldn’t reproduce your bug 🙁

          Reply
          1. Olli Avatar
            Olli

            Yes, I created a new kdbx database where I see the 2 “Sample Entry”s.
            When I then click on File -> Create Import Task, nothing happens.

          2. Olli Avatar
            Olli

            Oops, I forgot:
            I am using OS X 10.9.5 (13F1507) on a Mac mini.

          3. redbug Avatar
            redbug

            Ok.. Maybe a old OS X error thus 🙂
            Could you search in log if you found crash report for KyPass ? (console – search for Kypass)

          4. Olli Avatar
            Olli

            On my Macbook the problem is the same.
            It’s OS X 10.9.5 (13F1507), too.
            There I found the following in the logs:

            01/01/16 14:20:54,313 KyPass Companion[21852]: view service marshal for failed to forget accessibility connection due to Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 “Couldn’t communicate with a helper application.” (The connection was invalidated from this process.) UserInfo=0x6080004782c0 {NSDebugDescription=The connection was invalidated from this process.}
            timestamp: 14:20:54.312 Friday 01 January 2016
            process/thread/queue: KyPass Companion (21852) / 0x108ff7000 / com.apple.NSXPCConnection.user.endpoint
            code: line 2972 of /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-46.2/NSRemoteView.m in __57-[NSRemoteView viewServiceMarshalProxy:withErrorHandler:]_block_invoke
            domain: communications-failure

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