2.5 KiB
2.5 KiB
Bitwarden Item Templates
jq patterns for creating vault items via CLI.
Login (type=1)
bw get template item | jq '
.type = 1 |
.name = "Example Site" |
.notes = "Optional notes" |
.favorite = false |
.login.username = "user@example.com" |
.login.password = "secretPassword123" |
.login.totp = "otpauth://totp/..." |
.login.uris = [
{uri: "https://example.com", match: null},
{uri: "https://app.example.com", match: null}
]
' | bw encode | bw create item
Credit Card (type=3)
bw get template item | jq '
.type = 3 |
.name = "Visa ending 1234" |
.notes = "Primary card" |
.card.cardholderName = "JOHN DOE" |
.card.brand = "Visa" |
.card.number = "4111111111111111" |
.card.expMonth = "12" |
.card.expYear = "2030" |
.card.code = "123"
' | bw encode | bw create item
Brands: Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, Diners Club, JCB, Maestro, UnionPay, Other
Secure Note (type=2)
bw get template item | jq '
.type = 2 |
.name = "API Keys" |
.notes = "OPENAI_KEY=sk-xxx\nANTHROPIC_KEY=sk-ant-xxx" |
.secureNote.type = 0
' | bw encode | bw create item
Identity (type=4)
bw get template item | jq '
.type = 4 |
.name = "Personal Info" |
.identity.title = "Mr" |
.identity.firstName = "John" |
.identity.lastName = "Doe" |
.identity.email = "john@example.com" |
.identity.phone = "+34612345678" |
.identity.address1 = "123 Main St" |
.identity.city = "Barcelona" |
.identity.state = "Catalunya" |
.identity.postalCode = "08001" |
.identity.country = "ES"
' | bw encode | bw create item
Edit Existing Item
# Get item, modify, update
bw get item <id> | jq '.login.password = "newPassword"' | bw encode | bw edit item <id>
Custom Fields
bw get template item | jq '
.type = 1 |
.name = "With Custom Fields" |
.fields = [
{name: "Security Question", value: "Pet name", type: 0},
{name: "PIN", value: "1234", type: 1}
]
' | bw encode | bw create item
Field types: 0=text, 1=hidden, 2=boolean
Retrieve Patterns
# Password only
bw get password "Site Name"
# Username only
bw get username "Site Name"
# Full login object
bw get item "Site Name" | jq '.login'
# Card number
bw get item "Card Name" | jq -r '.card.number'
# All card fields for form filling
bw get item "Card Name" | jq -r '.card | [.number, .expMonth, .expYear, .code] | @tsv'
# Search by URL
bw list items --url "example.com" | jq '.[0].login'
# List all cards
bw list items | jq '.[] | select(.type == 3) | .name'