Using lastpass from CLI or script

Using a password manager is great (though a troubling central point of failure). We can use command line tools to get the password from them rather than storing them in files which is much cleaner.

`lpass` and login

On OSX:

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brew install lastpass-cli

or Debian:

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sudo apt-get install lastpass-cli

Checking to see if you are logged in

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if ! lpass status; then
  echo Please log in
  lpass login wschenk@gmail.com
fi

Using it in a script

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  POCKET_USER=`lpass show –password pocketcasts.com |awk '/Username/ { print $2}'`
  POCKET_PASS=`lpass show –password pocketcasts.com |awk '/Password/ { print $2}'`

Or if you want to pull stuff using ruby:

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  require 'open3'

  # Run the "lpass show" command to retrieve the Instapaper API key and username
  output, status = Open3.capture2('lpass', 'show', 'Instapaper API Key')
  if status.success?
    # Extract the API key and username from the output
    api_key = output.match(/Consumer ID: (.+)/)[1]
    api_secret = output.match(/Consumer Secret: (.+)/)[1] 
  end

Using lastpass from CLI or script

better than keeping files around

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Checking to see if you are logged in

Using it in a script

References

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lpass and login

Checking to see if you are logged in

Using it in a script

References

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`lpass` and login