Convert BitWarden JSON export file to Apple iCloud Keychain CSV import file saving TOTP and notes

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BitWarden to Apple iCloud Keychain passwords converter

This Python scripts allows you to move your passwords from BitWarden to Apple iCloud.

You need to know:

• It ignores secure notes, credit cards and other types that are not passwords.
• It ignores BitWarden entries without usernames, passwords and URLs.
• It also ignores URLs that do not start with http:// or https://.
• It normalizes all TOTP tokens, e.g. wskg vtqa h5kl bhb4 v4v2 ybyo woc6 qme2 will be converted to otpauth://totp/example.com:dude@foo.bar?secret=WSKGVTQAH5KLBHB4V4V2YBYOWOC6QME2&issuer=example.com&algorithm=SHA1&digits=6&period=30.
• It preserves names you set for your passwords.
• It preserves notes attached to accounts.
• It preserves all custom fields attached to accounts. They will be prepended to notes.
• BitWarden export does not contain any information about attachments. You should care about them manually.

All ignored (filtered) BitWarden entries will be logged to the console during convertion process.

Getting started

Export your BitWarden passwords

You should export your BitWarden vault in JSON format (not encrypted). See "Export Vault Data". Exported file will be named like bitwarden_export_20220426113920.json, you should rename it to bitwarden.json.

Run script

Download Python file attached to the Gist. Place this file in the same directory with bitwarden.json file and run it:

python3 convert.py

It will generate icloud.csv file.

Import passwords to iCloud

To import passwords, you should use generated icloud.csv file. See "Import bookmarks, history, and passwords in Safari on Mac".

Bonus

Get a shortcut to quickly open Passwords on your Apple devices: https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/w1sa8w/updated_for_macos_13_ventura_and_ios_16_go/

convert.py

import csv
import json
from urllib.parse import urlparse
from urllib.parse import urlunparse
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.parse import parse_qs


def format_totp_url(totp, hostname, username):
    if totp.startswith('otpauth://'):
        parsed_totp = urlparse(totp)

        totp = parse_qs(parsed_totp.query)['secret'][0]

    totp = totp.upper().replace(' ', '')

    return urlunparse((
        'otpauth',
        'totp',
        (hostname + ':' + username),
        '',
        urlencode({
            'secret': totp,
            'issuer': hostname,
            'algorithm': 'SHA1',
            'digits': '6',
            'period': '30',
        }),
        ''
    ))


# Creates a value for "Notes" field for iCloud
def format_notes(bitwarden_record):
    notes_lines = []

    name = bitwarden_record['name']

    if 'fields' in bitwarden_record and isinstance(bitwarden_record['fields'], list):
        field_dicts = bitwarden_record['fields']

        for field_dict in field_dicts:
            if not isinstance(field_dict, dict):
                print('Skipping a custom field in "{:s}" because it is not a dictionary'.format(name, json.dumps(field_dict)))

                continue

            if 'name' not in field_dict or not isinstance(field_dict['name'], str):
                print('Skipping a custom field in "{:s}" because it does not have `name` field or the field is not a string'.format(name))

                continue

            custom_field_name = field_dict['name']

            if 'value' not in field_dict or not isinstance(field_dict['value'], str):
                print('Skipping a custom field in "{:s}" because it does not have `value` field or the field is not a string'.format(name))

                continue

            custom_field_value = field_dict['value']

            notes_lines.append("{:s}: {:s}".format(custom_field_name.strip(), custom_field_value.strip()))

    if 'notes' in bitwarden_record and isinstance(bitwarden_record['notes'], str):
        notes_lines.append(bitwarden_record['notes'].strip())

    return "\n\n".join(notes_lines)


# It converts a single BitWarden record to 1 or more iCloud records (1 record per URL), and returns 0 records if it's not convertable
def convert_bitwarden_record_to_icloud_records(bitwarden_record):
    if 'name' not in bitwarden_record or not isinstance(bitwarden_record['name'], str):
        print('Skipping an item because it does not have `name` field or the field is not a string: {:s}'.format(json.dumps(bitwarden_record)))

        return []

    name = bitwarden_record['name']

    if 'type' not in bitwarden_record or not isinstance(bitwarden_record['type'], int):
        print('Skipping "{:s}" because it does not have `type` field or the field is not an integer'.format(name))

        return []

    bitwarden_record_type = bitwarden_record['type']

    # Checking BitWarden item has a password type
    if bitwarden_record_type != 1:
        print('Skipping "{:s}" because it is not a password (it has type `{:d}`)'.format(name, bitwarden_record_type))

        return []

    if 'login' not in bitwarden_record or not isinstance(bitwarden_record['login'], dict):
        print('Skipping "{:s}" because it does not have `login` field or the field is not a dictionary'.format(name))

        return []

    login = bitwarden_record['login']

    if 'username' not in login or not isinstance(login['username'], str):
        print('Skipping "{:s}" because it missing a username'.format(name))

        return []

    username = login['username']

    if 'password' not in login or not isinstance(login['password'], str):
        print('Skipping "{:s}" because it missing a password'.format(name))

        return []

    password = login['password']

    if 'uris' not in login or not isinstance(login['uris'], list):
        print('Skipping "{:s}" because it does not have website URLs'.format(name))

        return []

    notes = format_notes(bitwarden_record)

    uri_dicts = login['uris']

    icloud_accounts = []

    for uri_dict in uri_dicts:
        if 'uri' not in uri_dict or not isinstance(uri_dict['uri'], str):
            print('Could not process URL in "{:s}" because it does not have `uri` field or the field is not a string'.format(name))

            continue

        uri = uri_dict['uri']

        try:
            parsed_uri = urlparse(uri)

        except AttributeError:
            print('Could not process URL "{:s}" in "{:s}" because it is not valid'.format(uri, name))

            continue

        if parsed_uri.scheme != 'http' and parsed_uri.scheme != 'https':
            print('Could not process URL "{:s}" in "{:s}" because it does not start with `http://` or `https://`'.format(uri, name))

            continue

        icloud_accounts.append([
            name,
            uri,
            username,
            password,
            notes,
            '' if 'totp' not in login or not isinstance(login['totp'], str) else format_totp_url(
                login['totp'],
                parsed_uri.hostname,
                username,
            )
        ])

    return icloud_accounts


bitwarden_export_json_file = open('bitwarden.json')
parsed_bitwarden_export = json.load(bitwarden_export_json_file)

print('Found {:d} accounts in BitWarden'.format(len(parsed_bitwarden_export['items'])))

icloud_records = []

for bitwarden_record in parsed_bitwarden_export['items']:
    icloud_records.extend(convert_bitwarden_record_to_icloud_records(bitwarden_record))

print('Saving {:d} accounts to iCloud CSV'.format(len(icloud_records)))

with open('icloud.csv', 'w', encoding='UTF8', newline='') as csv_file:
    writer = csv.writer(csv_file)

    writer.writerow(['Title', 'URL', 'Username', 'Password', 'Notes', 'OTPAuth'])
    writer.writerows(icloud_records)

Thanks!

Thanks!

says this error.. followed every step as detailed:

I have the exact same error as skripter888. Do you know what is wrong? Thank you!

Thanks!!!

@flaksp I get the same error as @skripter888. Any idea how to fix it?

@nicx For anyone having the error "unsupported format string passed to NoneType,format" you can comment those 2 lines in the script, the issue is with the parsing of the "fields" from Bitwarden that are anyways added as Note.

        # if 'fields' in credentials_entry:
        #     notes = list(map(lambda field: "{:s}: {:s}".format(field['name'], field['value']), credentials_entry['fields']))

        # if credentials_entry['notes'] is not None:
        #     notes.append(credentials_entry['notes'].strip())

Thank you! this is invaluable

Thanks, but beware that this program silently discard uri that does not start with 'http' or 'https'
(line 70/71)

I have updated the script:

• An exported file will contain names of your BitWarden records.
• Added more validations to prevent errors during script execution.
• And also it is more verbose on logging now. It will be easier to understand why a record was skipped. And no more "silent" skips (@Tracnac, thanks for noticing this).

Also I made it a bit more readable. It should be easier for you to understand what's happening and modify it for your needs.

If you face some issues try the previous version of the script: https://gist.github.com/flaksp/6fe1042e12b6b6908c5193c0d6c124a7/054ba12d96a063a1ee901de2c503eec94567018e

• And also it is more verbose on logging now. It will be easier to understand why a record was skipped. And no more "silent" skips (@Tracnac, thanks for noticing this).

Thanks for your update.