pykeepass

This library allows you to write entries to a KeePass database

Simple Example

from pykeepass import PyKeePass

# load database
>>> kp = PyKeePass('db.kdbx', password='somePassw0rd')

# find any group by its name
>>> group = kp.find_groups(name='social', first=True)

# get the entries in a group
>>> group.entries
[Entry: "social/facebook (myusername)", Entry: "social/twitter (myusername)"]

# find any entry by its title
>>> entry = kp.find_entries(title='facebook', first=True)

# retrieve the associated password
>>> entry.password
's3cure_p455w0rd'

# update an entry
>>> entry.notes = 'primary facebook account'

# create a new group
>>> group = kp.add_group(kp.root_group, 'email')

# create a new entry
>>> kp.add_entry(group, 'gmail', 'myusername', 'myPassw0rdXX')
Entry: "email/gmail (myusername)"

# save database
>>> kp.save()

Finding Entries

find_entries (title=None, username=None, password=None, url=None, notes=None, path=None, uuid=None, string=none, group=None, recursive=True, regex=False, flags=None, history=False, first=False)

Returns entries which match all provided parameters, where title, username, password, url, notes, path and uuid are strings, string is a dict. This function has optional regex boolean and flags string arguments, which means to interpret search strings as XSLT style regular expressions with flags.

The path string can be a direct path to an entry, or (when ending in /) the path to the group to recursively search under.

The string dict allows for searching custom string fields. ex. {'custom_field1': 'custom value', 'custom_field2': 'custom value'}

The group argument determines what Group to search under, and the recursive boolean controls whether to search recursively.

The history (default False) boolean controls whether history entries should be included in the search results.

The first (default False) boolean controls whether to return the first matched item, or a list of matched items.

if first=False, the function returns a list of Entry s or [] if there are no matches
if first=True, the function returns the first Entry match, or None if there are no matches

entries

a flattened list of all entries in the database

>>> kp.entries
[Entry: "foo_entry (myusername)", Entry: "foobar_entry (myusername)", Entry: "social/gmail (myusername)", Entry: "social/facebook (myusername)"]

>>> kp.find_entries(title='gmail', first=True)
Entry: "social/gmail (myusername)"

>>> kp.find_entries(title='foo.*', regex=True)
[Entry: "foo_entry (myusername)", Entry: "foobar_entry (myusername)"]

>>> entry = kp.find_entries(title='foo.*', url='.*facebook.*', regex=True, first=True)
>>> entry.url
'facebook.com'
>>> entry.title
'foo_entry'

>>> group = kp.find_group(name='social', first=True)
>>> kp.find_entries(title='facebook', group=group, recursive=False, first=True)
Entry: "social/facebook (myusername)"

For backwards compatibility, the following function are also available:

find_entries_by_title (title, regex=False, flags=None, tree=None, history=False, first=False)

find_entries_by_username (username, regex=False, flags=None, tree=None, history=False, first=False)

find_entries_by_password (password, regex=False, flags=None, tree=None, history=False, first=False)

find_entries_by_url (url, regex=False, flags=None, tree=None, history=False, first=False)

find_entries_by_notes (notes, regex=False, flags=None, tree=None, history=False, first=False)

find_entries_by_path (path, regex=False, flags=None, tree=None, history=False, first=False)

find_entries_by_uuid (uuid, regex=False, flags=None, tree=None, history=False, first=False)

find_entries_by_string (string, regex=False, flags=None, tree=None, history=False, first=False)

Finding Groups

find_groups (name=None, path=None, uuid=None, notes=None, group=None, recursive=True, regex=False, flags=None, first=False)

where name, path, uuid and notes are strings. This function has optional regex boolean and flags string arguments, which means to interpret search strings as XSLT style regular expressions with flags.

The path string must end in /.

The group argument determines what Group to search under, and the recursive boolean controls whether to search recursively.

The first (default False) boolean controls whether to return the first matched item, or a list of matched items.

if first=False, the function returns a list of Group s or [] if there are no matches
if first=True, the function returns the first Group match, or None if there are no matches

root_group

the Root group to the database

groups

a flattened list of all groups in the database

>>> kp.groups
[Group: "foo", Group "foobar", Group: "social", Group: "social/foo_subgroup"]

>>> kp.find_groups(name='foo', first=True)
Group: "foo"

>>> kp.find_groups(name='foo.*', regex=True)
[Group: "foo", Group "foobar"]

>>> kp.find_groups(path='social/', regex=True)
[Group: "social", Group: "social/foo_subgroup"]

>>> kp.find_groups(name='social', first=True).subgroups
[Group: "social/foo_subgroup"]

>>> kp.root_group
Group: "/"

For backwards compatibility, the following functions are also available:

find_groups_by_name (name, tree=None, regex=False, flags=None, first=False)

find_groups_by_path (path, tree=None, regex=False, flags=None, first=False)

find_groups_by_uuid (uuid, tree=None, regex=False, flags=None, first=False)

find_groups_by_notes (notes, tree=None, regex=False, flags=None, first=False)

Adding Entries

add_entry (destination_group, title, username, password, url=None, notes=None, tags=None, expiry_time=None, icon=None, force_creation=False)

delete_entry (entry)

move_entry (entry, destination_group)

where destination_group is a Group instance. entry is an Entry instance. title, username, password, url, notes, tags, icon are strings. expiry_time is a datetime instance.

If expiry_time is a naive datetime object (i.e. expiry_time.tzinfo is not set), the timezone is retrieved from dateutil.tz.gettz().

# add a new entry to the Root group
>>> kp.add_entry(kp.root_group, 'testing', 'foo_user', 'passw0rd')
Entry: "testing (foo_user)"

# add a new entry to the social group
>>> group = find_groups(name='social', first=True)
>>> entry = kp.add_entry(group, 'testing', 'foo_user', 'passw0rd')
Entry: "testing (foo_user)"

# save the database
>>> kp.save()

# delete an entry
>>> kp.delete_entry(entry)

# move an entry
>>> kp.move_entry(entry, kp.root_group)

# save the database
>>> kp.save()

Adding Groups

add_group (destination_group, group_name, icon=None, notes=None)

delete_group (group)

move_group (group, destination_group)

destination_group and group are instances of Group. group_name is a string

# add a new group to the Root group
>>> group = kp.add_group(kp.root_group, 'social')

# add a new group to the social group
>>> group2 = kp.add_group(group, 'gmail')
Group: "social/gmail"

# save the database
>>> kp.save()

# delete a group
>>> kp.delete_group(group)

# move a group
>>> kp.move_group(group2, kp.root_group)

# save the database
>>> kp.save()

Miscellaneous

read (filename, password=None, keyfile=None)

where filename, password, and keyfile are strings. filename is the path to the database, password is the master password string, and keyfile is the path to the database keyfile. At least one of password and keyfile is required.

save (filename=None)

where filename is the path of the file to save to. If filename is not given, the path given in read will be used.

password

string containing database password. Can also be set. Use None for no password.

keyfile

string containing path to the database keyfile. Can also be set. Use None for no keyfile.

version

tuple containing database version. e.g. (3, 1) is a KDBX version 3.1 database.

encryption_algorithm

string containing algorithm used to encrypt database. Possible values are aes256, chacha20, and twofish.

Tests

To run them issue python tests/tests.py

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