pass-autotype

Bind this script to a keyboard shortcut to automatically type the username and password into the current (browser) window, retrieved from the pass password store.

The functionality is inspired by keepassx and the implementation is inspired by https://github.com/allo-/passautotype (however we make assumptions about the pass entries themselves instead of requiring separate data storage).

The design is somewhat idiosyncratic and tailored to fit my brain. Maybe someone else finds it useful, too. :)

Requirements

• Your pass entries are named like the domain they belong to, e.g. github.com. (We support multiple accounts for the same domain, but you'll need to place them in separate directories or something.)
• You use the multiline format and store the username in each entry (we use the login:myusername format by default, since that's what qtpass suggests, you might customize the USER_FIELD constant if you wish).
• You are using Linux and have zenity and xdotool installed, or you are using macOS and have hammerspoon installed.
• Your browser includes the domain in its window title, for Firefox there are several plugins that do this, e.g. keepass-helper. (Actually, we just check if the filename is contained in the window title, but using the domain as described probably makes the most sense.)

Usage

• Linux: Use your window manager or desktop environment to set up a keyboard shortcut that launches the pass-autotype script. Note: If you use a nonstandard location by setting the PASSWORD_STORE_DIR environment variable, take care that it's available in the environment for this script (personally I call it via bash -ic so my usual shell init files are sourced).
• macOS: Save the hammerspoon.lua as ~/.hammerspoon/Spoons/PassAutotype.spoon/init.lua and add something like this to your ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua:

hs.loadSpoon("PassAutotype"):bindHotKeys({
  autotype = {{"cmd", "alt"}, "a"}
})

• Open a website where you want to log in and have the credentials in your pass store. Place the cursor on the username field.
• Press the keyboard shortcut defined above
• The username and password are typed in automatically. If there is more than one account for this domain, you'll be presented with a dialog to choose one.

Autotype sequences

The default sequence is username TAB password RETURN. You can customize this by adding an autotype: line to the pass entry. We don't support as many variations as keepass, but the basics are covered. The sequence consists of tokens separated by spaces. The following tokens are supported:

• :user and :password type in the username and password, respectively.
• |KEY sends the keystroke as defined by xdotool key (e.g. |Tab, |Return)
• !duration pauses for the given amount of seconds, e.g. !0.5

In other words, the default sequence would be written as

autotype::user |Tab :password |Return

while e.g. Google needs something like

autotype::user |Return !0.5 :password |Return

Changelog

1.4 (unreleased)

• Nothing changed yet.

1.3 (2023-04-09)

• Update to Python-3

1.2 (2020-01-29)

• Allow for whitespace around structured fields (e.g. login: myuser) because QTPass on macOS inserts a space there.

1.1 (2019-01-01)

• Add hammerspoon implementation

1.0 (2016-10-11)

• Initial release.