Importing and Exporting Data

The OTP Generator supports import and export of service definitions from and to CSV format files. The format is illustrated below:

Name,Account,Secret
"Service #1","someone@some.domain.com","JZXGKWDXGJIWQMLXJVHHQ5BWJ5GTGWLBPFDUUR3KJR5G63SGGF2ESTKKPBRTE2TULJ2WOUQ"
"Service #2","someone@some.domain.com","OJTHQZSCIRFEMWTOK5MHEMTKMYYEQ5CKJRFXS2DZGZMESVKWGFCA"
"Service #3","someone@some.domain.com","KVATON3LPJGGSWDCLFNGI6TYG5HE4NTVGFBTMTJXLBUWST3M"
"Service #4","someone@some.domain.com","NZ4XQ6DRIM3FSWRUJFIUYYTKN5JDS42SGFUTQVCSJEYDAS2ZN5VWO6A"
"Service #5","someone@some.domain.com","JIZWYRLQIVBXIMJYGVVWOS3EONTUKOKPMRKUM5CRM5LWOSDROBKGQ4KWGJ3XG5TP"

Note that all fields are quoted "...".

Note

The secrets provided when 2FA is configured with a service are sensitive data and should not be disclosed. Import/export via CSV file is supported solely to aid migration into and out of the application. The secrets are shown in clear text in the CSV files so they should be kept only for as long as is necessary to effect the transfer, after which they should be deleted.

Importing Service Definitions

To import service definitions into the application, use the following command:

/path/to/OtpGenerator.Terminal --import /path/to/csv/file

Where:

Argument	Comments
/path/to/OtpGenerator.Terminal	The path to the OTP Generator binary, named "OtpGenerator.Terminal" on MacOS and Linux and "OtpGenerator.Terminal.exe" on Windows
/path/to/csv/file	Full path to the CSV file to import

The application will respond as follows:

Exporting Service Definitions

To export the current entries from the database, use the following command:

/path/to/OtpGenerator.Terminal --export /path/to/csv/file

Where:

Argument	Comments
/path/to/OtpGenerator.Terminal	The path to the OTP Generator binary, named "OtpGenerator.Terminal" on MacOS and Linux and "OtpGenerator.Terminal.exe" on Windows
/path/to/csv/file	Full path to the CSV file to which the data should be written

The application will respond as follows: