Thank you for the information.
Unfortunately, the only way to import Identity information into Bitwarden is to format the data into a structure that uses the JSON format. Basically, you would have to put your contact information data into a text file with a structure that looks something like this:
{
"items": [
{
"type": 4,
"name": "First Identity Item's Name (e.g., My Personal Info)",
"identity": {
"title": "Mr",
"firstName": "John",
"middleName": "Q",
"lastName": "Public",
"address1": "123 Main Street",
"address2": null,
"address3": null,
"city": "Washington",
"state": "DC",
"postalCode": "20001",
"country": "United States",
"company": "My Employer",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "123-123-1234",
"ssn": "123-12-1234",
"username": "eq0718",
"passportNumber": "123456789",
"licenseNumber": "123456789"
}
},
{
"type": 4,
"name": "Second Identity Item's Name (e.g., a Contact)",
"identity": {
"title": "Mrs",
"firstName": "Jane",
"middleName": "A",
"lastName": "Doe",
"address1": "1 North Calle Cesar Chavez",
"address2": null,
"address3": null,
"city": "Santa Barbara",
"state": "CA",
"postalCode": "93103",
"country": "United States",
"company": null,
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "123-123-1234",
"ssn": "123-12-1234",
"username": null,
"passportNumber": null,
"licenseNumber": null
}
}
]
}
It would not be easy to automate the process of converting whatever Outlook exports into the required import format.
How many identity items were you hoping to import into Bitwarden? If it is a large number, perhaps I can try to come up with some approach that would make the work easier. If it is a relatively small number, you may be better off just transferring the info manually.
Finally, I would like to warn you that Bitwarden is not really designed to be used for managing contact information. The “Identity” vault type is primarily for the purpose of helping you fill out web forms that ask for your personal information. For example, there is not even any easy way to copy contact information for pasting elsewhere, printing contact information, starting an email message addressed to one of your contacts, etc.
May I suggest that you start by manually transferring a handful of your most frequently used contacts, and see if you like using Bitwarden for the purpose of storing and managing contacts? No point in going through the trouble of converting the Outlook export into a Bitwarden-compatible JSON structure, if you’re going to switch to a different solution when Bitwarden’s limitations as a contacts manager become clear to you.