In the UI it would be nice to duplicate the selected connection, in the menu "With Selected". 

The copy would be set with the same name plus some suffix (_copy, _1, whatever) and it is useful for when you have a connection with all equal fields except something in a particular one. 
airflow/www/views.py
'url': None,
                    'error': f"can't find dag {dag} or task_id {task_id}",
                }
            )
            response.status_code = 404
            return response
        task = dag.get_task(task_id)
        try:
            url = task.get_extra_links(dttm, link_name)
        except ValueError as err:
            response = jsonify({'url': None, 'error': str(err)})
            response.status_code = 404
            return response
        if url:
            response = jsonify({'error': None, 'url': url})
            response.status_code = 200
            return response
        else:
            response = jsonify({'url': None, 'error': f'No URL found for {link_name}'})
            response.status_code = 404
            return response
    @expose('/object/task_instances')
    @auth.has_access(
        [
            (permissions.ACTION_CAN_READ, permissions.RESOURCE_DAG),
            (permissions.ACTION_CAN_READ, permissions.RESOURCE_TASK_INSTANCE),
        ]
    )
    @action_logging
    def task_instances(self):