Checking if a postgresql table exists under python (and probably Psycopg2)

Question

How can I determine if a table exists using the Psycopg2 Python library? I want a true or false boolean.

Answer 1

The following solution is handling the schema too:

import psycopg2

with psycopg2.connect("dbname='dbname' user='user' host='host' port='port' password='password'") as conn:
    cur = conn.cursor()
    query = "select to_regclass(%s)"
    cur.execute(query, ['{}.{}'.format('schema', 'table')])

exists = bool(cur.fetchone()[0])