Is there a way to get a schema of a database from within python?

Question

I\'m trying to find out a way to find the names of tables in a database(if any exist). I find that from a sqlite cli I can use:

>.tables

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Answer 1

To get the field names, use cur.description after the query:

import sqlite3.dbapi2 as sqlite
con = sqlite.connect(":memory:")
cur = con.cursor()
con.executescript("""
    create table test (name, address);
    insert into test (name, address) values ("Jer", "Monterey Street");
""")

cur.execute("select * from test where 1=0")
rs = cur.fetchall()  ## will be [] because of where clause
field_names = [r[0] for r in cur.description]