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

I just tried

SELECT name FROM my_db.sqlite_master WHERE type='table';

to combine Tom Kerr's answer and the attempt to retrieve information on an attached database. At first it didn't work. Turns out I first have to attach the other database this way:

ATTACH DATABASE 'file:my_other_database_file.db?cache=shared' as my_db;

otherwise the database will fail to obtain a read lock for the attached database's sqlite_master (and all queries will succeed with zero results). Just a hint in case anybody else stumbles upon that part of the issue.