Python Sqlite3: INSERT INTO table VALUE(dictionary goes here)

Question

I would like to use a dictionary to insert values into a table, how would I do this?

import sqlite3

db = sqlite3.connect(\'local.db\')
cur = db.cursor()

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Answer 1

There is a solution for using dictionaries. First, the sql-statement

INSERT INTO Media VALUES (NULL, 'x');

would not work, as it assumes you are referring to all columns, in the order they are defined in the CREATE TABLE statement, as abarnert stated. (See SQLite INSERT.)

Once you have fixed it by specifying the columns, you can use named placeholders to insert data. The advantage of this is that is safely escapes key-characters, so you do not have to worry. From the Python sqlite-documentation:

values = {'title':'jack', 'type':None, 'genre':'Action', 'onchapter':None,'chapters':6,'status':'Ongoing'}
cur.execute('INSERT INTO Media (id, title, type, onchapter, chapters, status) VALUES (:id, :title, :type, :onchapter, :chapters, :status);'), values)