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

I was having a similar problem and ended up with something not entirely unlike the following (Note - this is the OP's code with bits changed so that it works in the way they requested)-

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

cur.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Media')

cur.execute('''CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Media(
                id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, title TEXT, 
                type TEXT,  genre TEXT,
                onchapter INTEGER,  chapters INTEGER,
                status TEXT
                )''')


values = {'title':'jack', 'type':None, 'genre':'Action',     'onchapter':None,'chapters':6,'status':'Ongoing'}

#What would I Replace x with to allow a 
#dictionary to connect to the values? 
#cur.execute('INSERT INTO Media VALUES (NULL, x)'), values)
# Added code.
cur.execute('SELECT * FROM Media')
colnames = cur.description
list = [row[0] for row in cur.description]
new_list = [values[i] for i in list if i in values.keys()]
sql = "INSERT INTO Media VALUES ( NULL, "
qmarks = ', '.join('?' * len(values))
sql += qmarks + ")"
cur.execute(sql, new_list)
#db.commit() #<-Might be important.
cur.execute('SELECT * FROM Media')
media = cur.fetchone()
print (media)