List Django database table names from external script





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I am trying to access sqlite3 database that I have in my Django project from within external script that is not part of the project.



However, the following will return an empty list:



con = sqlite3.connect('database.db')
cursor = con.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
print(cursor.fetchall())


Even though I have already saved some models to the database.
To check the table names, I use the following in Django shell:



>>> tables = connection.introspection.table_names()
>>> seen_models = connection.introspection.installed_models(tables)
>>> seen_models
{<class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Permission'>, <class 'django.contrib.sessions.models.Session'>, <class 'django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType'>, <class 'explorer_api.models.Athlete'>, <class 'django.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry'>, <class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Group'>, <class 'explorer_api.models.Activity'>, <class 'django.contrib.auth.models.User'>}
>>> tables
['auth_group', 'auth_group_permissions', 'auth_permission', 'auth_user', 'auth_user_groups', 'auth_user_user_permissions', 'django_admin_log', 'django_content_type', 'django_migrations', 'django_session', 'explorer_api_activity', 'explorer_api_athlete']


I have not specified the table names explicitly in model's Meta, so I guess the table names are appname_modelname (explorer_api_activity and explorer_api_athlete).



But why the empty list?










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    have you used the correct name of the database?

    – ruddra
    Nov 24 '18 at 7:13











  • You're right, the above scripts work only when it is in the same folder as the database. What if I want it to be elsewhere? In such case I am currently referencing the database location like this:'/media/barciewicz/DATA/python_projects/strava/explorer_api/db.sqlite3', but this is when empty list is returned.

    – barciewicz
    Nov 27 '18 at 18:18













  • Yes its possible. Please see my answer on this. thanks.

    – ruddra
    Nov 28 '18 at 1:31


















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I am trying to access sqlite3 database that I have in my Django project from within external script that is not part of the project.



However, the following will return an empty list:



con = sqlite3.connect('database.db')
cursor = con.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
print(cursor.fetchall())


Even though I have already saved some models to the database.
To check the table names, I use the following in Django shell:



>>> tables = connection.introspection.table_names()
>>> seen_models = connection.introspection.installed_models(tables)
>>> seen_models
{<class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Permission'>, <class 'django.contrib.sessions.models.Session'>, <class 'django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType'>, <class 'explorer_api.models.Athlete'>, <class 'django.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry'>, <class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Group'>, <class 'explorer_api.models.Activity'>, <class 'django.contrib.auth.models.User'>}
>>> tables
['auth_group', 'auth_group_permissions', 'auth_permission', 'auth_user', 'auth_user_groups', 'auth_user_user_permissions', 'django_admin_log', 'django_content_type', 'django_migrations', 'django_session', 'explorer_api_activity', 'explorer_api_athlete']


I have not specified the table names explicitly in model's Meta, so I guess the table names are appname_modelname (explorer_api_activity and explorer_api_athlete).



But why the empty list?










share|improve this question


















  • 2





    have you used the correct name of the database?

    – ruddra
    Nov 24 '18 at 7:13











  • You're right, the above scripts work only when it is in the same folder as the database. What if I want it to be elsewhere? In such case I am currently referencing the database location like this:'/media/barciewicz/DATA/python_projects/strava/explorer_api/db.sqlite3', but this is when empty list is returned.

    – barciewicz
    Nov 27 '18 at 18:18













  • Yes its possible. Please see my answer on this. thanks.

    – ruddra
    Nov 28 '18 at 1:31














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I am trying to access sqlite3 database that I have in my Django project from within external script that is not part of the project.



However, the following will return an empty list:



con = sqlite3.connect('database.db')
cursor = con.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
print(cursor.fetchall())


Even though I have already saved some models to the database.
To check the table names, I use the following in Django shell:



>>> tables = connection.introspection.table_names()
>>> seen_models = connection.introspection.installed_models(tables)
>>> seen_models
{<class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Permission'>, <class 'django.contrib.sessions.models.Session'>, <class 'django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType'>, <class 'explorer_api.models.Athlete'>, <class 'django.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry'>, <class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Group'>, <class 'explorer_api.models.Activity'>, <class 'django.contrib.auth.models.User'>}
>>> tables
['auth_group', 'auth_group_permissions', 'auth_permission', 'auth_user', 'auth_user_groups', 'auth_user_user_permissions', 'django_admin_log', 'django_content_type', 'django_migrations', 'django_session', 'explorer_api_activity', 'explorer_api_athlete']


I have not specified the table names explicitly in model's Meta, so I guess the table names are appname_modelname (explorer_api_activity and explorer_api_athlete).



But why the empty list?










share|improve this question














I am trying to access sqlite3 database that I have in my Django project from within external script that is not part of the project.



However, the following will return an empty list:



con = sqlite3.connect('database.db')
cursor = con.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
print(cursor.fetchall())


Even though I have already saved some models to the database.
To check the table names, I use the following in Django shell:



>>> tables = connection.introspection.table_names()
>>> seen_models = connection.introspection.installed_models(tables)
>>> seen_models
{<class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Permission'>, <class 'django.contrib.sessions.models.Session'>, <class 'django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType'>, <class 'explorer_api.models.Athlete'>, <class 'django.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry'>, <class 'django.contrib.auth.models.Group'>, <class 'explorer_api.models.Activity'>, <class 'django.contrib.auth.models.User'>}
>>> tables
['auth_group', 'auth_group_permissions', 'auth_permission', 'auth_user', 'auth_user_groups', 'auth_user_user_permissions', 'django_admin_log', 'django_content_type', 'django_migrations', 'django_session', 'explorer_api_activity', 'explorer_api_athlete']


I have not specified the table names explicitly in model's Meta, so I guess the table names are appname_modelname (explorer_api_activity and explorer_api_athlete).



But why the empty list?







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  • 2





    have you used the correct name of the database?

    – ruddra
    Nov 24 '18 at 7:13











  • You're right, the above scripts work only when it is in the same folder as the database. What if I want it to be elsewhere? In such case I am currently referencing the database location like this:'/media/barciewicz/DATA/python_projects/strava/explorer_api/db.sqlite3', but this is when empty list is returned.

    – barciewicz
    Nov 27 '18 at 18:18













  • Yes its possible. Please see my answer on this. thanks.

    – ruddra
    Nov 28 '18 at 1:31














  • 2





    have you used the correct name of the database?

    – ruddra
    Nov 24 '18 at 7:13











  • You're right, the above scripts work only when it is in the same folder as the database. What if I want it to be elsewhere? In such case I am currently referencing the database location like this:'/media/barciewicz/DATA/python_projects/strava/explorer_api/db.sqlite3', but this is when empty list is returned.

    – barciewicz
    Nov 27 '18 at 18:18













  • Yes its possible. Please see my answer on this. thanks.

    – ruddra
    Nov 28 '18 at 1:31








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2





have you used the correct name of the database?

– ruddra
Nov 24 '18 at 7:13





have you used the correct name of the database?

– ruddra
Nov 24 '18 at 7:13













You're right, the above scripts work only when it is in the same folder as the database. What if I want it to be elsewhere? In such case I am currently referencing the database location like this:'/media/barciewicz/DATA/python_projects/strava/explorer_api/db.sqlite3', but this is when empty list is returned.

– barciewicz
Nov 27 '18 at 18:18







You're right, the above scripts work only when it is in the same folder as the database. What if I want it to be elsewhere? In such case I am currently referencing the database location like this:'/media/barciewicz/DATA/python_projects/strava/explorer_api/db.sqlite3', but this is when empty list is returned.

– barciewicz
Nov 27 '18 at 18:18















Yes its possible. Please see my answer on this. thanks.

– ruddra
Nov 28 '18 at 1:31





Yes its possible. Please see my answer on this. thanks.

– ruddra
Nov 28 '18 at 1:31












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From comments on on the question:
Yes its possible to run this script as long as you have a valid path to the file. I have rewritten your script with minor changes like this:



import sqlite3
import os.path

try:
file_name = raw_input("Enter File Path? ")
except:
file_name = input("Enter File Path? ")
if os.path.isfile(file_name):
con = sqlite3.connect(file_name)
cursor = con.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
print(cursor.fetchall())
else:
print("File does not exist")


Usage:



> python sqlite_tables.py
(prompt)> Enter File Path? random/file/path
(prompt)> File does not exist

> python sqlite_tables.py
(prompt)> Enter File Path? /valid/path/to/database.db
(prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]

> python sqlite_tables.py
(prompt)> Enter File Path? ../database.db # relative path
(prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]





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    From comments on on the question:
    Yes its possible to run this script as long as you have a valid path to the file. I have rewritten your script with minor changes like this:



    import sqlite3
    import os.path

    try:
    file_name = raw_input("Enter File Path? ")
    except:
    file_name = input("Enter File Path? ")
    if os.path.isfile(file_name):
    con = sqlite3.connect(file_name)
    cursor = con.cursor()
    cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
    print(cursor.fetchall())
    else:
    print("File does not exist")


    Usage:



    > python sqlite_tables.py
    (prompt)> Enter File Path? random/file/path
    (prompt)> File does not exist

    > python sqlite_tables.py
    (prompt)> Enter File Path? /valid/path/to/database.db
    (prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]

    > python sqlite_tables.py
    (prompt)> Enter File Path? ../database.db # relative path
    (prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]





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      From comments on on the question:
      Yes its possible to run this script as long as you have a valid path to the file. I have rewritten your script with minor changes like this:



      import sqlite3
      import os.path

      try:
      file_name = raw_input("Enter File Path? ")
      except:
      file_name = input("Enter File Path? ")
      if os.path.isfile(file_name):
      con = sqlite3.connect(file_name)
      cursor = con.cursor()
      cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
      print(cursor.fetchall())
      else:
      print("File does not exist")


      Usage:



      > python sqlite_tables.py
      (prompt)> Enter File Path? random/file/path
      (prompt)> File does not exist

      > python sqlite_tables.py
      (prompt)> Enter File Path? /valid/path/to/database.db
      (prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]

      > python sqlite_tables.py
      (prompt)> Enter File Path? ../database.db # relative path
      (prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]





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        From comments on on the question:
        Yes its possible to run this script as long as you have a valid path to the file. I have rewritten your script with minor changes like this:



        import sqlite3
        import os.path

        try:
        file_name = raw_input("Enter File Path? ")
        except:
        file_name = input("Enter File Path? ")
        if os.path.isfile(file_name):
        con = sqlite3.connect(file_name)
        cursor = con.cursor()
        cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
        print(cursor.fetchall())
        else:
        print("File does not exist")


        Usage:



        > python sqlite_tables.py
        (prompt)> Enter File Path? random/file/path
        (prompt)> File does not exist

        > python sqlite_tables.py
        (prompt)> Enter File Path? /valid/path/to/database.db
        (prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]

        > python sqlite_tables.py
        (prompt)> Enter File Path? ../database.db # relative path
        (prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]





        share|improve this answer















        From comments on on the question:
        Yes its possible to run this script as long as you have a valid path to the file. I have rewritten your script with minor changes like this:



        import sqlite3
        import os.path

        try:
        file_name = raw_input("Enter File Path? ")
        except:
        file_name = input("Enter File Path? ")
        if os.path.isfile(file_name):
        con = sqlite3.connect(file_name)
        cursor = con.cursor()
        cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
        print(cursor.fetchall())
        else:
        print("File does not exist")


        Usage:



        > python sqlite_tables.py
        (prompt)> Enter File Path? random/file/path
        (prompt)> File does not exist

        > python sqlite_tables.py
        (prompt)> Enter File Path? /valid/path/to/database.db
        (prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]

        > python sqlite_tables.py
        (prompt)> Enter File Path? ../database.db # relative path
        (prompt)> [(u'django_migrations',), (u'sqlite_sequence',)...]






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