7.6. SQLite3 Insert Mapping

7.6.1. Insert One

import sqlite3


DATABASE = ':memory:'

SQL_CREATE_TABLE = """
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS astronauts (
        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
        firstname TEXT,
        lastname TEXT);"""

SQL_INSERT = """
    INSERT INTO astronauts
    VALUES (NULL, :firstname, :lastname);"""


data = {'firstname': 'Mark',
        'lastname': 'Watney'}


with sqlite3.connect(DATABASE) as db:
    _ = db.execute(SQL_CREATE_TABLE)
    _ = db.execute(SQL_INSERT, data)

7.6.2. Insert Many

import sqlite3


DATABASE = ':memory:'

SQL_CREATE_TABLE = """
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS astronauts (
        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
        firstname TEXT,
        lastname TEXT);"""

SQL_INSERT = """
    INSERT INTO astronauts
    VALUES (NULL, :firstname, :lastname);"""


data = [
    {'firstname': 'Mark', 'lastname': 'Watney'},
    {'firstname': 'Melissa', 'lastname': 'Lewis'},
    {'firstname': 'Rick', 'lastname': 'Martinez'},
    {'firstname': 'Alex', 'lastname': 'Vogel'},
    {'firstname': 'Beth', 'lastname': 'Johanssen'},
    {'firstname': 'Chris', 'lastname': 'Beck'},
]


with sqlite3.connect(DATABASE) as db:
    _ = db.execute(SQL_CREATE_TABLE)
    _ = db.executemany(SQL_INSERT, data)