# to run this script and export the database from an docker container run docker -it <container_name> python3 export.py > database.csv #The output will be in excel-style CSV (";" instead of "," as column seperator.) import sqlite3 create_table = """ CREATE TABLE WEB_URL( ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, LONG_URL TEXT NOT NULL, SHORT_URL TEXT NOT NULL ); """ with sqlite3.connect('db/urls.db') as conn: cursor = conn.cursor() try: #Try making the database structure, if succeeded, exit, because there can't be any data. cursor.execute(create_table) raise Exception('No database Found', "Can't find the database ==> No data to export") except sqlite3.OperationalError: pass conn = sqlite3.connect('db/urls.db') cursor = conn.cursor() res = cursor.execute('SELECT LONG_URL, SHORT_URL FROM WEB_URL WHERE 1') #read all data from database for entries in res.fetchall(): print(str(entries[1]).replace('"', "") + ";" + str(entries[0]).replace('"', "")) #format the data and print it to console.