randomuser-sqlite.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# coding: utf-8

import json # https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html
import requests # https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests
import records # https://github.com/kennethreitz/records

# randomuser.me generates random 'user' data (name, email, addr, phone number, etc)
r = requests.get('http://api.randomuser.me/0.6/?nat=us&results=10')
j = r.json()['results']

# Valid SQLite URL forms are:
#   sqlite:///:memory: (or, sqlite://)
#   sqlite:///relative/path/to/file.db
#   sqlite:////absolute/path/to/file.db

# records will create this db on disk if 'users.db' doesn't exist already
db = records.Database('sqlite:///users.db')

db.query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS persons')
db.query('CREATE TABLE persons (key int PRIMARY KEY, fname text, lname text, email text)')

for rec in j:
    user = rec['user']
    name = user['name']

    key = user['registered']
    fname = name['first']
    lname = name['last']
    email = user['email']
    db.query('INSERT INTO persons (key, fname, lname, email) VALUES(:key, :fname, :lname, :email)',
            key=key, fname=fname, lname=lname, email=email)

rows = db.query('SELECT * FROM persons')
print(rows.export('csv'))