Add support for URI style database names#234
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amjith merged 4 commits intodbcli:mainfrom Aug 25, 2025
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SQLite accepts URI style db names: * https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3-uri-tricks * https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/open.html#urifilenameexamples This is particularly useful for opening databases in read-only mode (also with multiple connections, when using `cache=shared`). Although, this might be a corner case for `litecli` it'll help my use-case of embedding litecli in a personal app.
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| if db.startswith("file:"): | ||
| uri = True | ||
| db_name = db | ||
| db_filename, *_ = db_name[5:].split("?", 1) |
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This looks a little brittle. How about using the urlparse() from the urllib.parse module?
We can do
parsed = urlparse(db)
db_filename = parsed.path
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@amjith Thanks for your time!
Sure yeah. tbh, I just wanted to keep the change minimal and stay consistent with the use of string functions elsewhere in the code. I've updated the code. Is this what you had in mind ?
This is a small enough change and I'm happy for you to adapt it in whatever way you think seems best.
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SQLite accepts URI style db names:
This is particularly useful for opening databases in read-only mode (also with multiple connections, when using
cache=shared). Although, this might be a corner case forlitecliit'll help my use-case of embedding litecli in a personal app.Checklist
CHANGELOG.mdfile.