try: import pysqlite3 as sqlite3 import pysqlite3.dbapi2 OperationalError = pysqlite3.dbapi2.OperationalError except ImportError: import sqlite3 OperationalError = sqlite3.OperationalError def suggest_column_types(records): all_column_types = {} for record in records: for key, value in record.items(): all_column_types.setdefault(key, set()).add(type(value)) column_types = {} for key, types in all_column_types.items(): if len(types) == 1: t = list(types)[0] # But if it's a subclass of list / tuple / dict, use str # instead as we will be storing it as JSON in the table for superclass in (list, tuple, dict): if issubclass(t, superclass): t = str elif {int, bool}.issuperset(types): t = int elif {int, float, bool}.issuperset(types): t = float elif {bytes, str}.issuperset(types): t = bytes else: t = str column_types[key] = t return column_types