import sqlite3 from sqlite3 import Error # if you decide to change the file name you will have to update the code accordingly connection = sqlite3.connect("msgarchive.sqlite") with connection: connection.execute(""" CREATE TABLE ARCHIVE ( id TEXT not null, author TEXT not null, content TEXT not null, clean_content TEXT not null, jump_url TEXT not null, attachment_url TEXT, date TEXT not null, date_edited TEXT, hash TEXT not null, uuid TEXT not null unique (id) ); """)