--- a/sqlitex/api.py	Tue Mar 15 11:29:22 2016 -0700
+++ b/sqlitex/api.py	Tue Mar 15 12:28:41 2016 -0700
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import os
 import sqlite3
 import sys
-
+from StringIO import StringIO
 
 class SQLitEx(object):
 
@@ -17,6 +17,45 @@
         if not os.path.isfile(self.db_file):
             raise AssertionError("Not a file: '{0}'".format(self.db_file))
 
+    def __call__(self, query):
+        con = sqlite3.connect(self.db_file)
+        cursor = con.cursor()
+        cursor.execute(query)
+        return cursor.fetchall()
+
+    def tables(self):
+        """
+        return a list of tables; see
+        http://stackoverflow.com/questions/305378/get-list-of-tables-db-schema-dump-etc-in-sqlite-databases
+        """
+        tables = self("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';")
+        tables = [i[0] for i in tables]
+        return tables
+
+    def contents(self, table):
+        rows = self("SELECT * FROM {table};".format(table=table))
+        return rows
+
+    def describe(self, table):
+        con = sqlite3.connect(self.db_file)
+        cursor = con.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM {table} LIMIT 1;".format(table=table))
+        header = [i[0] for i in cursor.description]
+        return header
+
+def rows2csv(rows, fp=None):
+    """convert rows to csv"""
+
+    return_string = False
+    if fp is None:
+        return_string = True
+        fp = StringIO()
+    writer = csv.writer(fp)
+    writer.writerows(rows)
+    fp.flush()
+    if return_string:
+        return fp.getvalue()
+
 
 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
     """CLI"""
@@ -33,5 +72,15 @@
     # instantiate api
     api = SQLitEx(options.db_file)
 
+    if options.table:
+        rows = api.contents(options.table)
+        header = api.describe(options.table)
+        rows.insert(0, header)
+        print (rows2csv(rows))
+    else:
+        # list tables
+        tables = api.tables()
+        print ('\n'.join(tables))
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()