import psycopg2
        import sys


        con = None

        try:

            con = psycopg2.connect(database='local', user='local', password='local',port='1970')
            cur = con.cursor()
            cur.execute('SELECT x FROM t')
            f = open('test.sql', 'w')
            for row in cur:
              f.write("insert into t values (" + str(row) + ");")
        except psycopg2.DatabaseError, e:
            print 'Error %s' % e
            sys.exit(1)
        finally:
            if con:
                con.close()

psql <dbname> <username> < test.sql

import psycopg

conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname=test user=postgres")  # change this according to your RDBMS configuration
cursor = conn.cursor()

table_name='YOUR_TABLE_HERE'  # place your table name here
with open("table_dump.sql") as f:
    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM %s" % (table_name))  # change the query according to your needs
    column_names = []
    columns_descr = cursor.description
    for c in columns_descr:
        column_names.append(c[0])
    insert_prefix = 'INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES ' % (table_name, ', '.join(column_names))
    rows = cursor.fetchall()
    for row in rows:
    row_data = []
        for rd in row:
            if rd is None:
                row_data.append('NULL')
            elif isinstance(rd, datetime.datetime):
                row_data.append("'%s'" % (rd.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ))
            else:
                row_data.append(repr(rd))
    f.write('%s (%s);n' % (insert_prefix, ', '.join(row_data)))  # this is the text that will be put in the SQL file. You can change it if you wish.

def create_essentials():
yaml_file = open("settings.yaml", 'r')
settings = yaml.load(yaml_file)
db_name = settings["db_name"]
db_user = settings["db_user"]
db_password = settings["db_password"]
db_host = settings["db_host"]
db_port = settings["db_port"]
backup_path = settings["backup_path"]
filename = settings["filename"]
filename = filename + "-" + time.strftime("%Y%m%d") + ".backup"
command_str = str(db_host)+" -p "+str(db_port)+" -d "+db_name+" -U "+db_user
return command_str, backup_path, filename


def backup_database(table_names=None):
command_str,backup_path,filename = create_essentials()
command_str = "pg_dump -h "+command_str

if table_names is not None:
    for x in table_names:
        command_str = command_str +" -t "+x

command_str = command_str + " -F c -b -v -f '"+backup_path+"/"+filename+"'"
try:
    os.system(command_str)
    print "Backup completed"
except Exception as e:
    print "!!Problem occured!!"
    print e

def restore_database(table_names=None):
command_str,backup_path,filename = create_essentials()
command_str = "pg_restore -h "+command_str

if table_names is not None:
    for x in table_names:
        command_str = command_str +" -t "+x

command_str = command_str + " -v '"+backup_path+"/"+filename+"'"
try:
    os.system(command_str)
    print "Restore completed"
except Exception as e:
    print "!!Problem occured!!"
    print e