Random Column Subset Generator for SQLAlchemy Tables

This function randomly selects a subset of columns from a given SQLAlchemy table.

Technology Stack : SQLAlchemy, SQLAlchemy-Utils

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def generate_random_columns(table):
    """
    Generates a random set of columns from the given SQLAlchemy table.

    Args:
        table (sqlalchemy.Table): The SQLAlchemy table from which to generate columns.

    Returns:
        list: A list of randomly selected column names from the table.
    """
    import random
    from sqlalchemy_utils import random_string
    
    # Generate a random string to use as a placeholder for the column names
    random_str = random_string(length=8)
    
    # Create a list of column names from the table
    columns = [column.name for column in table.columns]
    
    # Randomly select a subset of the columns
    selected_columns = random.sample(columns, k=len(columns) // 2)
    
    # Return the selected columns
    return selected_columns