import sqlite3 con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:") con.execute("create table test(blob_col blob)") con.execute("insert into test(blob_col) values (zeroblob(13))") # Write to our blob, using two write operations: with con.blobopen("test", "blob_col", 1) as blob: blob.write(b"hello, ") blob.write(b"world.") # Modify the first and last bytes of our blob blob[0] = ord("H") blob[-1] = ord("!") # Read the contents of our blob with con.blobopen("test", "blob_col", 1) as blob: greeting = blob.read() print(greeting) # outputs "b'Hello, world!'"