import happybase

#create connection
connection = happybase.Connection('localhost', port=9090, autoconnect=False)

#open connection
def open_connection():
    connection.open()
#close opened connection
def close_connection():
    connection.close()

 #create the table
def create_table(name, cf):
    print 'creating table ' + name
    tables = list_tables()
    if name not in tables:
        open_connection()
        connection.create_table(name, cf)
        close_connection()
        print 'table created'
    else:
        print 'table already present'

def list_tables():
 print "fetching all table"
 open_connection()
 tables = connection.tables()
 close_connection()
 print "all tables fetched"
 return tables