How to send HTML form data to SQLite using Python - python

So, last few days I was trying to build a website where you input the post data then hit submit and then boom your post appears on the home page/post page.
So, I have created the form but the problem is that I don't know how to send HTML form data to SQLite database so it can be viewed by multiple users anytime.
<form class="posts" action="." method="post">
<h2>Title</h2>
<input type="text" name="title" placeholder="Title">
<h2>Description</h2>
<textarea input class="des" name="description"type="text" placeholder="Description"></textarea>
<h2>Image(Optional)</h2>
<input type="file" name="inpFile" id="inpFile" class="img-btn">
<div class="img-prev" id="imgPrev">
<img src="" alt="Image Preview" class="img-prev__img">
<span class="img-prev__def-text">Image Preview</span>
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

I think that you should take a look at some Python's web-frameworks like Flask or Django first, so that you can understand this subject a little clearer.

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