Can python extract org-mode tables from org documents?

I'm trying to write some python code that reads specified tables in org mode documents. For example, I have a file ~/foo.org $ cat ~/foo.org #+Title: Example Org Document * Section One Proin quam nisl, tincidunt et, mattis eget, convallis nec, purus. #+TBLNAME: table1 | i | want | python | to | |-------+---------+--------+--------| | read | this | table | only | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |-------+---------+--------+--------| | i | want | the | dashed | | lines | ignored | by | python | #+TBLNAME: table2 | i | don't | need | python | to | |------+-------+-------+--------+----| | read | this | table | 9 | 8 | | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 17 | If my file were less complex, say $ cat ~/bar.org | i | want | python | to | | read | this | table | only | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | i | want | the | dashed | | lines | ignored | by | python | then I could read the table into python with import csv csv.DictReader(open('~/bar.org'), delimiter='|') Is there any way to parse my desired table from the more complicated ~/foo.org?