Question

i am trying to pass the parameter to another method and i am getting an exception.

import web
import json

class Process:
    def request(self, query_string):
        print query_string
    def GET(self):
        params  = web.input()
        request(params)
        return json.dumps(dict(foo=55))

This gives me.

<type 'exceptions.NameError'> at /process
global name 'request' is not defined

Can any one explain why i cannot pass the variable to another method.

Answer 1

replace request(params) with self.request(params)

All relations have to be explicitly stated in python. It’s not like C++ or Java where class functions are automatically visible to one another. You have to explicitly reference self to access them.