Question

I have a file notifications.py and comments.py. notifications has a class GetNotifications with a function getNotifs(arg1, arg2). I’d like to call this method in my comments.py, so I do:

from notifications import GetNotifications

Then I create an instance of the class:

getNotifsInstance = GetNotifications()

Then I try to call getNotifs:

notifsDictionary = getNotifsInstance.getNotifs(arg1, arg2)

However, I’m getting the error:
TypeError: getNotifs() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given)

Why is it saying I’m giving it 3 arguments when I’m only giving it 2?

Answer 1

You’re giving it three arguments: when you call an instance method, the instance is passed as the first parameter. You should add an argument self as the first parameter of the method.