Call other function in staticmethod in Python

Question

I just start using Python to create new project but I have problems about Class, Static Method in Python.

I want to create a Utils class that I can call from other place so I create this class below but I can not call other function in this class without self

import json
class Utils:
 @staticmethod
 def checkRequestIsOkay(requestResponse):
 if(len(requestResponse.text) > 0):
 return True
 else:
 return False
 @staticmethod
 def getDataFromJson(requestResponse):
 if checkRequestIsOkay(requestResponse):
 return json.loads(requestResponse.text)
 else:
 return {}

• Marcin Orlowski: self means instance of class which you do not have for static method. Instead use class name i.e. Utils.checkRequestIsOk()
• khelwood: Or make your method a @classmethod instead, and use cls.checkRequestIsOkay.
• Marcin Orlowski: note class method and static method are not equivalent. See stackoverflow.com/questions/136097/…
• wwii: You haven't shown how you are using or want to use the class. Often with python a module is use to contain utility functions instead of using a class - the concept is the same, put the functions in a module then import the module and call them with modulename.func(), or just import individual functions from the module.

Answer 1

Don't use self. You need to use class name.

@staticmethod
def getDataFromJson(requestResponse):
 if Utils.checkRequestIsOkay(requestResponse):
 return json.loads(requestResponse.text)
 else:
 return {}