Python Google App Engine - Self Undefined

Question

I have a request that maps to this ChatMsg class. It takes in 3 to get the variables, username, room name and msg. But on this last line this does not work.

class ChatMsg(webapp.RequestHandler): # this is line 239
    def get(self):
        username = urllib.unquote(self.request.get('username'))
        roomname = urllib.unquote(self.request.get('roomname')) # this is line 242

When he tries to name the room, he tells me:

<type 'exceptions.NameError'>: name 'self' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/base/data/home/apps/chatboxes/1.341998073649951735/chatroom.py", line 239, in <module>
    class ChatMsg(webapp.RequestHandler):
  File "/base/data/home/apps/chatboxes/1.341998073649951735/chatroom.py", line 242, in ChatMsg
    roomname = urllib.unquote(self.request.get('roomname'))

What the hell is going on to make yourself undefined

Answer 1

This should be an indent problem. Tracing indicates that the error is not in the get () method. You get a NameError exception during the definition of your class. Try the following code, you will get the same exception as yours.

class ChatMsg(object): # this is line 239
    def get(self):
        username = urllib.unquote(self.request.get('username'))
    roomname = urllib.unquote(self.request.get('roomname')) # this is line 242