Python: Implementation of optional argument decorator as class - python

After reading the excellent Primer on Python Decorators I thought of implementing some of the fancy (advanced) decorators from the article as classes as an exercise.
So for example the decorator with arguments example
def repeat(num_times):
def decorator_repeat(func):
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper_repeat(*args, **kwargs):
for _ in range(num_times):
value = func(*args, **kwargs)
return value
return wrapper_repeat
return decorator_repeat
could be implemented as a class like this
class Repeat:
def __init__(self, times):
self.times = times
def __call__(self, fn):
def _wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
for _ in range(self.times):
result = fn(*args, **kwargs)
return result
return _wrapper
However I seem to be unable to find a class solution for the optional argument decorator example:
def repeat(_func=None, *, num_times=2):
def decorator_repeat(func):
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper_repeat(*args, **kwargs):
for _ in range(num_times):
value = func(*args, **kwargs)
return value
return wrapper_repeat
if _func is None:
return decorator_repeat
else:
return decorator_repeat(_func)
Is it just me, or is that one rather wicked? XD
Would love to see a solution!


You can override the __new__ method to achieve the same behavior:
def __new__(cls, _func=None, *, times=2):
obj = super().__new__(cls)
obj.__init__(times)
if _func is None:
return obj
else:
return obj(_func)
so that both:
#Repeat
def a():
print('hi')
and:
#Repeat(times=2)
def a():
print('hi')
output:
hi
hi


Just came across this old question and gave it another try.
I think this is a rather interesting (recursive) solution:
class Repeat:
def __init__(self, fn=None, *, times=2):
self._fn = fn
self._times = times
def _fn_proxy(self, fn):
self._fn = fn
return self
def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
if self._fn:
for _ in range(self._times):
result = self._fn(*args, **kwargs)
return result
# assertion: if not self._fn, then args[0] must be the decorated function object
return self._fn_proxy(args[0])
#Repeat
def fun(x,y):
print(f"{x} and {y} and fun!")
#Repeat(times=4)
def more_fun(x,y):
print(f"{x} and {y} and even more fun!")
fun(1,2)
print()
more_fun(3,4)

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python use self in decorator for class method [duplicate]

How do I pass a class field to a decorator on a class method as an argument? What I want to do is something like:
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#check_authorization("some_attr", self.url)
def get(self):
do_work()
It complains that self does not exist for passing self.url to the decorator. Is there a way around this?

Yes. Instead of passing in the instance attribute at class definition time, check it at runtime:
def check_authorization(f):
def wrapper(*args):
print args[0].url
return f(*args)
return wrapper
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#check_authorization
def get(self):
print 'get'
>>> Client('http://www.google.com').get()
http://www.google.com
get
The decorator intercepts the method arguments; the first argument is the instance, so it reads the attribute off of that. You can pass in the attribute name as a string to the decorator and use getattr if you don't want to hardcode the attribute name:
def check_authorization(attribute):
def _check_authorization(f):
def wrapper(self, *args):
print getattr(self, attribute)
return f(self, *args)
return wrapper
return _check_authorization

A more concise example might be as follows:
#/usr/bin/env python3
from functools import wraps
def wrapper(method):
#wraps(method)
def _impl(self, *method_args, **method_kwargs):
method_output = method(self, *method_args, **method_kwargs)
return method_output + "!"
return _impl
class Foo:
#wrapper
def bar(self, word):
return word
f = Foo()
result = f.bar("kitty")
print(result)
Which will print:
kitty!

from re import search
from functools import wraps
def is_match(_lambda, pattern):
def wrapper(f):
#wraps(f)
def wrapped(self, *f_args, **f_kwargs):
if callable(_lambda) and search(pattern, (_lambda(self) or '')):
f(self, *f_args, **f_kwargs)
return wrapped
return wrapper
class MyTest(object):
def __init__(self):
self.name = 'foo'
self.surname = 'bar'
#is_match(lambda x: x.name, 'foo')
#is_match(lambda x: x.surname, 'foo')
def my_rule(self):
print 'my_rule : ok'
#is_match(lambda x: x.name, 'foo')
#is_match(lambda x: x.surname, 'bar')
def my_rule2(self):
print 'my_rule2 : ok'
test = MyTest()
test.my_rule()
test.my_rule2()
ouput:
my_rule2 : ok

Another option would be to abandon the syntactic sugar and decorate in the __init__ of the class.
def countdown(number):
def countdown_decorator(func):
def func_wrapper():
for index in reversed(range(1, number+1)):
print(index)
func()
return func_wrapper
return countdown_decorator
class MySuperClass():
def __init__(self, number):
self.number = number
self.do_thing = countdown(number)(self.do_thing)
def do_thing(self):
print('im doing stuff!')
myclass = MySuperClass(3)
myclass.do_thing()
which would print
3
2
1
im doing stuff!

I know this issue is quite old, but the below workaround hasn't been proposed before. The problem here is that you can't access self in a class block, but you can in a class method.
Let's create a dummy decorator to repeat a function some times.
import functools
def repeat(num_rep):
def decorator_repeat(func):
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper_repeat(*args, **kwargs):
for _ in range(num_rep):
value = func(*args, **kwargs)
return
return wrapper_repeat
return decorator_repeat
class A:
def __init__(self, times, name):
self.times = times
self.name = name
def get_name(self):
#repeat(num_rep=self.times)
def _get_name():
print(f'Hi {self.name}')
_get_name()

I know this is an old question, but this solution has not been mentioned yet, hopefully it may help someone even today, after 8 years.
So, what about wrapping a wrapper? Let's assume one cannot change the decorator neither decorate those methods in init (they may be #property decorated or whatever). There is always a possibility to create custom, class-specific decorator that will capture self and subsequently call the original decorator, passing runtime attribute to it.
Here is a working example (f-strings require python 3.6):
import functools
# imagine this is at some different place and cannot be changed
def check_authorization(some_attr, url):
def decorator(func):
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
print(f"checking authorization for '{url}'...")
return func(*args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
return decorator
# another dummy function to make the example work
def do_work():
print("work is done...")
###################
# wrapped wrapper #
###################
def custom_check_authorization(some_attr):
def decorator(func):
# assuming this will be used only on this particular class
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
# get url
url = self.url
# decorate function with original decorator, pass url
return check_authorization(some_attr, url)(func)(self, *args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
return decorator
#############################
# original example, updated #
#############################
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#custom_check_authorization("some_attr")
def get(self):
do_work()
# create object
client = Client(r"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11731136/class-method-decorator-with-self-arguments")
# call decorated function
client.get()
output:
checking authorisation for 'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11731136/class-method-decorator-with-self-arguments'...
work is done...

You can't. There's no self in the class body, because no instance exists. You'd need to pass it, say, a str containing the attribute name to lookup on the instance, which the returned function can then do, or use a different method entirely.

It will be very useful to have a general-purpose utility, that can turn any decorator for functions, into decorator for methods. I thought about it for an hour, and actually come up with one:
from typing import Callable
Decorator = Callable[[Callable], Callable]
def decorate_method(dec_for_function: Decorator) -> Decorator:
def dec_for_method(unbounded_method) -> Callable:
# here, `unbounded_method` will be a unbounded function, whose
# invokation must have its first arg as a valid `self`. When it
# return, it also must return an unbounded method.
def decorated_unbounded_method(self, *args, **kwargs):
#dec_for_function
def bounded_method(*args, **kwargs):
return unbounded_method(self, *args, **kwargs)
return bounded_method(*args, **kwargs)
return decorated_unbounded_method
return dec_for_method
The usage is:
# for any decorator (with or without arguments)
#some_decorator_with_arguments(1, 2, 3)
def xyz(...): ...
# use it on a method:
class ABC:
#decorate_method(some_decorator_with_arguments(1, 2, 3))
def xyz(self, ...): ...
Test:
def dec_for_add(fn):
"""This decorator expects a function: (x,y) -> int.
If you use it on a method (self, x, y) -> int, it will fail at runtime.
"""
print(f"decorating: {fn}")
def add_fn(x,y):
print(f"Adding {x} + {y} by using {fn}")
return fn(x,y)
return add_fn
#dec_for_add
def add(x,y):
return x+y
add(1,2) # OK!
class A:
#dec_for_add
def f(self, x, y):
# ensure `self` is still a valid instance
assert isinstance(self, A)
return x+y
# TypeError: add_fn() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given
# A().f(1,2)
class A:
#decorate_method(dec_for_add)
def f(self, x, y):
# ensure `self` is still a valid instance
assert isinstance(self, A)
return x+y
# Now works!!
A().f(1,2)

How properly work with chain of class decorators in python?

I'm curently learn decorators and understand, that decorators may created in 2 ways: as function and as class. As a class I guided from this answer
Reading this examples from pep318 I decide rewrite example 4 that check atributes and return values types of function. So here's some code below:
from inspect import signature
def accepts(*types):
def check_types(f):
f_args = list(signature(f).parameters)
assert len(types) == len(f_args)
def inner_f(*args, **kwargs):
for (a, t) in zip(args, types):
assert isinstance(a, t), f"arg {a} doesn't match {t}"
return f(*args, **kwargs)
inner_f.__name__ = f.__name__
return inner_f
return check_types
def returns(rtype):
def check_returns(f):
def new_f(*args, **kwargs):
result = f(*args, **kwargs)
assert isinstance(result, rtype), f"return value {result} doesn't match {rtype}"
new_f.__name__ = f.__name__
return new_f
return check_returns
class CheckTypes(object):
def __init__(self, func, *types):
self._func = func
self._types = types
f_args = list(signature(self._func).parameters)
assert len(types) == len(f_args)
def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
for number, (a, t) in enumerate(zip(args, self._types)):
assert isinstance(a, t), f"{number} arg {a} with type {type(a)} doesn't match {t}"
class ExternalWrapperCheckTypes(object):
def __init__(self, *types):
self._types = types
def __call__(self, func):
return CheckTypes(func, *self._types)
class CheckReturns(object):
def __init__(self, func, *types):
self._func = func
self._types = types
def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
result = self._func(*args, **kwargs)
assert isinstance(result, self._types), f"return value {result} doesn't match {self._types}"
class ExternalWrapperCheckReturns(object):
def __init__(self, *types):
self._types = types
def __call__(self, func):
return CheckReturns(func, *self._types)
#accepts(int, (int, float))
#returns((int,))
def decorated_by_functions(arg1, arg2):
return "Incorrect output"
#ExternalWrapperCheckTypes(int, (int, float))
#ExternalWrapperCheckReturns((int,))
def decorated_by_classes(arg1, arg2):
return "Incorrect output"
def main():
res1 = decorated_by_functions (42, 42.42) # AssertionError: return value s doesn't match (<class 'int'>,)
res2 = decorated_by_classes(42, 42.42) # Ignore assertion
So, in what problem? decorated_by_functions will cause to assertion error as expected, but decorated_by_classes ignore assertion. On my mind- the problem in overloaded function __call__ in both methods, where I might to return instance of class or something else, but when I return it- behavior doesn't changed.

Update
Actually, my intuition was right- I needed in return right object, thanks to pythontips it was our function, that called with params: self._func(*args, **kwargs). Thanks to all for attention and your time!
Final solution has this view:
from inspect import signature
class CheckTypes(object):
def __init__(self, func, *types):
self._func = func
self._types = types
f_args = list(signature(self._func).parameters)
assert len(types) == len(f_args)
def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
for number, (a, t) in enumerate(zip(args, self._types)):
assert isinstance(a, t), f"{number} arg {a} with type {type(a)} doesn't match {t}"
return self._func(*args, **kwargs)
class ExternalWrapperCheckTypes(object):
def __init__(self, *types):
self._types = types
def __call__(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
return CheckTypes(func, *self._types)
class CheckReturns(object):
def __init__(self, func, *types):
self._func = func
self._types = types
def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
result = self._func(*args, **kwargs)
assert isinstance(result, self._types), f"return value {result} doesn't match {self._types}"
return self._func(*args, **kwargs)
class ExternalWrapperCheckReturns(object):
def __init__(self, *types):
self._types = types
def __call__(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
return CheckReturns(func, *self._types)
#ExternalWrapperCheckTypes(int, (int, float))
#ExternalWrapperCheckReturns((int, ))
def decorated_by_classes(arg1, arg2):
return "Incorrect output"
def main():
ans = decorated_by_classes(42, 42.42) # AssertionError: return value s doesn't match (<class 'int'>,)
print(ans)

Python: Accessing class instance's `self` in decorator [duplicate]

How do I pass a class field to a decorator on a class method as an argument? What I want to do is something like:
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#check_authorization("some_attr", self.url)
def get(self):
do_work()
It complains that self does not exist for passing self.url to the decorator. Is there a way around this?

Yes. Instead of passing in the instance attribute at class definition time, check it at runtime:
def check_authorization(f):
def wrapper(*args):
print args[0].url
return f(*args)
return wrapper
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#check_authorization
def get(self):
print 'get'
>>> Client('http://www.google.com').get()
http://www.google.com
get
The decorator intercepts the method arguments; the first argument is the instance, so it reads the attribute off of that. You can pass in the attribute name as a string to the decorator and use getattr if you don't want to hardcode the attribute name:
def check_authorization(attribute):
def _check_authorization(f):
def wrapper(self, *args):
print getattr(self, attribute)
return f(self, *args)
return wrapper
return _check_authorization

A more concise example might be as follows:
#/usr/bin/env python3
from functools import wraps
def wrapper(method):
#wraps(method)
def _impl(self, *method_args, **method_kwargs):
method_output = method(self, *method_args, **method_kwargs)
return method_output + "!"
return _impl
class Foo:
#wrapper
def bar(self, word):
return word
f = Foo()
result = f.bar("kitty")
print(result)
Which will print:
kitty!

from re import search
from functools import wraps
def is_match(_lambda, pattern):
def wrapper(f):
#wraps(f)
def wrapped(self, *f_args, **f_kwargs):
if callable(_lambda) and search(pattern, (_lambda(self) or '')):
f(self, *f_args, **f_kwargs)
return wrapped
return wrapper
class MyTest(object):
def __init__(self):
self.name = 'foo'
self.surname = 'bar'
#is_match(lambda x: x.name, 'foo')
#is_match(lambda x: x.surname, 'foo')
def my_rule(self):
print 'my_rule : ok'
#is_match(lambda x: x.name, 'foo')
#is_match(lambda x: x.surname, 'bar')
def my_rule2(self):
print 'my_rule2 : ok'
test = MyTest()
test.my_rule()
test.my_rule2()
ouput:
my_rule2 : ok

Another option would be to abandon the syntactic sugar and decorate in the __init__ of the class.
def countdown(number):
def countdown_decorator(func):
def func_wrapper():
for index in reversed(range(1, number+1)):
print(index)
func()
return func_wrapper
return countdown_decorator
class MySuperClass():
def __init__(self, number):
self.number = number
self.do_thing = countdown(number)(self.do_thing)
def do_thing(self):
print('im doing stuff!')
myclass = MySuperClass(3)
myclass.do_thing()
which would print
3
2
1
im doing stuff!

I know this issue is quite old, but the below workaround hasn't been proposed before. The problem here is that you can't access self in a class block, but you can in a class method.
Let's create a dummy decorator to repeat a function some times.
import functools
def repeat(num_rep):
def decorator_repeat(func):
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper_repeat(*args, **kwargs):
for _ in range(num_rep):
value = func(*args, **kwargs)
return
return wrapper_repeat
return decorator_repeat
class A:
def __init__(self, times, name):
self.times = times
self.name = name
def get_name(self):
#repeat(num_rep=self.times)
def _get_name():
print(f'Hi {self.name}')
_get_name()

I know this is an old question, but this solution has not been mentioned yet, hopefully it may help someone even today, after 8 years.
So, what about wrapping a wrapper? Let's assume one cannot change the decorator neither decorate those methods in init (they may be #property decorated or whatever). There is always a possibility to create custom, class-specific decorator that will capture self and subsequently call the original decorator, passing runtime attribute to it.
Here is a working example (f-strings require python 3.6):
import functools
# imagine this is at some different place and cannot be changed
def check_authorization(some_attr, url):
def decorator(func):
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
print(f"checking authorization for '{url}'...")
return func(*args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
return decorator
# another dummy function to make the example work
def do_work():
print("work is done...")
###################
# wrapped wrapper #
###################
def custom_check_authorization(some_attr):
def decorator(func):
# assuming this will be used only on this particular class
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
# get url
url = self.url
# decorate function with original decorator, pass url
return check_authorization(some_attr, url)(func)(self, *args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
return decorator
#############################
# original example, updated #
#############################
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#custom_check_authorization("some_attr")
def get(self):
do_work()
# create object
client = Client(r"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11731136/class-method-decorator-with-self-arguments")
# call decorated function
client.get()
output:
checking authorisation for 'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11731136/class-method-decorator-with-self-arguments'...
work is done...

You can't. There's no self in the class body, because no instance exists. You'd need to pass it, say, a str containing the attribute name to lookup on the instance, which the returned function can then do, or use a different method entirely.

It will be very useful to have a general-purpose utility, that can turn any decorator for functions, into decorator for methods. I thought about it for an hour, and actually come up with one:
from typing import Callable
Decorator = Callable[[Callable], Callable]
def decorate_method(dec_for_function: Decorator) -> Decorator:
def dec_for_method(unbounded_method) -> Callable:
# here, `unbounded_method` will be a unbounded function, whose
# invokation must have its first arg as a valid `self`. When it
# return, it also must return an unbounded method.
def decorated_unbounded_method(self, *args, **kwargs):
#dec_for_function
def bounded_method(*args, **kwargs):
return unbounded_method(self, *args, **kwargs)
return bounded_method(*args, **kwargs)
return decorated_unbounded_method
return dec_for_method
The usage is:
# for any decorator (with or without arguments)
#some_decorator_with_arguments(1, 2, 3)
def xyz(...): ...
# use it on a method:
class ABC:
#decorate_method(some_decorator_with_arguments(1, 2, 3))
def xyz(self, ...): ...
Test:
def dec_for_add(fn):
"""This decorator expects a function: (x,y) -> int.
If you use it on a method (self, x, y) -> int, it will fail at runtime.
"""
print(f"decorating: {fn}")
def add_fn(x,y):
print(f"Adding {x} + {y} by using {fn}")
return fn(x,y)
return add_fn
#dec_for_add
def add(x,y):
return x+y
add(1,2) # OK!
class A:
#dec_for_add
def f(self, x, y):
# ensure `self` is still a valid instance
assert isinstance(self, A)
return x+y
# TypeError: add_fn() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given
# A().f(1,2)
class A:
#decorate_method(dec_for_add)
def f(self, x, y):
# ensure `self` is still a valid instance
assert isinstance(self, A)
return x+y
# Now works!!
A().f(1,2)

Check that a function uses print-function in python

I want to write a decorator in python: if a called function contains print's, the decorator prints her name before this function being called. I'm familiar with decorators syntax, but I have a problem with checking if a function has print within itself.
def preceeding_name(func):
#wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
if 'print' in func:
print(func.__name__)
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
return result
return wrapper
It is not necessary to check if the print's from function will actually be called.

This can be done by holding the buffer of 'print' from flushing and checking it to see if a print has been done.
class Out(object):
def write(self,s):
self.s += s
def __init__(self)
self.s = ''
Now to check
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
our_out = Out()
sys.stdout = our_out
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
if len(our_out.s)>0:
sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
print func.__name__
for s in our_out.s.split('\n'):
print s
return result

I this case you can redefine print
def preceeding_name(func):
#wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
old_print = print
def print(*arg, **kwarg):
old_print(func.__name__)
old_print(*arg, **kwarg)
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
return result
return wrapper
EDIT:
i test and this work
old_print = print
def preceeding_name(func):
def print(*arg, **kwarg):
old_print(func.__name__, end='')
old_print(*arg, **kwarg)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
print('')
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
return result
return wrapper
#preceeding_name
def a():
print('hi')
a()
#preceeding_name
def b():
print('hi')
b()
EDIT2:
old_print = print
def preceeding_name(func):
global print
def print(*arg, **kwarg):
old_print(func.__name__)
old_print(*arg, **kwarg)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
return result
return wrapper
#preceeding_name
def a():
print('hi')
a()
#preceeding_name
def b():
# print('hi')
pass
b()

Class method decorator with self arguments?

How do I pass a class field to a decorator on a class method as an argument? What I want to do is something like:
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#check_authorization("some_attr", self.url)
def get(self):
do_work()
It complains that self does not exist for passing self.url to the decorator. Is there a way around this?

Yes. Instead of passing in the instance attribute at class definition time, check it at runtime:
def check_authorization(f):
def wrapper(*args):
print args[0].url
return f(*args)
return wrapper
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#check_authorization
def get(self):
print 'get'
>>> Client('http://www.google.com').get()
http://www.google.com
get
The decorator intercepts the method arguments; the first argument is the instance, so it reads the attribute off of that. You can pass in the attribute name as a string to the decorator and use getattr if you don't want to hardcode the attribute name:
def check_authorization(attribute):
def _check_authorization(f):
def wrapper(self, *args):
print getattr(self, attribute)
return f(self, *args)
return wrapper
return _check_authorization

A more concise example might be as follows:
#/usr/bin/env python3
from functools import wraps
def wrapper(method):
#wraps(method)
def _impl(self, *method_args, **method_kwargs):
method_output = method(self, *method_args, **method_kwargs)
return method_output + "!"
return _impl
class Foo:
#wrapper
def bar(self, word):
return word
f = Foo()
result = f.bar("kitty")
print(result)
Which will print:
kitty!

from re import search
from functools import wraps
def is_match(_lambda, pattern):
def wrapper(f):
#wraps(f)
def wrapped(self, *f_args, **f_kwargs):
if callable(_lambda) and search(pattern, (_lambda(self) or '')):
f(self, *f_args, **f_kwargs)
return wrapped
return wrapper
class MyTest(object):
def __init__(self):
self.name = 'foo'
self.surname = 'bar'
#is_match(lambda x: x.name, 'foo')
#is_match(lambda x: x.surname, 'foo')
def my_rule(self):
print 'my_rule : ok'
#is_match(lambda x: x.name, 'foo')
#is_match(lambda x: x.surname, 'bar')
def my_rule2(self):
print 'my_rule2 : ok'
test = MyTest()
test.my_rule()
test.my_rule2()
ouput:
my_rule2 : ok

Another option would be to abandon the syntactic sugar and decorate in the __init__ of the class.
def countdown(number):
def countdown_decorator(func):
def func_wrapper():
for index in reversed(range(1, number+1)):
print(index)
func()
return func_wrapper
return countdown_decorator
class MySuperClass():
def __init__(self, number):
self.number = number
self.do_thing = countdown(number)(self.do_thing)
def do_thing(self):
print('im doing stuff!')
myclass = MySuperClass(3)
myclass.do_thing()
which would print
3
2
1
im doing stuff!

I know this issue is quite old, but the below workaround hasn't been proposed before. The problem here is that you can't access self in a class block, but you can in a class method.
Let's create a dummy decorator to repeat a function some times.
import functools
def repeat(num_rep):
def decorator_repeat(func):
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper_repeat(*args, **kwargs):
for _ in range(num_rep):
value = func(*args, **kwargs)
return
return wrapper_repeat
return decorator_repeat
class A:
def __init__(self, times, name):
self.times = times
self.name = name
def get_name(self):
#repeat(num_rep=self.times)
def _get_name():
print(f'Hi {self.name}')
_get_name()

I know this is an old question, but this solution has not been mentioned yet, hopefully it may help someone even today, after 8 years.
So, what about wrapping a wrapper? Let's assume one cannot change the decorator neither decorate those methods in init (they may be #property decorated or whatever). There is always a possibility to create custom, class-specific decorator that will capture self and subsequently call the original decorator, passing runtime attribute to it.
Here is a working example (f-strings require python 3.6):
import functools
# imagine this is at some different place and cannot be changed
def check_authorization(some_attr, url):
def decorator(func):
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
print(f"checking authorization for '{url}'...")
return func(*args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
return decorator
# another dummy function to make the example work
def do_work():
print("work is done...")
###################
# wrapped wrapper #
###################
def custom_check_authorization(some_attr):
def decorator(func):
# assuming this will be used only on this particular class
#functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
# get url
url = self.url
# decorate function with original decorator, pass url
return check_authorization(some_attr, url)(func)(self, *args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
return decorator
#############################
# original example, updated #
#############################
class Client(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
#custom_check_authorization("some_attr")
def get(self):
do_work()
# create object
client = Client(r"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11731136/class-method-decorator-with-self-arguments")
# call decorated function
client.get()
output:
checking authorisation for 'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11731136/class-method-decorator-with-self-arguments'...
work is done...

You can't. There's no self in the class body, because no instance exists. You'd need to pass it, say, a str containing the attribute name to lookup on the instance, which the returned function can then do, or use a different method entirely.

It will be very useful to have a general-purpose utility, that can turn any decorator for functions, into decorator for methods. I thought about it for an hour, and actually come up with one:
from typing import Callable
Decorator = Callable[[Callable], Callable]
def decorate_method(dec_for_function: Decorator) -> Decorator:
def dec_for_method(unbounded_method) -> Callable:
# here, `unbounded_method` will be a unbounded function, whose
# invokation must have its first arg as a valid `self`. When it
# return, it also must return an unbounded method.
def decorated_unbounded_method(self, *args, **kwargs):
#dec_for_function
def bounded_method(*args, **kwargs):
return unbounded_method(self, *args, **kwargs)
return bounded_method(*args, **kwargs)
return decorated_unbounded_method
return dec_for_method
The usage is:
# for any decorator (with or without arguments)
#some_decorator_with_arguments(1, 2, 3)
def xyz(...): ...
# use it on a method:
class ABC:
#decorate_method(some_decorator_with_arguments(1, 2, 3))
def xyz(self, ...): ...
Test:
def dec_for_add(fn):
"""This decorator expects a function: (x,y) -> int.
If you use it on a method (self, x, y) -> int, it will fail at runtime.
"""
print(f"decorating: {fn}")
def add_fn(x,y):
print(f"Adding {x} + {y} by using {fn}")
return fn(x,y)
return add_fn
#dec_for_add
def add(x,y):
return x+y
add(1,2) # OK!
class A:
#dec_for_add
def f(self, x, y):
# ensure `self` is still a valid instance
assert isinstance(self, A)
return x+y
# TypeError: add_fn() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given
# A().f(1,2)
class A:
#decorate_method(dec_for_add)
def f(self, x, y):
# ensure `self` is still a valid instance
assert isinstance(self, A)
return x+y
# Now works!!
A().f(1,2)

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