Attributeerror: 'spider' Object Has No Attribute 'table'

I'm working with scrapy. I have a spider that starts with: class For_Spider(Spider): name = 'for' # table = 'hello' # creating dummy attribute. will be overwritten def

Solution 1:

table will work because it is a class attribute of For_Spider and self.table is just inside the function scope. self indicates the instance itself, so in that case inside the function you don't need to use it (unless you define it in __init__). If you'll try defining self.table outside the function scope you'll get an error.

Also, try using __dict__ on both classes to see their attributes and functions With table commented:

{'doc': None, 'start_requests': , 'name': 'for', 'module': 'builtins'})

As you can see, no table attribute

With table not commented:

{'doc': None, 'start_requests': , 'table': 'hello', 'name': 'for', 'module': 'builtins'})

I hope that was clear :>