python - Get name of current class?

Question

How do I get the name of the class I am currently in?

Example:

def get_input(class_name):
    [do things]
    return class_name_result

class foo():
    input = get_input([class name goes here])

Due to the nature of the program I am interfacing with (vistrails), I cannot use __init__() to initialize input.

Answer 1

obj.__class__.__name__ will get you any objects name, so you can do this:

class Clazz():
    def getName(self):
        return self.__class__.__name__

Usage:

>>> c = Clazz()
>>> c.getName()
'Clazz'