diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
index 80ce4636cf..0bbc3a0bf3 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Optional, Sequence, Set, Tuple, Union
 from unittest import TestResult, mock
 
+import lxml.html
 import orjson
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -444,6 +445,24 @@ Output:
         result = self.client_post("/json/bots", bot_info)
         self.assert_json_error(result, assert_json_error_msg)
 
+    def _get_page_params(self, result: HttpResponse) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Helper for parsing page_params after fetching the webapp's home view."""
+        doc = lxml.html.document_fromstring(result.content)
+        [div] = doc.xpath("//div[@id='page-params']")
+        page_params_json = div.get("data-params")
+        page_params = orjson.loads(page_params_json)
+        return page_params
+
+    def check_rendered_logged_in_app(self, result: HttpResponse) -> None:
+        """Verifies that a visit of / was a 200 that rendered page_params
+           and not for a logged-out web-public visitor."""
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
+        page_params = self._get_page_params(result)
+        # It is important to check `is_web_public_guest` to verify
+        # that we treated this request as a normal logged-in session,
+        # not as a web-public visitor.
+        self.assertEqual(page_params['is_web_public_guest'], False)
+
     def login_with_return(self, email: str, password: Optional[str]=None,
                           **kwargs: Any) -> HttpResponse:
         if password is None:
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_home.py b/zerver/tests/test_home.py
index 68a5f13a76..6ea4ded7d1 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_home.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_home.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import calendar
 import urllib
 from datetime import timedelta
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-import lxml.html
 import orjson
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponse
@@ -218,14 +217,6 @@ class HomeTest(ZulipTestCase):
         "zulip_version",
     ]
 
-    def check_rendered_logged_in_app(self, result: HttpResponse) -> None:
-        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
-        page_params = self._get_page_params(result)
-        # It is important to check `is_web_public_guest` to verify
-        # that we treated this request as a normal logged-in session,
-        # not as a web-public visitor.
-        self.assertEqual(page_params['is_web_public_guest'], False)
-
     def test_home(self) -> None:
         # Keep this list sorted!!!
         html_bits = [
@@ -374,13 +365,6 @@ class HomeTest(ZulipTestCase):
             result = self.client_get('/', dict(**kwargs))
         return result
 
-    def _get_page_params(self, result: HttpResponse) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        doc = lxml.html.document_fromstring(result.content)
-        [div] = doc.xpath("//div[@id='page-params']")
-        page_params_json = div.get("data-params")
-        page_params = orjson.loads(page_params_json)
-        return page_params
-
     def _sanity_check(self, result: HttpResponse) -> None:
         '''
         Use this for tests that are geared toward specific edge cases, but