Difference between np.random.seed() and np.random.RandomState()

Question

I know that to seed the randomness of numpy.random, and be able to reproduce it, I should us:

import numpy as np
np.random.seed(1234)

but w

Answer 1

np.random.RandomState() - a class that provides several methods based on different probability distributions.
np.random.RandomState.seed() - called when RandomState() is initialised.