Python async and sync functions executed as threads

Question

I would like to call an async function from a pure sync code. I would like to execute that async function in the background without stucking my prog. My idea is to use the threading module.

from threading import Thread
import asyncio

async def func1():
    ...

def func2():
    ...

if __name__ == '__main__':
    Thread(target=func1).start()
    Thread(target=func2).start()

Any idea? Thanks in advance!

Michael Butscher · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-24 23:59:49Z

1

Since Python 3.7 there is asyncio.run.

Replace

    Thread(target=func1).start()

by

    Thread(target=asyncio.run, args=(func1(),)).start()

answered Oct 24, 2019 at 23:59

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Khalil Abbas Over a year ago

I have been searching for this exactly for 3 days :) I tried similar ideas but they didn't work , asyncio.run is the solution , thanks :)

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