Running in the background

[amadensor]

Is it possible to have the web server running in the background and have other tasks also executing? I want to build a project that has a web interface to do the configuration, but uses GPIO pins and catches actions from physical buttons. This would obviously be a separate loop executing.

[amadensor]

I made it do the thing, but there might be a better way:

async def main():
    gpioloop=asyncio.create_task( do_things())
    web=asyncio.create_task( app.start_server(port=80, debug=True))
    await gpioloop
    await web

async def do_things():
    while True:
        print("Do More")
        await asyncio.sleep(1)

asyncio.run(main())

[miguelgrinberg]

This is fine, but given that you do not have anything to do in the main asyncio task I would suggest you run one of the two in a background task and the other in the main one.

[amadensor]

Hopefully this helps other also.