How to obtain a Thread id in Python?

Question

I have a multi-threading Python program, and a utility function, writeLog(message), that writes out a timestamp followed by the message. Unfortunately, the resu

Answer 1

I saw examples of thread IDs like this:

class myThread(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, threadID, name, counter):
        self.threadID = threadID
        ...

The threading module docs lists name attribute as well:

...

A thread has a name. 
The name can be passed to the constructor, 
and read or changed through the name attribute.

...

Thread.name

A string used for identification purposes only. 
It has no semantics. Multiple threads may
be given the same name. The initial name is set by the constructor.