Python Requests: Don't wait for request to finish

Question

In Bash, it is possible to execute a command in the background by appending &. How can I do it in Python?

while True:
    data = raw_input(\         


        

Answer 1

Here's a hacky way to do it:

try:
    requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:8000/test/",timeout=0.0000000001)
except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout: 
    pass