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

You can get the ident of the current running thread. The ident could be reused for other threads, if the current thread ends.

When you crate an instance of Thread, a name is given implicit to the thread, which is the pattern: Thread-number

The name has no meaning and the name don't have to be unique. The ident of all running threads is unique.

import threading


def worker():
    print(threading.current_thread().name)
    print(threading.get_ident())


threading.Thread(target=worker).start()
threading.Thread(target=worker, name='foo').start()

The function threading.current_thread() returns the current running thread. This object holds the whole information of the thread.

Answer 2

I created multiple threads in Python, I printed the thread objects, and I printed the id using the ident variable. I see all the ids are same:

<Thread(Thread-1, stopped 140500807628544)>
<Thread(Thread-2, started 140500807628544)>
<Thread(Thread-3, started 140500807628544)>