Flask APP - ValueError: signal only works in main thread

Question

I try to create a simple flask app:

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

if __name__ == \'__main__\':
  app.run()

but when I add

Answer 1

The problem you are facing has to do with a bug in the Flask-SocketIO package which replaces the flask run command. Due to this Flask-SocketIO is always used even if you don’t import it. There are several solutions:

1. Uninstall Flask-SocketIO
2. Do not use flask run but run the main file of your program
3. Disable debugging
4. Disable auto loading if debugging required flask run --no-reload

Reference to the Flask-SocketIO bug: issue 817

Answer 2

I solved the problem thanks to @AkshayKumar007 answer on github. That was the most convenient solution for me.

Hey guys, I was also facing the same problem. So to summarize, if you're using socket-io, don't do flask run. First, add

if __name__ == "__main__":
    socketio.run(app)

At the end of your application. To run it just do

python3 __init__.py

Hope it helped.