import asyncio import aiohttp import urllib.parse from threading import Thread class SymbologyObject(object): """ The master class for all symbology objects. Positional arguments: No arguments required. Optional arguments: format : str ................... The format to return. Defaults to JSON. pretty : bool ... Makes the returned JSON prettier. The library may not work properly with this setting. Attributes: No attributes to call. """ def __init__(self, _url, **kwargs): self.params = {'format': kwargs.get('format', 'json'), 'pretty': kwargs.get('pretty', '')} self.encodedParams = urllib.parse.urlencode(self.params) self._url = 'https://api.scryfall.com/{0}&{1}'.format(_url, self.encodedParams) async def getRequest(client, url, **kwargs): async with client.get(url, **kwargs) as response: return await response.json() async def main(loop): async with aiohttp.ClientSession(loop=loop) as client: self.scryfallJson = await getRequest(client, self._url) def do_everything(): loop = asyncio.new_event_loop() asyncio.set_event_loop(loop) loop.run_until_complete(main(loop)) t = Thread(target=do_everything) t.run() if self.scryfallJson['object'] == 'error': raise Exception(self.scryfallJson['details'])