From ef4ae900c5245439921e706fa46008fe5ca102d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miguel Grinberg Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 23:05:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improve start_background_task example (Fixes #647) --- docs/client.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/client.rst b/docs/client.rst index 277bcc6..d777578 100644 --- a/docs/client.rst +++ b/docs/client.rst @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ start a custom background task:: # do some background work here! pass - sio.start_background_task(my_background_task, 123) + task = sio.start_background_task(my_background_task, 123) The arguments passed to this method are the background function and any positional or keyword arguments to invoke the function with. @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Here is the ``asyncio`` version:: # do some background work here! pass - sio.start_background_task(my_background_task, 123) + task = sio.start_background_task(my_background_task, 123) Note that this function is not a coroutine, since it does not wait for the background function to end. The background function must be a coroutine.