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In my python code i get the error 'await' outside function


Whenever i try to make a Chatbot I choose to use endpoint

But i get this error File "/app/chatbot/plugins/response.py", line 10 print((await get_response('world'))) ^ SyntaxError: 'await' outside function

Please help me i would be highly obliged if you help me

Where my code is

import aiohttp

async def get_response(query):
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as ses:
        async with ses.get(
            f'https://some-random-api.ml/chatbot?message={query}'
        ) as resp:
            return (await resp.json())['response']

print((await get_response('world')))


Solution

  • Solution:

    await is used in an async functions/methods to wait on other asynchronous tasks, but if you are calling an async function/method outside of an async function/method you need to use asyncio.run() method to call an async function/method

    Here is the full solution:

    import aiohttp
    import asyncio #to run async funtions you need to import asyncio
    
    async def get_response(query):
        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as ses:
            async with ses.get(
                f'https://some-random-api.ml/chatbot?message={query}'
            ) as resp:
                return (await resp.json())['response']
    
    print((asyncio.run( get_response('world')))#run the async function