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Python 2.7 broken due to threading.main_thread() call in client.py

See original GitHub issue

When I try to run the example client code the following is thrown

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "client1.py", line 4, in <module>
    sio = socketio.Client()
  File "[path to local lib]/python2.7/site-packages/socketio/client.py", line 88, in __init__
    threading.current_thread() == threading.main_thread():
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'main_thread'

In client.py on line 88 a call is made to threading.main_thread() which appears to be a Python 3-only call available on the threading module.

https://docs.python.org/2/library/threading.html

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Created 3 years ago
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nicholasgibson2commented, May 26, 2020

another workaround is to install an older version of this library, 4.2.1 worked for me.

pip uninstall python-socketio
pip install -Iv python-socketio==4.2.1

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sidwarkdcommented, May 17, 2020

@zur250 I show a manual workaround in a video I made that might work for you. Here is a timestamped start into the video at the part where I make the change. It’s a small tweak and worked for me. https://youtu.be/ZEsuIQgsORc?t=209

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