[Python] AttributeError: module 'thread' has no attribute 'start_new_thread'

I am trying to get data from an endpoint on a website using Python, here is my code:

from aiohttp import ClientSession as session

async def get_api_data(api_url):
try:
async with session.post(api_url, data={"limit": 10000, "page": 1}) as response:
response.raise_for_status()
data = asyncio.run(response.json())
return data
except session as e:
print(f"Error getting API data: {e}")
return None

asyncio.create_task(get_api_data("url"))


But I am getting this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\abdul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\runpy.py", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\abdul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\runpy.py", line 88, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy\__main__.py", line 39, in <module>
cli.main()
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\cli.py", line 430, in main
run()
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\cli.py", line 268, in run_file
start_debugging(target)
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\cli.py", line 258, in start_debugging
debugpy.connect(options.address, access_token=options.adapter_access_token)
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy/..\debugpy\public_api.py", line 31, in wrapper
return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\api.py", line 143, in debug
log.reraise_exception("{0}() failed:", func.__name__, level="info")
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\api.py", line 141, in debug
return func(address, settrace_kwargs, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\api.py", line 297, in connect
_settrace(host=host, port=port, client_access_token=access_token, **settrace_kwargs)
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\adapter/../..\debugpy\launcher/../..\debugpy/..\debugpy\server\api.py", line 45, in _settrace
return pydevd.settrace(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\_vendored\pydevd\pydevd.py", line 2821, in settrace
_locked_settrace(
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\_vendored\pydevd\pydevd.py", line 2942, in _locked_settrace
py_db.patch_threads()
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\_vendored\pydevd\pydevd.py", line 2392, in patch_threads
patch_thread_modules()
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\_vendored\pydevd\_pydev_bundle\pydev_monkey.py", line 1205, in patch_thread_modules
patch_thread_module(t)
File "c:\Users\abdul\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2024.2.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\_vendored\pydevd\_pydev_bundle\pydev_monkey.py", line 1168, in patch_thread_module
_original_start_new_thread = thread_module._original_start_new_thread = thread_module.start_new_thread
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'thread' has no attribute 'start_new_thread'


When I checked the debugpy.py file, here are the lines I found: I put a comment before the line causing the error, it is in the 8th line.

def patch_thread_module(thread_module):

if getattr(thread_module, '_original_start_new_thread', None) is None:
if thread_module is threading:
if not hasattr(thread_module, '_start_new_thread'):
return # Jython doesn't have it.
_original_start_new_thread = thread_module._original_start_new_thread = thread_module._start_new_thread
else:
#-----------This is the line causing the error--------
_original_start_new_thread = thread_module._original_start_new_thread = thread_module.start_new_thread
else:
_original_start_new_thread = thread_module._original_start_new_thread

class ClassWithPydevStartNewThread:

def pydev_start_new_thread(self, function, args=(), kwargs={}):
'''
We need to replace the original thread_module.start_new_thread with this function so that threads started
through it and not through the threading module are properly traced.
'''
return _original_start_new_thread(_UseNewThreadStartup(function, args, kwargs), ())

# This is a hack for the situation where the thread_module.start_new_thread is declared inside a class, such as the one below
# class F(object):
# start_new_thread = thread_module.start_new_thread
#
# def start_it(self):
# self.start_new_thread(self.function, args, kwargs)
# So, if it's an already bound method, calling self.start_new_thread won't really receive a different 'self' -- it
# does work in the default case because in builtins self isn't passed either.
pydev_start_new_thread = ClassWithPydevStartNewThread().pydev_start_new_thread

try:
# We need to replace the original thread_module.start_new_thread with this function so that threads started through
# it and not through the threading module are properly traced.
if thread_module is threading:
thread_module._start_new_thread = pydev_start_new_thread
else:
thread_module.start_new_thread = pydev_start_new_thread
thread_module.start_new = pydev_start_new_thread
except:
pass


def patch_thread_modules():
for t in threading_modules_to_patch:
patch_thread_module(t)


def undo_patch_thread_modules():
for t in threading_modules_to_patch:
try:
t.start_new_thread = t._original_start_new_thread
except:
pass

try:
t.start_new = t._original_start_new_thread
except:
pass

try:
t._start_new_thread = t._original_start_new_thread
except:
pass



I updated Python (installed version 3.12.2), updated the libraries I am using, but the issue was not resolved. Can you please help me with this?

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