[Python] Input in flask route

I am using Flask route to get an user information.

I wan to use input function or somethink else to retrieve a answer from a user in the terminal.

Here is the server I use:

def ask_input(prompt, result_queue):
try:
result = input(prompt)
result_queue.put(result)
except Exception as e:
result_queue.put(None) # Error EOFError('EOF when reading a line')
class FakeInterface:
def __init__(self):
self.app = Flask(__name__)
@self.app.route('/ihm_notification', methods=["POST"])
def __ihm_notification():
try:
prompt = "ok: y/n?"
timeout = 10

q = queue.Queue()
t = threading.Thread(target=ask_input, args=(prompt, q))
t.daemon = True
t.start()

try:
return q.get(timeout=timeout) # attend max <timeout> secondes
except queue.Empty:
return None

except TimeoutOccurred:
print(f"User answer too long")

except Exception as error:
print("error")

def run(self, host: str, port: int):
self.app.run(host=host, port=port)
fi = FakeInterface()
fi.run()


I get the following error: EOFError('EOF when reading a line')

Edit: I also try to do it with websocket:

@socketio.on('message')
def message(data):
try:
from inputimeout import inputimeout, TimeoutOccurred
reponse = input_with_timeout(prompt="ezzer", timeout=5)
emit('response', {'from': reponse})

except Exception:
emit('response', {'from': 'nono'})

if __name__ == '__main__':
socketio.run(app, port=8000, debug=True, allow_unsafe_werkzeug =True)
time.sleep(15)


When I try with a client, when I set the input before the timeout, the server work properly. But when I forget to set input, the next responses are always "nono" like the input function is stuck somewhere

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