The genesyscloud Python SDK is supposed to handle OAuth token refresh automatically, but it’s freezing my asyncio event loop every hour. I’m using the genesyscloud.usermanagement client in a long-running script, and the refresh call seems to be synchronous, halting all other coroutines. Here’s the setup:
from genesyscloud import Configuration
config = Configuration(host='mydomain.mygenesiscloud.ie')
user_client = genesyscloud.usermanagement.UserManagementApi(genesyscloud.ApiClient(config))
Is there a way to inject an async refresh mechanism, or am I stuck with the blocking default behavior?
The default Genesys Cloud Python SDK isn’t actually async-friendly. It uses synchronous HTTP calls under the hood, so when that token refresh triggers, it blocks the entire event loop because there’s no await happening.
You’ll bably want to drop the official SDK for this specific use case and use aiohttp directly. It’s a bit more work to set up, but it keeps your loop free.
import aiohttp
async def get_async_token(session, client_id, client_secret):
payload = {
'grant_type': 'client_credentials',
'scope': 'admin'
}
async with session.post(
f'https://{HOST}/oauth/token',
data=payload,
auth=aiohttp.BasicAuth(client_id, client_secret)
) as resp:
return await resp.json()
Just manage the expiry timestamp yourself. It’s messy, but it stops that hour-long freeze. Don’t rely on the SDK’s internal refresh if you’re running heavy async tasks.