asyncio.current_task()
asyncio.current_task() is a Python function in the Asyncio Module category. Returns the currently running Task or None. The syntax is asyncio.current_task(loop=None). Returns: Task or None. A typical example: task = asyncio.current_task()
print(task.get_name()). A close sibling is asyncio.run(), which executes a coroutine and blocks until complete. The main entry point for asyncio programs. A close sibling is asyncio.sleep(), which pauses execution of the current coroutine for the given seconds. A close sibling is asyncio.gather(), which runs multiple coroutines concurrently and returns their results. A close sibling is asyncio.create_task(), which schedules a coroutine to run as a Task, returning a Task object. More about this category: Asynchronous I/O — run, sleep, gather, create_task, Queue, Lock. Related Asyncio Module entries: asyncio.run(), asyncio.sleep(), asyncio.gather(), asyncio.create_task(), asyncio.wait(), asyncio.wait_for(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details.