Merge pull request #97 from ethyca/restore-set-event-loop-helper

Restore the `__set_event_loop()` helper

fideslog/sdk/python/client.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel, too-many-arguments
 
 from asyncio import run
+from sys import platform, version_info
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
 
 from aiohttp import (
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ def register(self, registration: Registration) -> None:
         Register a new user.
         """
 
+        self.__set_event_loop()
         run(self.send_async(registration))
 
     async def register_async(self, registration: Registration) -> None:
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ def send(self, event: AnalyticsEvent) -> None:
         Record a new analytics event.
         """
 
+        self.__set_event_loop()
         run(self.send_async(event))
 
     async def send_async(
@@ -169,3 +172,22 @@ def __get_analytics_payload(self, event: AnalyticsEvent) -> Dict:
                 payload[extra] = event_dict[extra]
 
         return payload
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def __set_event_loop() -> None:
+        """
+        Helps to work around a bug in the default Windows event loop for Python 3.8+
+        by changing the default event loop in Windows processes.
+        """
+
+        if (
+            version_info[0] == 3
+            and version_info[1] >= 8
+            and platform.lower().startswith("win")
+        ):
+            from asyncio import (  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy,
+                set_event_loop_policy,
+            )
+
+            set_event_loop_policy(WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())