“RuntimeError: This event loop is already running”; debugging aiohttp, asyncio and IDE “spyder3” in python 3.6.5

Question

I\'m struggling to understand why I am getting the \"RuntimeError: This event loop is already running\" runtime error. I have tried to run snippets of code from \"https://aiohtt

Answer 1

The issue appears to be related to the IDE used (Spyder3). I tried running the code with PyCharm community edition last night. The code ran with no issues.

I have submitted a bug to Spyder3.