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in the async file, there is this code for "stop":

def stop(self, timeout=0):
    self.stopwatch = Thread(target=self.__stopper, args=(timeout,)).start()

unfortunately, if you make your timeout VERY long, then even if you make call stop with a timeout of 0, that will stop the request thread but the first watch, with the very long timeout, will have an outstanding thread.

then, it's very hard to close the program. python won't exit with that thread hanging about.

here is one solution.

def stop(self, timeout=0):
    t = Thread(target=self.__stopper, args=(timeout,))
    t.daemon = True
    self.stopwatch = t.start() #Thread(target=self.__stopper, args=(timeout,)).start()

namely, you make the thread that's waiting to STOP the request thread actually watch for exit. this works, i tried it.

anyway, i'm open to other ideas.

Firebase REST endpoints support the EventSource / Server-Sent Events protocol.
from Firebase Docs

This will allow streaming of changes from a single location in the Firebase database.

While we have sort of implemented checking of changes using onChange(), use of these server-sent events is more efficient.

when i run the script:

import firebasin

RootRef = firebasin.Firebase("https://xxx.firebaseio.com")
data = RootRef.get_sync("/xxx")
print data

i get this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "get.py", line 4, in
data = RootRef.get_sync("/xxx")
AttributeError: 'RootDataRef' object has no attribute 'get_sync'

i also tried with DataRef object instead of RootDataRed with the same luck

thanks in advance

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