Client: attempt to switch to synchronous mode when existing event loo…

…p is detected (#1940)
Materials-Consortia · Jan 17, 2024 · b646a0a · b646a0a
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commit b646a0a
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/optimade/client/client.py b/optimade/client/client.py
@@ -668,7 +668,6 @@ def _execute_queries(
             A mapping from base URL to `QueryResults` for each queried API.
 
         """
-
         if self.use_async:
             # Check for a pre-existing event loop (e.g. within a Jupyter notebook)
             # and use it if present
@@ -680,9 +679,10 @@ def _execute_queries(
                             "Detected a running event loop, cannot run in async mode."
                         )
                     self._progress.print(
-                        "Detected a running event loop (e.g., Jupyter, pytest). Trying to use nest_asyncio."
+                        "Detected a running event loop (e.g., Jupyter). Attempting to switch to synchronous mode."
                     )
                     self.use_async = False
+                    self._http_client = requests.Session
             except RuntimeError:
                 event_loop = None