Got the database setup and am able to pull a random word from the query. I can read the themes table and have the async functions setup, but not yet working as expected. There are a few test scripts in there that need to be cleaned up before pushing to main.

async_test.py

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+import asyncio
+import requests
+
+
+async def grab_words():
+    while True:
+        await asyncio.sleep(.5)
+        word = str(requests.get("https://random-word-api.herokuapp.com/word").text)[2:-2]
+        print(word)
+
+
+async def every(__seconds: float, func, *args, **kwargs):
+    while True:
+        func(*args, **kwargs)
+        await asyncio.sleep(__seconds)
+
+
+async def main():
+    asyncio.ensure_future(grab_words())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop.run_until_complete(grab_words())
+    loop.run_forever()
+    # loop.create_task(every(1, grab_words()))