import asyncio async def handler(reader, writer): magic = await reader.read(5+6) await asyncio.sleep(5) print("in five sec!") await asyncio.sleep(5) writer.write(b'{\n "r_preimage": "6UNoNhDZ/0awtaDTM7KuCtlYcNkNljscxMLleoJv9+o=",\n "r_hash": "lQDtsJlLe8IzSRk0hrJcgglwRdtkHzX6mIwOhJrN7Ck=",\n "value": "8192",\n "settled": true,\n "creation_date": "1519994196",\n "settle_date": "1519994199",\n "payment_request": "lntb81920n1pdfj325pp5k7erq3avatceq8ca43h5uulxrhw2ma3a442a7c8fxrsw059c3m3sdqqcqzysdpwv4dn2xd74lfmea3taxj6pjfxrdl42t8w7ceptgv5ds0td0ypk47llryl6t4a48x54d7mnwremgcmljced4dhwty9g3pfywr307aqpwtkzf4",\n "expiry": "3600",\n "cltv_expiry": "144"\n}\n'.replace(b"\n",b"")) await writer.drain() print(magic) async def handler2(reader, writer): while True: data = await reader.read(2048) if data != b'': writer.write(b"HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nContent-length: 16\r\n\r\n{\"result\":\"lol\"}") await writer.drain() asyncio.ensure_future(asyncio.start_server(handler, "127.0.0.1", 1080)) asyncio.ensure_future(asyncio.start_server(handler2, "127.0.0.1", 8090)) asyncio.get_event_loop().run_forever()