The get_name() method of the asyncio.Task class in Python

Overview:

The method get_name() returns the name of a Task given to it during its creation.
The name could have been set through the name parameter of the asyncio.create_task() or through the task.set_name() method.
Even if a name is not explicitly given through the name parameter of the asyncio.create_task() method, asyncio provides a default name for the created Task object.

Example:

# Example Python program that uses the
# get_name() method to retrieve the name
# given to an asyncio.Task object

import asyncio

# A simple coroutine in Python
async def crn():
await asyncio.sleep(0)

# Print the name of the task
def print_task_info(task):
print(task.get_name())

# Create an asyncio task and await for it
# to complete
async def main():
   task1 = asyncio.create_task(crn(), name="Simple task")
   task2 = asyncio.create_task(crn())
   task2.set_name("Yet another simple task")

   # Print task names
   print_task_info(task1)
   print_task_info(task2)
   await task1
   await task2

# Execute tasks through asyncio.run()
eventLoop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
asyncio.set_event_loop(eventLoop)
asyncio.run(main())

Output:

Simple task

Yet another simple task