Can I run the async code inside non-async application?

[CaliViking]

I have a regular multi threaded application sync and I do not want to make the application async.
How can I use this SDK to achieve that?

[Velfi]

The SDK is async and that won't change in the foreseeable future. However, running async code is as simple as creating a tokio runtime:

use aws_sdk_dynamodb::{Client, Error};
use tokio::runtime::Runtime;

fn make_a_request_with_the_sdk() -> Result<(), Error>> {
    // Create the runtime
    let rt  = Runtime::new()?;

    // Spawn the root task
    rt.block_on(async {
        let config = aws_config::load_from_env().await;
        let client = Client::new(&config);

        let resp = client.list_tables().send().await?;

        println!("Tables:");

        let names = resp.table_names().unwrap_or_default();

        for name in names {
            println!("  {}", name);
        }

        println!();
        println!("Found {} tables", names.len());
    })
}

[nielsthinkiq]

Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for.

[CaliViking]

And, just as a gentle request - I would love to see this functionality without the async dependency. There is a lot of code that does not need async. Unlike JavaScript, Rust has beautiful multi-threading, a lot (most) functionality is better without async.
Just my 2 cents.

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