import asyncio
import httpx
import time


async def do_work_async():
    http = httpx.AsyncClient()

    while True:
        resp = await http.get('https://httpbin.org/status/202')
        print(f'async: {resp.status_code}')
        await asyncio.sleep(0.5)


async def do_work_sync():
    http = httpx.Client()
    while True:
        resp = http.get('https://httpbin.org/status/202')
        print(f'sync: {resp.status_code}')
        time.sleep(0.5)


async def main():
    t = asyncio.create_task(do_work_async())
    await asyncio.sleep(5)
    await do_work_sync()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    asyncio.run(main())