making naive threading work

pixelframe/controllers.py

 from pixelframe import app
 from flask import render_template
 
+import pixelframe.threadfun as t
 
 @app.route('/')
 def main_page():
@@ -10,3 +11,8 @@ def main_page():
 @app.route('/hello')
 def hello_method():
     return render_template('hello.html', name="foo")
+
+@app.route('/threadfun')
+def threadfun():
+    t.doit()
+    return "Started work."

pixelframe/threadfun.py

+import threading
+import time
+
+def doit():
+    print(f'>> Starting a thread ...')
+    x = threading.Thread(target=threaded_function)
+    x.start()
+    print(f'>> Thread started.')
+
+    
+def threaded_function():
+    print(f'>> Doing some work within thread ...')
+    time.sleep(2)
+    print(f'>> Finished work within thread!')