from threading import Thread
from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/api')
def api():
    # API logic here
    return 'API response'

def data_request_task():
    # Data requesting logic here
    print('Data request task finished')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Start the Flask API in a separate thread
    api_thread = Thread(target=app.run)
    api_thread.start()

    # Run the data requesting task
    data_request_task()