Check for latest app version asynchronously inside wxPython app

version-check.py

import asyncio
import aiohttp
from async_lru import alru_cache

@alru_cache(maxsize=32)
async def url_to_data(url):
    timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=60)
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(timeout=timeout) as session:
        async with session.get(url) as response:
            return await response.read(), response.status

async def check_for_updates(self):
    await asyncio.sleep(15)
    status_code = 0
    try:
        data, status_code = await url_to_data(VERSION_CHECK_URL_TRACKED)
        response_text = data.decode('utf-8')
        info = eval(response_text)
    except asyncio.TimeoutError as e:  # there is no string repr of this exception
        print("time out getting latest version info")
    except aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorError as e:
        print("connection error (no internet?) getting latest version info")
    else:
        print(f"checked url for updates: {url}")

    if status_code == 200:
        self._update_alert(info, alert_even_if_running_latest=False)