get_fastest_result

import asyncio
from random import randint

apis = (
    'api1',
    'api2',
    'api3',
    'api4',
)

async def worker(fp, api):
    t = randint(1,5)
    await asyncio.sleep(t)
    return f'retrieved from {api} after {t} seconds'

async def get_fastest_result(fp):
    done, pending = await asyncio.wait(tuple(worker(fp, api) for api in apis), return_when=asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED)
    ret = done.pop()
    for i in pending:
        i.cancel()
    if ret:
        return ret.result()

async def main():
    fp = 'this is a file path'
    ret = await get_fastest_result(fp)
    print(ret)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(main())