zerorpc:async=True can be written as **{“async“: True}

# server side
import zerorpc


class API():

    def long_running_task(self):
        print('1 - started long_running_task')
        # for instance a long running SQL query
        zerorpc.gevent.sleep(10)
        print('2 - finished long_running_task')
        return 2

    def other_task(self):
        print('1 - started other_task')
        pass
        print('2 - finished other_task')


s = zerorpc.Server(API())
s.bind("tcp://0.0.0.0:4444")
zerorpc.gevent.spawn(s.run)
while True:
    zerorpc.gevent.sleep(10)

import zerorpc

client = zerorpc.Client()
client.connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:4444")

r1 = client.long_running_task(**{"async": True})
r2 = client.long_running_task(**{"async": False})
client.other_task(**{"async": True})

client.close()