def main():
    """Start the asyncio event loop and runs the application."""
    # Helper method so that the coroutine exits cleanly if an exception
    # happens (which would leave resources dangling)
    async def _run_application(loop):
        try:
            return await cli_handler(loop)

        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            pass  # User pressed Ctrl+C, just ignore it

        except SystemExit:
            pass  # sys.exit() was used - do nothing

        except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except  # noqa
            import traceback

            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
            sys.stderr.writelines(
                '\n>>> An error occurred, full stack trace above\n')

        return 1

    try:
        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
        return loop.run_until_complete(_run_application(loop))
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass

    return 1
Start the asyncio event loop and runs the application.