title: Connecting to Firebase from Python Google App Engine
body: <p>I'm trying to connect to Firebase from App Engine, but I'm getting this error while trying to import Firebase using the Python-Firebase wrapper:</p>
  
  <pre><code>File "C:\_dev\PycharmProjects\myapp\project\project_handler.py", line 31, in &lt;module&gt;
  from firebase import firebase
  File "C:\_dev\PycharmProjects\myapp\external\firebase\__init__.py", line 3, in &lt;module&gt;
  from .async import process_pool
  File "C:\_dev\PycharmProjects\myapp\external\firebase\async.py", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  import multiprocessing
  File "C:\PYTHON27\lib\multiprocessing\__init__.py", line 65, in &lt;module&gt;
  from multiprocessing.util import SUBDEBUG, SUBWARNING
  File "C:\PYTHON27\lib\multiprocessing\util.py", line 40, in &lt;module&gt;
  from subprocess import _args_from_interpreter_flags
  ImportError: cannot import name _args_from_interpreter_flags
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Other people seem to have the <a href="https://github.com/ozgur/python-firebase/issues/38" rel="nofollow noreferrer">same issue</a>, but I couldn't find the answer anywhere.</p>