Like my head, this also keeps spinning..

spinit.py

def spin_it(message, frames=('|', '\\', '-', '/'), delay_scale=1):
    """Decorator for printing a message and then start the spinner"""
    def inner(function):
        def do_function(*args, **kwargs):
            sys.stdout.write(message)
            spinner = Spinner(frames=frames, delay=delay_scale)
            spinner.start()
            with io.StringIO() as strout:
                with contextlib.redirect_stdout(strout):
                    output = function(*args, **kwargs)
                out = strout.getvalue()
            spinner.stop()
            sys.stdout.write('\n')
            sys.stdout.write(out)
            return output
        return do_function
    return inner


class Spinner:
    """Super simple CLI spinner"""
    def __init__(self, frames=('|', '\\', '-', '/'), delay=1, stream=None):
        self.frames = it.cycle(frames)
        self.number_of_frames = len(frames)
        self.delay = delay
        self.stream = sys.stdout if stream is None else stream
        self.is_running = True
        self.thread = None

    def start(self):
        def do_it():
            while self.is_running:
                self.stream.write(next(self.frames))
                self.stream.flush()
                time.sleep(1 / self.number_of_frames * self.delay)
                self.stream.write('\b')
        self.thread = threading.Thread(target=do_it)
        self.thread.start()

    def stop(self):
        self.is_running = False
        self.thread.join()