Close database connections in thread in Django

thread_close_connections.py

from threading import Thread
from django.db import connections


class APIThread(Thread)
    def __init__(self, data):
        self.data = data
        Thread.__init__(self)
        
    def run(self)
        # call external api
        # process return value
        # Django model database access

        # close all connections in the thread
        for conn in connections:
            conn.close()


# create new thread to call api
def make_thread(data)
    APIThread(data).start()