--- a/sat/tools/utils.py	Tue Nov 30 23:31:09 2021 +0100
+++ b/sat/tools/utils.py	Wed Dec 01 16:13:31 2021 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import inspect
 import textwrap
 import functools
-from asyncio import iscoroutine
+import asyncio
 from twisted.python import procutils, failure
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from sat.core.constants import Const as C
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     except Exception as e:
         return defer.fail(failure.Failure(e))
     else:
-        if iscoroutine(ret):
+        if asyncio.iscoroutine(ret):
             return defer.ensureDeferred(ret)
         elif isinstance(ret, defer.Deferred):
             return ret
@@ -112,6 +112,31 @@
             return defer.succeed(ret)
 
 
+def aio(func):
+    """Decorator to return a Deferred from asyncio coroutine
+
+    Functions with this decorator are run in asyncio context
+    """
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        return defer.Deferred.fromFuture(asyncio.ensure_future(func(*args, **kwargs)))
+    return wrapper
+
+
+def as_future(d):
+    return d.asFuture(asyncio.get_event_loop())
+
+
+def ensure_deferred(func):
+    """Decorator to apply ensureDeferred to a function
+
+    to be used when the function is called by third party library (e.g. wokkel)
+    Otherwise, it's better to use ensureDeferred as early as possible.
+    """
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        return defer.ensureDeferred(func(*args, **kwargs))
+    return wrapper
+
+
 def xmpp_date(timestamp=None, with_time=True):
     """Return date according to XEP-0082 specification