Using API.query() to get the query give me an error

I have a problem when implementing the API.query () to get the following query it give me an error.
I saw this solution from stack exhange and I saw that its recommended to put this (._;>;);
line at the end of the query but still didn’t work

res=api.get("""
([bbox:40.72797,-73.90540,40.73293,-73.89534];  
  node["highway"="secondary"];
  way["highway"="secondary"];
  relation["highway"="secondary"];
  
  node["highway"="tertiary"];
  way["highway"="tertiary"];
  relation["highway"="tertiary"];
  
  node["highway"="unclassified"];
  way["highway"="unclassified"];
  relation["highway"="unclassified"];
  
  node["highway"="residential"];
  way["highway"="residential"];
  relation["highway"="residential"];
);
(._;>;);
""")

when I run the code it gives me this error

ERROR:root:An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line string', (1, 0))