Background Tasks — FastAPI Basics

Learn to run operations in the background after returning a response, perfect for tasks like sending emails or processing data.

What you'll learn

  • Understand what background tasks are and when to use them
  • Use BackgroundTasks to execute functions after returning a response
  • Add multiple background tasks to a single request
  • Integrate BackgroundTasks with the dependency injection system

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