BackgroundTasks Class — fastapi Architecture

Source Code

fastapi/background.py lines 10–60

class BackgroundTasks(StarletteBackgroundTasks):
    """
    A collection of background tasks that will be called after a response has been
    sent to the client.

    Read more about it in the
    [FastAPI docs for Background Tasks](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/background-tasks/).

    ## Example

    ```python
    from fastapi import BackgroundTasks, FastAPI

    app = FastAPI()


    def write_notification(email: str, message=""):
        with open("log.txt", mode="w") as email_file:
            content = f"notification for {email}: {message}"
            email_file.write(content)


    @app.post("/send-notification/{email}")
    async def send_notification(email: str, background_tasks: BackgroundTasks):
        background_tasks.add_task(write_notification, email, message="some notification")
        return {"message": "Notification sent in the background"}
    ```
    """

    def add_task(
        self,
        func: Annotated[
            Callable[P, Any],
            Doc(
                """
                The function to call after the response is sent.

                It can be a regular `def` function or an `async def` function.
                """
            ),
        ],
        *args: P.args,
        **kwargs: P.kwargs,
    ) -> None:
        """
        Add a function to be called in the background after the response is sent.

        Read more about it in the
        [FastAPI docs for Background Tasks](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/background-tasks/).
        """
        return super().add_task(func, *args, **kwargs)