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Background Tasks (CRON jobs)

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Written by Xano Support
Updated over 3 years ago

What are Background Tasks?

Tasks are only available on the Launch and Scale plans

In programming Tasks are called "Background Tasks" or "Cron (Command run on...) job"

Think of a Task like an API endpoint that can be run automatically at a certain time, or is repeated at a certain time. You can add a schedule of when to start, when it should end, and the frequency.

Like an API, a Task has a Function Stack except it does not take any inputs or provide a response.

When to use Background Tasks

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