## Using `BackgroundTasks` { #using-backgroundtasks }

First, import `BackgroundTasks` and define a parameter in your *path operation function* with a type declaration of `BackgroundTasks`:

{* ../../docs_src/background_tasks/tutorial001.py hl[1,13] *}

**FastAPI** will create the object of type `BackgroundTasks` for you and pass it as that parameter.

## 0.104.0

## Features

* ✨ Add reference (code API) docs with PEP 727, add subclass with custom docstrings for `BackgroundTasks`, refactor docs structure. PR [#10392](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/10392) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo). New docs at [FastAPI Reference - Code API](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/reference/).

## Upgrades