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google.appengine.api.background_thread.background_thread module
Summary
Background Threads API.
An API for creating background threads.
Background threads created using this API do not inherit the context of their
creator and do not need to end before the creator request completes.
Contents
- google.appengine.api.background_thread.background_thread.start_new_background_thread(target, args, kwargs=None)source
Starts a new background thread.
Creates a new background thread which will call target(*args, **kwargs).
Parameters
-
target – A callable for the new thread to run.
-
args – Position arguments to be passed to target.
-
kwargs – Keyword arguments to be passed to target.
ReturnsThe thread ID of the background thread.
- class google.appengine.api.background_thread.background_thread.BackgroundThread(group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs=None, verbose=None)source
-
Bases: threading.Thread
A threading.Thread-like interface for background threads.
- start()source
-
Starts this background thread.
- exception google.appengine.api.background_thread.background_thread.Errorsource
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Bases: exceptions.Exception
Base exception class for this module.
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Last updated 2025-06-16 UTC.
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