What are Celery tasks and how do I use them?

What are Celery tasks and how do I use them?

Celery tasks are units of work that can be executed asynchronously. You can use them to handle background jobs in Python applications.

How do I set up a Celery task in my Django project?

To set up a Celery task in Django, first install Celery, then configure it in your Django settings, and create a tasks.py file to define your tasks.

Can you give me an example of a simple Celery task?

Sure! Here's a simple task that adds two numbers:

from celery import shared_task

@shared_task
def add(x, y):
    return x + y

How do I run the Celery worker?

You can run the Celery worker by executing the command celery -A your_project_name worker --loglevel=info in your terminal.