import time from django.http import HttpResponse from django.urls import reverse from django_q import tasks # internal function to be called with django_q def new_task(run_for_minutes): print("Task started") time.sleep(run_for_minutes) print("Task done") return True def add_task(request): task_id = tasks.async_task(new_task, 5) result_url = reverse("get_result", args=[task_id]) return HttpResponse( f"Added async task with Go to results" ) def get_result(request, task_id): task = tasks.fetch(task_id) if not task: msg = "Task running... please refresh after some time" else: msg = f"Async task result: {task.result}" return HttpResponse(msg)