# The Task Queue Go API - Google App Engine - Google Code

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# The Task Queue Go API

App Engine applications can perform background processing by inserting tasks (modeled as web hooks) into a queue. App Engine will detect the presence of new, ready-to-execute tasks and automatically dispatch them for execution, subject to scheduling criteria.

This reference describes the Go API for the Task Queue service. It has the following sections:

- Overview
- Reference
- Delay package