:mod:`apscheduler.schedulers.background`
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.. automodule:: apscheduler.schedulers.background

API
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.. autoclass:: BackgroundScheduler
    :show-inheritance:


Introduction
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BackgroundScheduler runs in a thread **inside** your existing application. Calling
:meth:`~apscheduler.schedulers.blocking.BackgroundScheduler.start` will start the scheduler and it will continue running
after the call returns.

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   * - Default executor
     - :class:`~apscheduler.executors.pool.PoolExecutor`
   * - External dependencies
     - none
   * - Example
     - ``examples/schedulers/background.py``
       (`view online <https://github.com/agronholm/apscheduler/tree/3.x/examples/schedulers/background.py>`_).