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# Tasks

The Tasks API provides the following functionality: Manage already started asynchronous tasks:

- Gets status update of a task or tasks
- Cancels a pending task
- Gets the result of a finished task

##### Note

Tasks are not started through this API. The other APIs offer the option to start certain methods as background tasks.

Please refer to Synchronous and asynchronous operations for a detailed explanation of tasks and how to use them.