Run a background task from a controller action in asp.net core 2

Question

I am developing a web application with a REST Api using C# with asp.net core 2.0

What I want to achieve is when the client send a request to an endpoint I will run a

Answer 1

If you are trying to create a fire & forget task like logging to db and don't want to lose dbcontext object, I have an easy way for you to implement and answered here in detail.