---
title: BGProcessingTaskRequest
framework: backgroundtasks
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: backgroundtasks/bgprocessingtaskrequest
---

# BGProcessingTaskRequest

A request to launch your app in the background to execute a processing task that can take minutes to complete.

## Declaration

```swift
class BGProcessingTaskRequest
```

## Topics

### Initializing a Processing Task Request

- [init(identifier:)](backgroundtasks/bgprocessingtaskrequest/init(identifier:).md)

### Setting Task Request Options

- [requiresExternalPower](backgroundtasks/bgprocessingtaskrequest/requiresexternalpower.md)
- [requiresNetworkConnectivity](backgroundtasks/bgprocessingtaskrequest/requiresnetworkconnectivity.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [BGTaskRequest](backgroundtasks/bgtaskrequest.md)

### Inherited By

- [BGHealthResearchTaskRequest](backgroundtasks/bghealthresearchtaskrequest.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Task requests

- [BGAppRefreshTaskRequest](backgroundtasks/bgapprefreshtaskrequest.md)
- [BGTaskRequest](backgroundtasks/bgtaskrequest.md)
- [BGHealthResearchTaskRequest](backgroundtasks/bghealthresearchtaskrequest.md)
- [BGContinuedProcessingTaskRequest](backgroundtasks/bgcontinuedprocessingtaskrequest.md)