Decouple API from ML imports: use send_task() by name instead of importing tasks

backend/app/api/jobs.py

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ from sqlalchemy import select
 from ..models.database import get_session
 from ..models.tables import Job, Video, JobStatus
 from ..models.schemas import JobOut, JobListOut, ProcessResponse
-from ..tasks.process import process_video
-from ..tasks.generate import generate_audio
 
 router = APIRouter()
 

backend/app/api/videos.py

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ from ..models.schemas import (
 )
 from ..services.video_utils import get_video_duration
 from ..config import settings
-from ..tasks.process import process_video
-from ..tasks.generate import generate_audio
+from ..tasks.celery_app import celery_app
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -123,7 +122,9 @@ async def start_processing(video_id: int, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_se
     video.status = VideoStatus.queued.value
     await session.commit()
 
-    process_video.delay(video_id=video_id, job_id=job.id)
+    celery_app.send_task(
+        "app.tasks.process.process_video", kwargs=dict(video_id=video_id, job_id=job.id)
+    )
 
     return ProcessResponse(job_id=job.id, message="Processing started")
 
@@ -213,6 +214,9 @@ async def start_generation(video_id: int, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_se
     video.status = VideoStatus.generating.value
     await session.commit()
 
-    generate_audio.delay(video_id=video_id, job_id=job.id)
+    celery_app.send_task(
+        "app.tasks.generate.generate_audio",
+        kwargs=dict(video_id=video_id, job_id=job.id),
+    )
 
     return ProcessResponse(job_id=job.id, message="Audio generation started")