Return HTTP response immediately to ASP.NET Web API

Question

I am working on a WebAPI2 project doing some data collection, and I'm trying to figure out how to reduce the response time of my API methods.

I have a JavaScript function that sends information to my api. My API receives this information, inserts it into the database, and then returns HTTP Accepted.

Suppose data processing time of 5 seconds is completed

// POST api/<controller>
public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody]string value)
{
  //This represents 5000 milliseconds of work
  System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);

  return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.Accepted);

}

This means that when my JavaScript function calls the Post method, it expects 5 seconds of response.

Can I immediately return an HTTP Accepted response, and then continue processing my data?

Update solution from lilo.jacob

Ok, I updated my method with the threading solution that was found below. Here is the new code

// POST api/<controller>
public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody]string value)
{
  new System.Threading.Tasks.Task(() =>
    {
      //This represents 5000 milliseconds of work
      System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
    }).Start();

  return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.Accepted);
}

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Answer 1

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// POST api/<controller>
public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody]string value)
{
    new System.Threading.Tasks.Task(() =>
    {
        //insert to db code;
    }).Start();

    return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);

}

Answer 2

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